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TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Natalie Balmain

19 episodes

6 months ago

In this episode, Jack speaks to Natalie about falling in love with sailing when he stepped onto his first boat at 6 years old. He reveals how his love of the sport meant that he never questioned whether type 1 diabetes would stop him sailing when he was diagnosed at the age of 15, and the many crossovers between sailing a boat alone and managing type 1 diabetes, Yes, really. Jack’s now on an incredible mission to become the first person with type 1 diabetes to complete the Vendée Globe - a so...

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In this episode, Jack speaks to Natalie about falling in love with sailing when he stepped onto his first boat at 6 years old. He reveals how his love of the sport meant that he never questioned whether type 1 diabetes would stop him sailing when he was diagnosed at the age of 15, and the many crossovers between sailing a boat alone and managing type 1 diabetes, Yes, really. Jack’s now on an incredible mission to become the first person with type 1 diabetes to complete the Vendée Globe - a so...

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Health & Fitness

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Episodes (19/19)

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Navigating Type 1 Diabetes and Solo Ocean Racing: Jack's Story

In this episode, Jack speaks to Natalie about falling in love with sailing when he stepped onto his first boat at 6 years old. He reveals how his love of the sport meant that he never questioned whether type 1 diabetes would stop him sailing when he was diagnosed at the age of 15, and the many crossovers between sailing a boat alone and managing type 1 diabetes, Yes, really. Jack’s now on an incredible mission to become the first person with type 1 diabetes to complete the Vendée Globe - a so...

6 months ago

51 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Mat Lewis Carter: Humour and Insight on Life with Type 1 Diabetes

Get ready for some hilarious anecdotes with content creator, presenter, podcaster Mat Lewis Carter. Diagnosed at 13, Mat had watched his brother live with the condition from a young age, giving Mat a very different perspective when he found himself in the same position. Mat discusses why he only shares his glucose levels with his followers on trickier days, and how the fact he can ‘barely wash his bedsheets, but he can control an organ’ is helpful when it comes to handling the emotional side ...

7 months ago

46 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Turning the Tables: Deb and Ella Marsden's Shared Diabetes Story

Mother / Daughter Duo, Deb and Ella Marsden, are true Northeners from Yorkshire. Diagnosed as a child, all Ella remembers is life with Diabetes. Deb threw herself into helping to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes and started fundraising through hosting charity balls. But nobody could anticipate what was about to happen… After years of managing her daughter’s type 1, Deb then was diagnosed herself. Find out just how those tables turned in this incredible episode. Deb Marsden's Instagram This...

7 months ago

55 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

From School Outsider to TV Star: Married at First Sight’s Tasha Jay on Life with Type 1 Diabetes

In this energetic and honest episode, Tasha speaks to Natalie about going from being the outsider at school, to being confident enough to get married to a stranger on TV, discussing her dating experiences with type 1 diabetes, and her fear of change when it comes to embracing diabetes technology. In fact, Tasha only got a glucose sensor to help her Married At First Sight mate JJ, when he was also diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after they finished filming the series. Just don’t speak to her ab...

7 months ago

37 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Embracing the Challenge: Kamil's Life with Type 1 Diabetes and Technology

Who’s the person behind Nerdabetic? Kamil’s journey has seen him go from managing his type 1 diabetes in secret after he was diagnosed at the age of 14, to proudly making a difference while accepting that the condition is ‘bigger than anything I could ever do or solve.’ Funny, insightful and one of the most knowledgeable brains in the community when it comes to all things diabetes and technology, this is an episode not to be missed! Nerdabetic Instagram Nerdabetic YouTube This Podcast is spon...

7 months ago

57 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Running Through Life: Chloe Andrews' Marathon with Type 1 Diabetes

Chloe Andrews has seen it all with type 1 diabetes - the good, the bad and the ugly. Raising an amazing son after a traumatic birth, navigating divorce, training for a marathon and keeping her mental health in check - Chloe is afraid to discuss the gritty realities of life. But her frank attitude and incredible resilience are even more powerful when you consider that she’s been living with type 1 diabetes since the age of just five. This episode contains sensitive themes around childbirth, wh...

8 months ago

43 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Climbing Life's Mountains: Pete Davies on almost 70 Years with Type 1 Diabetes

A legend both inside and outside the type 1 diabetes community, Pete Davies talks us through living for almost 70 years with the condition, from 28mm needles and no viable or accurate method of glucose monitoring when he was diagnosed at the age of 2, to climbing Kilimanjaro in his 50s, and everything in between! Pete Davies Instagram This Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast

8 months ago

57 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

From Hiding to Helping: Nina's Empowering Type 1 Diabetes Story

As someone who posts about the realities of living with type 1 diabetes to over 100,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok, you would think Nina Joachim has always felt comfortable discussing her condition. But for 10 years following her diagnosis at the age of 7, Nina hid her diabetes and saw it as an ‘enemy’. Now she helps tens of thousands of people across the world on their own road to acceptance, posting aesthetic photos of her gadgets as well as the daily real...

8 months ago

37 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Embracing Imperfection: Jen Grieves' Story of Living with Type 1 Diabetes

Jen Grieves has had some amazing life experiences despite living with type 1 diabetes. But she claims the key for her has been to embrace being ‘scrappy’ and accepting the fact that nothing about type 1 diabetes is perfect - and it doesn’t need to be. Jen shares how she’s gone from feeling like she was the ‘only person in the world’ who felt like she did in regard to the burden of living with type 1 diabetes, to connecting to a global community by sharing real stories and hilarious anecdotes ...

8 months ago

56 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Living Fearlessly: David's Experience with Type 1 Diabetes, Tech, and Triathlons

David chats about the differences between his restrictive early diabetes management and the diabetes technology he uses today (despite declaring himself ‘not an insulin pump person’). He reveals how advances in diabetes technology have reduced his food anxiety so that he can enjoy eating out again and tech also gave him the flexibility he needed during triathlon races to compete alongside non-diabetics. So much so that he went onto complete an Ironman, very poignantly with the source of his m...

9 months ago

47 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Flying High: Verity's Journey with Type 1 Diabetes, Travel, and Marathon Dreams

Life came at Verity hard, but with her biggest inspiration, her mum, by her side Verity decided she had no choice but to ‘pull your socks up and fake it ‘til you make it’. Make it she did, and the fun-loving 20-something now handles crossing timezones, changing shift patterns and irregular mealtimes alongside her condition, living out her dream of travelling the world as cabin crew and making her mum proud with every new flight she boards. And in between the jet lag, Verity also has her sight...

9 months ago

54 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Diabetech's Inspiring Story: From Cancer Survivor to Diabetes Advocate

Content creator and YouTuber “Diabetech” aka Justin chats to Natalie about having the confidence to share his life online, and how talking about diabetes technology felt like a natural progression while he got to grips with his type 1, poignantly discussing how a cancer diagnosis in his 20s helped him to tackle his diabetes head on. All bases are covered in this episode, as Justin also reveals some hilarious dating stories, his strategy for getting up close and personal on the dance floor, ...

9 months ago

50 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Mila Garcia's First Year with Type 1 Diabetes: Taking Control of Her Health

Mila Garcia was busy living life as a 30-year-old when type 1 diabetes came crashing in - and interrupted her travel plans! Only briefly though, because within just 12 months, Mila has worked to learn everything she can about the condition so that she can continue to live out loud. From travelling to Asia and South America within the first few months of diagnosis, to body confidence around diabetes technology, Mila is warm, funny and very much living out loud with type 1 diabetes! Mila Garci...

9 months ago

45 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Futsal, Football, and Fighting Diabetes Stigma: Chris Bright’s Journey with Type 1 Diabetes | TypeCast

The elitism of professional sport led to footballer Chris Bright hiding his type 1 diabetes from everyone in the game for years. But after achieving his dream of representing Wales at futsal, he later launched The Diabetes Football Community to give other people with diabetes in the sport the voice he never had. Chris Bright Instagram Chris Bright X This Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast

10 months ago

40 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Empowering Through Representation: Dr. Temi Olonisakin and Type 1 Diabetes Advocacy | TypeCast

Stretching the limits of her own health to work tirelessly through the COVID pandemic, Dr Temi Olonisakin was shocked by the judgement and lack of empathy she received from her professional peers around her type 1 diabetes and turned to social media to learn more about her condition in order to better advocate for her needs. Met with a lack of representation, Temi defied cultural taboos to start posting herself, building an inclusive online community and turning years of ‘deep-rooted shame’ a...

10 months ago

55 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Relearning Diabetes: Grace Shush’s Journey to Acceptance with Type 1 Diabetes | TypeCast

Drag performer Grace Shush is bringing all kinds of wonderful to the type 1 diabetes community as they re-learn how to live with the condition. Grace struggled with type 1 through childhood and after not seeing a clinician for more than 10 years, it was the pandemic that forced them to confront their health and find a path to acceptance. Grace Shush Instagram This Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast

10 months ago

48 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

From Burnout to Superhero: Dan Newman’s Path to Overcoming the Challenges of Type 1 Diabetes | TypeCast

After several episodes of severe diabetes burnout and a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, Dan Newman felt like he’d ‘failed the test’ as a person with type 1 diabetes. But a job at a diabetes charity would change his life, as working among other people with the condition gave him permission to become his authentic self and helped him to overcome feelings of shame and loneliness. After a kidney transplant in 2018 and through meeting inspirational type 1s at work, Dan has ‘taken back’ what t...

11 months ago

59 minutes

TypeCast: Life Between the Lines

Turning Type 1 Diabetes into a Strength: The Inspiring Story of The Diabetic Duo | TypeCast

Accidentally creating a viral TikTok and becoming diabetes influencers has helped best friends Beth McDaniel and Ellen Watson, also known as The Diabetic Duo, turn the shame they felt around type 1 diabetes into power, helping themselves and thousands feel proud to be living with T1D. The Diabetic Duo Instagram The Diabetic Duo TikTok This Podcast is sponsored by Insulet, makers of Omnipod. For more information go to Omnipod.com/Typecast

11 months ago

42 minutes

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Hollyoaks Star Rory Douglas Speed on Living with Type 1 Diabetes | TypeCast Launch

Diagnosed at the age of eight, Hollyoaks actor Rory Douglas Speed brings his amazing energy and hilarious stories to this launch episode of TypeCast: Life Between the Lines. From handling his own injections from day 1, it wasn’t until he met his fiancé Nadine, he realised he wasn’t looking after his diabetes and health properly. Now a proud dad of two sons, Rory sees type 1 as his superpower, saving his own life every day and helping spread awareness about the condition - even ge...

11 months ago

57 minutes