Type 1 diabetes can make you stronger

Keeping your mind and body fit with T1D is not easy, but it is possible

I have proved it

· T1D Endurance Athlete
· Diabetes Australia Advocate
· Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University
· Australian Institute of Health Innovation
· 40 years living with T1D
· Presenter and key note speaker
· Community Representative Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre

Six marathons in six days.
Ten ultra-marathons in ten years.

I share what I’ve learned to help people with diabetes train smarter and pursue sports they love.

FITTER FOR HAVING IT

What it means

Diabetes never takes a day off. Every meal, exercise session and night's sleep comes with extra decisions and higher risk.

As confidence grows and time passes, that daily load builds strengths like problem-solving, resilience, and body awareness that most people never will.

That's what I mean by Fitter for Having It. The things that make life harder can also make you stronger.

Stronger because of it
- not despite it

WORK WITH ME

How I can help

Practical lessons for living and exercising with T1D that will relate to you, your child, your work, or your research.

For people living with T1D. Help to train, play and live well with diabetes
- Ask me

For parents. My insights on what it’s like as a child, and ways to keep your child in the game
- Send me an email

For health professionals. My lived experience works alongside your care and advice
- How I work

For researchers. Collaborate with me as a research partner
- My ideas and talks

About my work

Practical tips and motivation to play sport and keep moving with T1D

Keep fit, play sport, exercise

What I’ve learned is easy to adopt and might help you deal with exercise, sport and T1D differently.

Drawn from real life, not a textbook, these practical and effective moves have helped others too.

HOW TO GET MOVING WITH T1D

Where do you want to start?

Move 1.1 Dream in colour. Anything is possible.

Once your routine is steady, go back to the dreams that T1D put on hold.

Read more on Motivation —
Move 2.1 Own it. Tell people about diabetes.

Being open about T1D keeps you safer and opens doors to understanding.

Read more on T1D Basics —
Move 3.1 Use naysayers to your advantage.

Every time someone says you can’t do something, use it as fuel to drive you further.
Read more on Mental Strength —
Move 4.1 Buy shorts with zip pockets.

Keep your T1D essentials within easy reach, and zipped so you don’t lose them.

Read more on Training & Kit —

PODCAST

Conversations on T1D

World Champion basket-ballers, international footballers, endurance athletes and dog walkers. Everyone with T1D faces the same challenges. Listen to their favourite songs, spirit animals and what gets them out of bed in the morning.