Are you feeling stressed, frustrated or overwhelmed by your child’s T1D?

…You want to understand the steps you can take to tackle the worries and challenges that diabetes hands you.  

…You’d like to become a sturdier type 1 parent faster.

…You want to keep your focus on your relationship with your child (and other family members!) and have diabetes ride sidecar.

If you’d like to see this kind of change in your life,

you’ve come to the right place.

We specialize in supporting parents in getting to diabetes calm. Let us teach you the skills you need to shift your relationship to diabetes. 

Do some of these statements fit?  

  • There are days when the numbers just don’t work and I feel defeated.

  • I can’t sleep well at night because I’m always managing blood sugars.

  • Diabetes is still too much the centerpiece of how I relate to my child; I want more than that with them.

  • I’ve (mostly) figured out how to manage numbers, but I still feel so alone and like no one understands my experience.

The truth is... there’s more to diabetes than just the numbers.

To get to less stress with diabetes — especially as your child grows and the issues change — you need a simple set of steps that you can repeat over and over again.

We can teach you that process.

Imagine if you could...

  • Feel less anxious about type 1 so you can be a sturdier parent to your T1D kid and a better caretaker to yourself

  • Feel empowered and prepared for whatever diabetes hands you next

  • Have a repeatable series of steps to move through to get to diabetes calm, time and time again

  • Make small changes that make a big difference in how you think about, monitor and communicate about diabetes

  • Feel like diabetes is riding sidecar in your life, even when there are the inevitable things that go wrong

Hi, I'm JoAnne

First and foremost, I’m a mom to T1D kids, just like you.  In fact, two of my three kids have type 1.  

I’m also a therapist and experienced diabetes coach.  When diabetes came to our family,  I took my experience as a therapist and applied it to working with parents with type 1 kids. My passion is helping you get to diabetes calm. 

What people are saying:

  • “My hope in working with JoAnne was that I could manage my stress levels. I was in a place where diabetes was overwhelming. Of course I want what’s best for my son but I had hoped to not let diabetes rule our world. Obviously, I’m not going to settle. I’m going to continue to do all that I can. But in doing this Sweet Talk work, I had a mental shift in the sense of “good enough is okay.”

    — Julie G. (San Diego, CA)

  • “When I signed up to work with JoAnne, ] I realized that I needed to work through some issues I had put on hold for many years with how I felt about [my daughter’s] diagnosis. I wasn’t sure if this would be the right format but it has been really helpful. JoAnne directed me to focus on things very specifically and it’s helped with facilitating communication in a way that I haven’t really done over the years. I wish I had this opportunity in the very early years with [my daughter’s diagnosis]. It has been so helpful, even 12 years [after my daughter was diagnosed]. “

    — Tracy S (Camus, WA)

  • “I wanted to work with JoAnne because I was hoping to better manage my anxiety around diabetes. I knew my issues, but doing this work forced me to carve out time for myself. The fact that JoAnne comes from both worlds — being a psychotherapist and a mom [of T1D kids] — was a big plus from my perspective. I know she really understands. “

    —Audrey R (CA)

  • “When I signed up to work with JoAnne, I was in a phase of major diabetes management burnout. I am the primary T1D caregiver and had become numb and resentful to the day in and day out routine of what it takes to care for my T1D child. I was going through the motions but was overwhelmed by how much mental and physical space diabetes took up in my brain and on my schedule. JoAnne really listened to everything I had going on in my life at the time and encouraged me throughout. She helped me come up with some practical ways to have conversations with various family members in order to take some of the diabetes burden off of my shoulders. Since then, I have been way more aware of what really matters, what can take a back seat, and what needs to be delegated to others. This has really allowed "the cloud to lift '' and has helped me to feel more energized and refreshed in the day to day management of this disease. I highly recommend any caregiver or parent of a T1D child to work with JoAnne, especially if you are feeling alone or overwhelmed living life with type one. Thanks, JoAnne!”

    — Katie R (Jacksonville, FL)

  • “I feel like there are so many changes I got out of my work with JoAnne. I learned about what stresses me out about diabetes and investigated how I can change that. And that decreased stress affects other aspects of my life, not just diabetes. It not only allowed me to be more comfortable, but allows my T1D son more independence. And then it has trickled down into the care of my other kids. Working with JoAnne gave me confidence to finally take the little baby steps that I wasn’t even taking.”

    — Rebecca G (Washington DC)

How do we get started?

Schedule an initial consult with me!

This is a Zoom- or phone call where I can learn more about what’s going on for you and your family, make an initial assessment, and explain how I can help. There’s no charge for this consult and you’ll leave feeling encouraged and hopeful. I look forward to talking with you!