Living With Type 1 Diabetes with Ruth Collin

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. This episode is a little different, as Gareth also turns the questions on me. We talk about the differences between a brand‑new diagnosis and living with Type 1 for 50 years and what both parents and young people need most in the early stages.

In this episode of The Long View: Living with Type 1 Diabetes, I’m speaking to Candyce Norris Jenkins - life coach, speaker and mum, who has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for more than 30 years. We talk about motherhood, identity and the importance of putting your own “oxygen mask” on first - a concept that could change the way you think about self-care.

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 has adapted.

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.

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.