Diabetes Self-Compassion Course

Welcome to this four week, online self-compassion course

This course has been developed to recognise the difficulties that may come with living with diabetes and the impact this has on your wellbeing. 

Helen, age 60 says “No matter what type of diabetes you have, it is relentlessness. When my blood sugars are running too high or too low, I think “what did I do?” It is incredibly frustrating and demoralising when I can’t work out why.” 

Ben, age 21 says “It’s so hard to get people to understand. They think it’s just a routine and they don’t get why sometimes I don’t test or inject. My parents nag but I mostly just ignore them. I don’t want to think about it. It’s easier just to think about something else, so I do things for other people, put other people first.”

Farah, age 43 says “I’m a busy woman, starting a new career and trying to do that whilst raising my children, one of which has additional needs. I don’t have the headspace for thinking about diabetes, it’s just another burden I have to deal with. Sometimes I can focus on it and sometimes I can’t, but I have to prioritise my children and my work, even if that means I end up running high for a while.”

Sally, age 26 says “Telling people I had diabetes, felt a lot like coming out. I just felt like I had this secret, that I was embarrassed to tell people about. I don’t think we talk enough about the stigma and embarrassment that you can experience when you’re living with diabetes.”

The structure of this course is straight forward and simple to use. There are four sessions in total, with a final ‘Course Summary’ at the end. 

The sessions have been designed to introduce you to ideas and practices that have been shown to help increase levels of self-compassion

Each session includes:

·      a 30 minute video

·      at least one audio self-compassion practice

·      a written summary of the session

·      a guide to set your compassionate intention for the coming week 

The course was designed to have a ‘one session per week’ structure, but if you need longer between sessions to practice your skills, then feel free to take more time 

To start the course, click on the link below for Session 1, and begin your journey to become more compassionate with yourself.