I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 13. That's 19 years of living inside a body that doesn't forgive shortcuts, doesn't forget stress, and doesn't care what your calendar looks like.

In this episode I'm giving you the 10 lessons that mattered most — not just for diabetics, but for anyone who's tired of doing everything right and still feeling worse every year.

We cover why discipline stops working after 30, why your body keeps the score whether you face it or not, what cortisol actually does to your metabolism, and the one shift that changed how I coach high-performing women today.

If you've been pushing harder and recovering less — start here.

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At 13 I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. And for years after that - without fully realising it - I used it as a reason to underperform. Less energy. Less ambition. Less belief that I could build something real.

I cover:

- Why having a harder situation is valid - and also not an excuse

- The subtle difference between acknowledging your constraints and hiding behind them

- What my T1D management taught me about cortisol, blood sugar and energy

- The moment I stopped waiting to feel ready

- Why the women who make the most progress aren't the ones with the easiest lives

Most women think the business dinner is the problem.

It's not.

The problem is what the day looks like around it.

We cover:

- Why arriving hungry is the biggest mistake

- How to structure the day around a dinner

- What to order without being the "weird one"

- Travel days and how to survive them with structure

- Why one meal never ruins progress