Helping you live a healthy life with a chronic condition

 Healthy Living Now with Diabetes is a four-week workshop for anyone with Type 2 Diabetes and pre-diabetes. No referral from a health care professional is needed; anyone can register himself or herself for a workshop. Workshops are highly interactive and focus on the topics below.

Session 1

  • Self-management and Diabetes
  • Importance of Monitoring
  • Just the Basics of Healthy Eating
  • Managing Stress

Session 2

  • Finding Solutions
  • Ups and Downs of Blood Sugars
  • The Importance of Exercise
  • Healthy Eating and Carbohydrates
  • Health Goals and Action Plans

Session 3

  • Dealing with Difficult Emotions
  • Using your Mind and Positive Thinking
  • Preventing Complications
  • Working with Health Team and Good Communication Skills
  • Health Goals and Action Plans

Session 4

  • Label Reading
  • Managing Sick Days
  • Foot Care
  • Medication and Diabetes
  • Your Three Month Goal

Workshop Registration

If you would like to attend a diabetes workshop, visit our upcoming workshop page or contact Sally Kirby at 289-231-0926 for more information.