The Diabetic Mammy Podcast

In this reflective episode of The Diabetic Mammy, Catherine looks back across generations of living with type 1 diabetes.

Diagnosed as a child decades ago, she reflects on the quiet work her parents carried so she could remain a child. Now raising children with type 1 diabetes herself, she shares what previous generations can teach us about parenting through the daily demands of diabetes. This episode also explores a powerful idea from her father: that the goal of parenthood is ultimately redundancy - raising children who can one day carry their own lives forward.
The Diabetic Mammy is the heartfelt, no-nonsense podcast where type 1 diabetes meets motherhood, community, and daily life.

Hosted by Catherine, a mammy navigating the highs and lows of type 1 diabetes, each episode blends personal insight with practical wisdom, offering support for parents, carers, and anyone living with or loving someone with diabetes.

From tech transitions and hospital diagnoses to school lunches and stolen sleep, this podcast embraces the messy, meaningful moments that make up life with chronic illness. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or a seasoned warrior, The Diabetic Mammy is your space to feel seen, supported, and never alone.

Connect with Catherine on Instagram or Facebook @ TheDiabeticMammy.
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When blood sugar drops, behaviour can change in ways that confuse or alarm the people around us.

In this episode of The Diabetic Mammy, Catherine explores the psychology of hypoglycaemia and why people with low blood sugar may appear argumentative, emotional, or unwilling to accept help. Through practical insight and lived experience, she explains the biology behind these moments and offers gentle strategies for supporting someone through a low.

A helpful listen for parents, partners, teachers, and anyone wanting to better understand hypoglycaemia behaviour.
The Diabetic Mammy is the heartfelt, no-nonsense podcast where type 1 diabetes meets motherhood, community, and daily life.

Hosted by Catherine, a mammy navigating the highs and lows of type 1 diabetes, each episode blends personal insight with practical wisdom, offering support for parents, carers, and anyone living with or loving someone with diabetes.

From tech transitions and hospital diagnoses to school lunches and stolen sleep, this podcast embraces the messy, meaningful moments that make up life with chronic illness. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or a seasoned warrior, The Diabetic Mammy is your space to feel seen, supported, and never alone.

Connect with Catherine on Instagram or Facebook @ TheDiabeticMammy.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) really feel like from the inside?

In this episode of The Diabetic Mammy Podcast, Catherine explores why people often panic when someone with type 1 diabetes is going low, and why the instinct to call an ambulance is not always the right response.

We unpack the reality of hypoglycaemia behaviour, the dignity and autonomy of the person experiencing it, and the simple question that helps most: “What do you need?”

A compassionate look at supporting someone through a low blood sugar safely.
The Diabetic Mammy is the heartfelt, no-nonsense podcast where type 1 diabetes meets motherhood, community, and daily life.

Hosted by Catherine, a mammy navigating the highs and lows of type 1 diabetes, each episode blends personal insight with practical wisdom, offering support for parents, carers, and anyone living with or loving someone with diabetes.

From tech transitions and hospital diagnoses to school lunches and stolen sleep, this podcast embraces the messy, meaningful moments that make up life with chronic illness. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or a seasoned warrior, The Diabetic Mammy is your space to feel seen, supported, and never alone.

Connect with Catherine on Instagram or Facebook @ TheDiabeticMammy.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Diabetic Mammy, we explore hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar) in type 1 diabetes, not just as a number on a glucose monitor, but as a real physical and emotional experience in the body.

Catherine explains the symptoms of high blood sugar including fatigue, brain fog, thirst, irritability and dehydration, and why people living with diabetes can slowly lose awareness of how unwell high glucose levels make them feel.

This episode gently explains why reducing high blood sugar improves energy, mood and quality of life, and why gradual improvement matters more than perfection.
The Diabetic Mammy is the heartfelt, no-nonsense podcast where type 1 diabetes meets motherhood, community, and daily life.

Hosted by Catherine, a mammy navigating the highs and lows of type 1 diabetes, each episode blends personal insight with practical wisdom, offering support for parents, carers, and anyone living with or loving someone with diabetes.

From tech transitions and hospital diagnoses to school lunches and stolen sleep, this podcast embraces the messy, meaningful moments that make up life with chronic illness. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or a seasoned warrior, The Diabetic Mammy is your space to feel seen, supported, and never alone.

Connect with Catherine on Instagram or Facebook @ TheDiabeticMammy.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Diabetic Mammy, Catherine explores looming hypoglycaemia: the moment when blood glucose is falling but hasn’t yet reached a clinical low.

Why can a perfectly “in-range” number suddenly feel frightening?

Using the powerful comparison of a migraine aura, this episode unpacks the physiology, psychology and parenting realities of downward arrows, anticipatory fear and decision-making in type 1 diabetes. A gentle, practical conversation about recognising the signals, responding calmly, and living with the uncertainty that diabetes sometimes brings.
The Diabetic Mammy is the heartfelt, no-nonsense podcast where type 1 diabetes meets motherhood, community, and daily life.

Hosted by Catherine, a mammy navigating the highs and lows of type 1 diabetes, each episode blends personal insight with practical wisdom, offering support for parents, carers, and anyone living with or loving someone with diabetes.

From tech transitions and hospital diagnoses to school lunches and stolen sleep, this podcast embraces the messy, meaningful moments that make up life with chronic illness. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or a seasoned warrior, The Diabetic Mammy is your space to feel seen, supported, and never alone.

Connect with Catherine on Instagram or Facebook @ TheDiabeticMammy.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.