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Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Erin discusses becoming a teen mom, moving her family to Mexico, and managing her daughter's T1D diagnosis in a foreign country. She shares her husband's journey with Type 1, the challenges of accessing medical supplies abroad, and finding confidence through adversity.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends. Welcome to the Juice Box podcast. From my family to yours, I want to wish you a happy holiday. |
| 0:06.0 | My name is Aaron. I am the mom to a seven-year-old daughter with type 1 diabetes and also have a husband |
| 0:22.6 | that was diagnosed later in life with type 1 as well. If you'd like to hear about diabetes |
| 0:28.3 | management in easy to take in bits, check out the small sips. That's the series on the Juicebox |
| 0:34.6 | podcast that listeners are talking about like it's a cheat code. |
| 0:38.5 | These are perfect little bursts of clarity, one person said. |
| 0:41.4 | I finally understood things I've heard a hundred times. |
| 0:44.9 | Short, simple, and somehow exactly what I needed. |
| 0:47.7 | People say small sips feels like someone pulling up a chair, sliding a cup across the table, |
| 0:52.4 | and giving you one clean idea at a time. |
| 0:56.0 | Nothing overwhelming, no fire hose of information, just steady, helpful nudges that actually |
| 1:00.8 | stick. |
| 1:01.7 | People listen in their car, on walks, or while they're actually bolusing, anytime that they need a |
| 1:07.0 | quick shot of perspective. |
| 1:08.6 | And the reviews, they all say the same thing. Small Sips |
| 1:12.2 | makes diabetes make sense. Search for the Juice Box podcast, Small Sips, wherever you get audio. |
| 1:18.9 | Please don't forget that nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice, |
| 1:23.4 | medical or otherwise. Always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan |
| 1:28.5 | or becoming bold with insulin. The episode you're about to listen to was sponsored by Touched by |
| 1:35.2 | Type 1. Go check them out right now on Facebook, Instagram, and of course at TouchedbyType1.org. |
| 1:42.5 | Check out that programs tab when you get to the website to see all |
| 1:45.9 | the great things that they're doing for people living with type 1 diabetes. Touched by type 1.org. |
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