Why I Started Mind Over Sugar.
This is my ethos:
You are not broken.
You are not failing.
And you are not a glucose graph.
If you’re here, diabetes probably didn’t come into your life quietly. It arrived uninvited, carrying syringes, numbers, expectations, fear, and a brand-new identity you never asked for.
You suddenly became “the diabetic”.
The careful one.
The anxious one.
The one who “has to be extra responsible”.
And somewhere in the middle of all of that, you got lost.
Mind Over Sugar was created to help you find yourself again.
My story (and my ethos)
I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 23. Not as a child. Not something I grew up understanding or managing. It was sudden, life-changing and deeply disorientating.
One minute, I was living normally. The next, I was learning how to inject myself, count carbs, understand blood sugar patterns, and pretend I wasn’t absolutely terrified.
At the same time, I was already working in mental health, a field I’ve now been part of for over 18 years. I’ve supported people through trauma, breakdowns, identity loss, chronic illness, and the silent damage that happens in the mind long before it ever shows up on a chart.
That’s where my ethos was formed:
Not in textbooks.
Not in perfect routines.
But in lived experience and deep, messy humanity.
Diabetes is not just a medical condition. It’s a psychological one. It changes how you see your body, your future, your worth, and your safety. And yet, almost all the support out there focuses on food and numbers… not the mind that has to live with it.
So I built what I needed when I was diagnosed.
Mind Over Sugar is rooted in my ethos: that healing doesn’t start with control — it starts with compassion.
What Mind Over Sugar really is
This is not medical advice.
This is not a meal plan.
This is not another voice telling you to “just try harder”.
This is mindset coaching and emotional support for people living with Type 1 Diabetes who are exhausted from carrying this alone.
It’s for the ones who:
- Feel disconnected from their body
- Live in fear of highs, lows and complications
- Feel guilt after eating
- Feel resentment towards their diagnosis
- Feel “less than” who they used to be
- Feel pressure to be perfect all the time
This space exists to help you:
- Rebuild your identity after diagnosis
- Release shame and self-blame
- Reduce anxiety around food, insulin and numbers
- Make peace with your body
- Learn emotional resilience
- Feel like a human again — not a walking medical file
Everything here is guided by my ethos: you deserve support that treats you like a whole person, not a problem to be managed.
My approach (my ethos in action)
I don’t teach perfection.
I don’t preach discipline through shame.
I don’t believe in fear-based motivation.
Instead, I work through:
- Self-compassion
- Behavioural psychology
- Emotional processing
- Identity rebuilding
- Gentle, realistic habit shifts
- Radical honesty
- A safe non-judgemental space
Because the truth is, no one feels empowered when they feel watched, judged, or constantly “failing”.
And my ethos is that you don’t fix people by breaking them down more — you heal them by helping them feel seen.
Yes, we’ll be serious.
Yes, we’ll go deep.
And yes, sometimes we’ll laugh at how ridiculous this all feels, because dark humour is a coping skill too.
This is for you if…
Mind Over Sugar is for you if:
- You live with Type 1 Diabetes
- You were diagnosed as a teenager or adult
- You feel mentally exhausted by it
- You miss your old self
- You don’t recognise your relationship with food or your body anymore
- You want emotional support, not medical lectures
- You want to stop hating yourself for having bad days
You don’t need perfect numbers.
You don’t need a perfect mindset.
You don’t need a perfect routine.
You just need a space built on my ethos — kindness over criticism.
And that’s exactly what this is.
Ready to start treating yourself like a human again?
You don’t need to change everything today.
You don’t need to become a “new you”.
You just need to start by being a little more gentle with the one you already are.
👉 Go here to get your free kit
Diabetes may be part of your life —
but it does not get to define your worth.
And that… is my ethos.
Yours, as always,
Pete
