At the time of my diagnosis I was prescribed metformin and over the next 3 years I became miserable. Tired in the afternoon, weight gain, the GI mess was unbearable, I couldn’t even eat fruit anymore. So, I just stopped taking it. Of course, this created unmanaged blood sugars and high A1C. High like 10.5!

So back to the Doctor. Given a new pill. It worked great…for a while, higher dose recommended of course. Insulin was suggested. I politely declined. For months and months I was obsessed with reading everything about how T2D works in the body, every trick, supplement, webinar, and then crying every morning when it was still 200.

Then one day when I was standing in my room staring at more supplements, when I had my moment of truth! I literally said out loud, “What the hell am I doing?!” Lol I had been giving all my power and focus to diabetes, obsessing about numbers, fearing foods, focusing on how I was failing to get this reversed, chasing external answers.

"Good grief…what you focus on you get more of, I teach this everyday." Something I knew and used in the rest of my life, but not this. Why? What was I afraid of? I was feeding the very thing I was trying to heal.

That day I did a reset. Followed by the reframing of how I think about my Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis; I listened to my body. I then shifted my coaching process to this one topic, tools and answers flowed to me. I was determined to share this process to help others.

My A1C went from 10.5 to 7.2 in 10 weeks! Then down to 6.2 the following 8 weeks! Holding steady there right now, with no medication! I feel amazing, and yep, I even lost some weight.

The gift of my journey is why I wrote the book "Type 2 Diabetes is a Rogue...with a gift.©" It is why I shifted my coaching program to work solely with those discouraged with their Type 2 Diabetes. It’s why they call me the Gift Giver, I truly want to share this gift that hundreds of others have received!