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The US healthcare system makes it difficult, expensive, and often impossible for people with T1D to access the care, education, and support they need to live. Around the Circle: Living Well with T1D brings together voices from across the type 1 diabetes community to share real stories, expert…
Mary Ellen Phipps, MPH, RDN, LD, has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was five years old and now helps others navigate food and diabetes through Milk & Honey Nutrition. This episode is for general educational purposes and is not a substitute for personalized medical advice. In this episode, Mary Ellen and Scott…
Val Luong from The Diabetes Link was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 23 while serving in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica. Far from her family and without peers who understood what she was experiencing, she didn’t even know community was something she might need. Years later, one Instagram message helped her find the…
In this episode, Scott Johnson and Theresa Hastings talk about automated insulin delivery and open-source AID in approachable, everyday language. Theresa has lived with type 1 diabetes since 1998 and serves on the Nightscout Foundation Board. For years, she didn’t know anyone else living with T1D, and that isolation…
Kacey Sochacki, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Diversity in Diabetes, has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was seven years old. She joins Scott to discuss why feeling seen, understood, and respected by a healthcare team is an important part of living well with T1D, and why inclusive care requires more than…
Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, is a longtime diabetes advocate, registered dietitian nutritionist, and diabetes care and education specialist who has spent her career translating complex health information into practical support. In this episode, Susan joins Scott to talk about her experience attending the…
Natalie Bellini, DNP, BC-ADM, CDCES and Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES join Scott to cut through the noise of the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Scientific Sessions for an hour-long special! For many people living with type 1 diabetes, this annual conference can feel like a dense academic event…
Erika Szumel has lived with type 1 diabetes for 25 years, works on the Blue Circle Health community engagement team, and is currently training for another marathon. But this episode isn’t really about running. It’s about doing hard things with type 1 diabetes.Scott and Erika explore what confidence actually looks like…
Kathryn Ward, a licensed clinical social worker at Blue Circle Health, joins Scott to talk about emotional resilience: something many people living with type 1 diabetes feel but don’t always have words for. Kathryn works closely with people navigating the emotional side of diabetes every day. In this conversation, she…
Matthew Garza, Director of dStigmatize at diaTribe, joins us to unpack a topic that so many people living with type 1 diabetes feel—but don’t always have words for: diabetes stigma. From subtle judgment to systemic bias, stigma can shape how people see themselves, how they interact with healthcare, and even the…
David Panzirer is a trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust and the father of two adult children with type 1 diabetes. In this conversation, he shares what it was like to go from knowing almost nothing about type 1 diabetes to becoming deeply involved in improving care for people living with it.In this conversation…
Dr. Bill Polonsky, President and Co-Founder of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute, joins Scott to talk about dealing with the emotional side of living with type 1 diabetes. This isn’t about burnout as a buzzword or a clinical label. It’s about the real, day-to-day emotional weight of managing a condition that never…
Rita Rubin, MS, RDN, CDCES, joins Scott for a thoughtful and practical conversation about nutrition and type 1 diabetes—and how to make it a lot less overwhelming.Rita is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist at Blue Circle Health who has spent decades helping people navigate…
Scott K. Johnson talks with Keshia Cannon-Peak, a former Blue Circle Health participant who lives in Delaware and has lived with type 1 diabetes since 1984. Keshia shares what her diagnosis was like when she was 11 years old, the isolation she felt growing up without knowing anyone else with type 1 diabetes, and how…
Mila Clarke, MS, NBC-HWC, joins Scott to talk about something many of us feel but don’t always say out loud: diabetes can be incredibly isolating, and community can change everything.Mila shares her own diagnosis story, including years of being misdiagnosed and the exhausting fight to be believed. From there, the…
Gary Scheiner, MS, CDCES, FADCES, joins Around the Circle: Living Well with T1D to unpack a powerful tool in diabetes management: exercise! An award-winning diabetes educator and the owner and founder of Integrated Diabetes Services, Gary brings deep clinical expertise and lived experience to the…
Anna Sabino, a social worker and diabetes educator who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for more than 30 years, joins the podcast to talk about self-advocacy. From unexpected questions at the gym to loaded comments from strangers, coworkers, or even healthcare providers, Anna and Scott unpack why these moments hit so hard…
Dr. Len D’Avolio, CEO and co-founder of Blue Circle Health, sat down with Around the Circle: Living Well with T1D host Scott Johnson to discuss why today’s healthcare system makes living with type 1 diabetes harder than it should be and how better is possible.Drawing on decades of experience building and studying…
In this episode, host Scott Johnson talks with Carrie Matuzsan, a case manager at Blue Circle Health who has lived with type 1 diabetes (T1D) for 22 years. Carrie shares her journey from her diagnosis at age 12 to her current professional role helping others navigate life with diabetes, including financial hurdles…
It can feel like people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are fighting for their lives in a system built to wear them down. The twist is that clinicians often feel the same weight as they fight to provide care.In this episode, host Scott Johnson talks with two highly-skilled healthcare professionals from University Hospitals…
Navigating life with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is challenging, even for those who are highly prepared and well-equipped. In this episode, host Scott Johnson talks with Rob Howe, diabetes advocate, entrepreneur, and founder of the long-standing podcast "Diabetics Doing Things, about his journey as a former high-level…
If you've ever felt extra stressed and anxious about your diabetes as the holidays approach, you're not alone! The holidays are supposed to be times full of joy and cheer, but they often bring an extra dose of stress and disruption to our T1D routines.In this episode, host Scott Johnson sits down with Eleni Sheehan, a…
Insurance might not be the most exciting part of living with type 1 diabetes… but it can make or break your ability to get the tools, supplies, and medications you need.In this episode, host Scott Johnson sits down with Neil Greathouse, a fellow T1D advocate, content creator, and producer at Blue Circle Health, to…
In this debut episode, host Scott Johnson, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for more than 45 years, sits down with Dr. Monica Gomberg, a practicing endocrinologist who left private practice to help re-imagine diabetes care at Blue Circle Health.They explore one bold question:What if we could start over and redesign…
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