November is Diabetes Awareness Month

We want to take the opportunity to raise awareness around the overlap between diabetes and eating disorders. Disordered eating and eating disorders are common experiences for people with diabetes, however this issue is frequently overlooked and misunderstood in both diabetes and eating disorder spaces. Whether you’re a person with diabetes or a clinician, we invite you to learn with us this month! We’ll be offering a variety of events, resources, and educational content to spread awareness around the overlap between diabetes and eating disorders.

Note: throughout this page you’ll notice the use of the word “diabetes” without referring to a specific diagnosis. This is intentional, as our practice serves clients with all forms of diabetes and all content outlined below will address the overlap between all forms of diabetes with all forms of disordered eating/eating disorders.

Here’s what’s going on:

Scroll down for more details and sign up links!

For People with Diabetes:

Virtual Open Houses

Diabetes Education

Resources

Community Connection Support Groups

For Clinicians:

Virtual Open Houses

Diabetes Education

Resources

Clinician Office Hours

All the details:

Virtual Open House

Invited: People with Diabetes and Clinicians

We invite you to our virtual open house! Come meet our team, learn about what we do, and about the types of clients we care for. We’ll be sharing insights we’ve gained through our years of practice, data we’ve collected about our clients’ experiences and outcomes, resources you might find helpful, and answering questions about our practice and approach.

Diabetes Education

Invited: People with Diabetes and Clinicians

We’ll be sending out resources and educational information every Monday! Join our email list to learn about topics related to the overlap of diabetes and eating disorders. For people with diabetes, we’ll be sharing information and resources to support your recovery and your understanding of diabetes. For clinicians, we’ll be sharing information and resources to support your practice and clinical skills in this area. Please be sure to subscribe to the correct email list!

Join us for a free weekly meeting for individuals with diabetes looking for support around weight inclusive care. This community is an open space to discuss topics related to disordered eating, weight inclusive care, and Intuitive Eating principles, and learn about how they relate to diabetes. We have been holding this community space twice per month for years, and are excited to expand this offering to weekly for the month of November! Learn more about all groups offered at our practice here!

Community Connection Support Group

Invited: People with Diabetes

Clinician Office Hours

We welcome all medical and/or mental health clinicians to connect with our team in a small group setting to ask questions and discuss relevant topics! We’ll be opening up times in our schedules throughout the month of November to join us. We will be sharing all times/dates and sign up links for these office hours via our clinician email list, so please be sure to sign up for all the details!

Invited: Clinicians Only

Looking for more individualized support?

Here’s how we can help:

  • We’re a team of Registered Dietitians, Diabetes Care and Education Specialists, and Eating Disorders Specialists committed to helping people with diabetes feel confident and comfortable around food!

    We take an individualized, weight-inclusive, trauma informed approach to supporting you in your recovery from diet culture and disordered eating. We help our clients learn to care for their bodies, manage their diabetes, and discover a more peaceful relationship with food.

  • Our team is unique: we can provide eating disorder informed diabetes specialized support to clients at all stages of their diabetes journey, with any kind of diabetes. We will help you learn about your diabetes, teach skills you need for diabetes related self care, assist in crafting a personalized and sustainable care plan, support you in coping with the challenges of diabetes, and coordinate care with your doctors/advocate on your behalf.

  • We believe strongly that community support and connection is an essential part of healing. Too frequently, we hear from our clients that they lack connection with others who have similar experiences in their relationship with food, body, and diabetes.

    We are committed to holding space for the nuances of eating disorder recovery for people with diabetes, and creating safe community that fosters healing.

  • Clinical supervision and case consultation is available for diabetes and/or mental health clinicians who are looking to build confidence in providing care to those with co-occuring diabetes and disordered eating. This can be a one-off consult to discuss a particular case, or an ongoing partnership to build your knowledge and skillset in this area of practice.

    For more information, contact Lauren directly at Lauren@LaurenNewmanRD.com

  • Lauren Newman, RD, LD, CDCES, CEDS offers a range of speaking, education, and media services designed to engage audiences in a nuanced understanding of the overlap between diabetes and eating disorders.

    For more information, please reach out to Lauren directly at Lauren@LaurenNewmanRD.com

Not sure what’s right for you? Not a problem, we’re happy to talk it through! Use the link below to schedule a call with any of the clinicians on our team. We’re happy to answer any questions, provide more information, or talk through any concerns you may have.