Coaching for the mental and emotional side of T1D

You know how to manage your blood sugar.Managing the mental weight of T1D is a different skill.

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We help adults with type 1 diabetes build the skills to keep fear, worry, and burnout from calling the shots.

Founded by Dr. Mark Heyman, a psychologist who’s lived with type 1 since 1999.

You Know These Moments

  • Checking your CGM at every red light.
  • Eating the same lunch every day because you know what it’ll do.
  • Waking up to a 3 a.m. alarm, then lying awake long after the number’s fine.

You already know what to do. This is about the weight that comes with it.

How We Do It

Living well with T1D isn’t about more discipline. It’s a set of skills you can learn and practice. Here’s how we build them.

A plan built around your life

We start with what T1D is keeping you from doing, not just your numbers.

Tools for the scary moments

A low at the gym. Double arrows down in a meeting. You’ll know what to do with the fear, not just the number.

Room between the number and the story

Separate what’s actually happening from what your mind predicts will happen.

Small steps back to what you’ve been avoiding

The hike, the trip, the late dinner. Before you feel 100% ready.

Coaching for the hard days

When an old pattern comes back, you work through it with someone instead of starting over alone.

People who get it

Adults with T1D who understand what you’re carrying without a long explanation.

Together, this is the LiveFree with T1D Operating System, put to work in your daily life.

Client Stories

From 7 months to 50+ years with T1D, in their own words.

“I was nervous about flying with my Omnipod. I used what I learned in the program and told myself, ‘I’m uncomfortable, and it’s okay to be uncomfortable. Let’s see what happens.’ By the next flight, it wasn’t a big deal anymore. Now I can push further and see what else I can do.”

KatieT1D for 21 years

“I’m not panicking anymore. I’m still uncomfortable, but I’m more confident that I can handle a low. It’s just a short period of time, and then it will go back up and pass.”

LouiseT1D for 14 years

“I felt trapped. I didn’t know what to do or how to do it, and it really got me down. The program helped me see that I have choices, options, and skills I can use to think differently. That helped me feel free.”

LisaT1D for 7 months

“I recognized the signs of diabetes burnout sneaking up on me. I knew I couldn’t get through it on my own. I don’t feel that overwhelmed and hopeless anymore. I’m much more comfortable being who I am and doing what I do.”

LyndaT1D for 50+ years

How We Can Work Together

Both options are built on the LiveFree with T1D Operating System, the approach we’ve used with 400+ adults with T1D.

10-week small-group coaching

The LiveFree with T1D Accelerator

For adults ready to stop letting fear, worry, and burnout make their decisions. You’ll work on the situations that matter most to you, practice new skills in your everyday life, and get support from coaches who live with T1D.

What’s included

  • A private strategy session to create your personalized plan
  • Ten weeks of live group coaching
  • Support and accountability between calls
  • The LiveFree with T1D Operating System: the framework, the exercises, and how to use them on a hard day
  • Group office hours with a T1D nurse educator and dietitian
  • A community of adults with T1D
  • A monthly support call for loved ones

Private 1:1 coaching

Prefer 1:1 Support?

Some people would rather work one-on-one, on the situations that are hardest for them: nighttime lows, exercise, travel, burnout. Private coaching gives you individual sessions with a LiveFree coach.

Same LiveFree with T1D Operating System as the Accelerator, built around you instead of a group.

“My pump failed the day before I was leaving on a trip. It took about two hours to get everything working again, but I stayed calm and just rolled with it. Even my husband has noticed that I don’t get as upset or frustrated anymore.”
PattiT1D for 2 years

Ready to stop letting T1D call the shots?

Start with a free strategy session. We’ll talk about what’s getting in your way and how we can help.

Apply for a Free Strategy Session

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LiveFree with T1D provides education and coaching, not medical or mental health treatment. Work with your healthcare team on diabetes management decisions.

What We Have Achieved

25

Years In The Market

100

Coaches Trained

300

Online Program Launched

100M+

Gross Revenue Created