{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Your Best T1D Year","title":"Move for Your Head, Not Just Your Numbers","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/36c79bda\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":329,"description":"Six weeks of below-the-neck science, and now the part a CGM can't graph. Type 1 diabetes carries a mental load the pamphlets undersell: four hundred decisions a day, alarms, math, the low that hijacks an afternoon. The research on movement and mood is deep and consistent: regular light movement measurably helps with stress, anxiety, and low mood. Not a replacement for real mental health care, and Neil says so clearly, but a free, immediate daily pressure valve.\nAnd for us specifically, the evening walk offers something rarer: the only fifteen minutes of the day when the relationship with your body isn't a negotiation through sticky notes on a CGM. No alarms. Same team. Some days, that's the whole point.\nIn this episode:\nWhat the research says about movement, stress, and mood\nThe walk as a pattern interrupt for shame spirals and doomscrolls\nDiabetes distress, burnout, and why the head is part of the A1C\nWhen movement helps your mental load, and when it's time for more support\nYour challenge: take one walk purely for your head this week. Don't even check the CGM after. Just notice how you re-enter the house.\nHelpful resources and newsletter: https://yourbestt1dyear.com\nConnect with Neil: TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@the.betes Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebetes Facebook: https://facebook.com/neilgreathouse LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/neil-greathouse-a607b912 Website: https://yourbestt1dyear.com\nBooks on Amazon: Type 1 Diabetes – One Day at a Time: https://a.co/d/6UHooWJ Type 1 Diabetes – True Stories: https://a.co/d/dfIlyI1","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o0hXmJTfrsbPYfZKHjLJRs1Dx7iBMJisKDJZnYXjscs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNzFh/MDhmY2QwMjcwZTcx/NWRkZTBjNTk5YzUz/YjY2MS5QTkc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}