The Long View - Living with Type 1 Diabetes

In this episode of The Long View – Living with Type 1 Diabetes , I'm talking to Paul White, CEO of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower programme. You may have seen the familiar green lanyard with its bright yellow sunflowers in airports, shops, train stations and workplaces around the world. But how did a simple symbol become a global movement helping people with non-visible disabilities feel re...

In this episode of The Long View - Living with Type 1 Diabetes, I’m talking to Melissa Slemp. She's a coach, podcaster and author who brings an often overlooked perspective to life with Type 1 - the impact of hormones and menopause. Diagnosed as a teenager in the early 1980s, Melissa spent years living with Type 1 without fully understanding the condition or its long‑term implications. She tel...

In this episode of The Long View – Living with Type 1 Diabetes , I’m talking to Pete Lambert about his extraordinary story of resilience, burnout and recovery. Diagnosed at just 18 months old, Pete has lived with Type 1 for more than 40 years. In this conversation he tells about the emotional and mental toll of long‑term diabetes management, including his experience of diabetes burnout — a period...

In this episode of The Long View – Living with Type 1 Diabetes , I’m talking to Robyn Hawkins, a researcher looking at how people manage Type 1 at work and at university. Her research looks at how the everyday realities often go unseen, from telling people about your diabetes, to handling hypos while commuting and coping in busy workplaces and shared spaces. Robyn tells us what her research reveal...

In this episode of The Long View – Living with Type 1 Diabetes , I’m talking to Gareth Squance, whose daughter Amelie was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes just two months before we recorded. Gareth describes himself as a problem‑solver. And when Amelie was diagnosed aged 15, the family found themselves in an intense time of learning, grief, data overload and emotional adjustment. In this honest conv...

In this episode of The Long View: Living with Type 1 Diabetes , I’m delighted to be speaking to Candyce Norris Jenkins - life coach, speaker and mum, who has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for more than 30 years. Diagnosed as a child, Candyce tells us about how she went from denial and burnout to facing serious complications, including diabetic eye disease and kidney failure. After two transplan...

In this episode of The Long View - Living with Type 1 Diabetes , I'm speaking to Sam Walsh about life as a parent of a child with Type 1 Diabetes. Sam’s son Eli was diagnosed at just 10 years old and she tells us about the shock of those early days, the steep learning curve that followed and how their whole family adapted to a completely new normal. From navigating school life and technology t...

In this episode of The Long View – Living with Type 1 Diabetes , I'm talking to Milly Williams, creator of the Instagram account Diabetes with Milly . Diagnosed during her final year at university, Milly transformed her diagnosis into a new role as an influencer and a researcher improving life for others living with Type 1. From sharing her experiences online to researching exercise physiology and...

In this powerful episode of The Long View , I’m joined by Phil Southerland. He's the CEO and co-founder of Team Novo Nordisk, the world's first all Type 1 professional cycling team. Phil was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at just seven months old and told he wouldn’t live past 25. Instead, Phil built the team to prove that diabetes doesn’t limit champions - it creates them. We talk about resilienc...

In this episode of The Long View - Living with Type 1 Diabetes, we hear from Dr Claudia Berty, she's a GP, a mother and has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for 37 years. Diagnosed shortly after the birth of her first child, Claudia tells us about how she managed motherhood, medical school, hospital shift work and how she's now using functional medicine both with patients and in her own health. In...

Marcus Davies was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2021 after a serious accident - and he didn’t let it slow him down. Starting with just 30 minutes of advice from a diabetes nurse, Marcus is now a full time trainer and Ironman athlete. In this episode Marcus shares how he balances extreme fitness, blood sugar management and everyday life with type 1. In this episode, you’ll hear: - How Marcus fu...

In this episode of The Long View: Living with Type 1 Diabetes , I'm delighted to be speaking to Gemma George, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in her 30s, just months after getting married. She tells us about her dramatic diagnosis, the challenges of managing diabetes during pregnancy and her experiences as a mother to her healthy baby boy. Gemma shares her experiences with: - Recognisin...

Welcome to The Long View — a podcast about living with Type 1 Diabetes. I’m Ruth Collin, and I’ve lived with Type 1 Diabetes for over 50 years. Diagnosed at the age of five, I’ve grown up with this condition and lived through everything from glass syringes to today’s closed-loop systems. In this first episode, I explain why I’ve created this podcast and what I mean by The long view — because Type...