Cassady Kintner has mastered the art of 'How to talk so your T1 listens, and Listen so your T1 talks' be it your child, teen, spouse or self. It is so important to understand that how you talk to yourself about your care on a daily basis will directly correlate to the payoff in the treatment and health of the person with T1. Cassady will set you up with what you need to know to set your person with diabetes up for success! Don't miss this session if you are a caregiver, or a T1 yourself. Give yourself the grace and gift of listening to be kind and accept that burnout is real and diabetes is work.

Cassady is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Medical Family Therapist who specializes in working with people living with chronic illness, particularly type one diabetes (which she's had herself for over 23 years). Cassady has a private practice where she works with teens, adults, couples and families struggling with depression, anxiety, diabetes distress and burnout as well as issues with body image and disordered eating around diabetes. Cassady facilitates workshops for parents of kids and teens with T1D navigating independence and the transition of care management responsibilities.  She is also the Board President of ConnecT1D, a nonprofit that works to build community and address the psychosocial needs of people living with T1D.

Neil is an amazing resource to the type 1 community for many reasons and not just because of his amazing documentaries and entertaining nature. His content has informative depths and facts that are life changing. In fact, these tips and tricks have helped to change his own life. If you haven't checked out his #hackthebetes videos on YouTube or Instagram you are in for a treat, because Neil will make you smile, laugh and improve your glucose control - did you even think that was possible?!?

I recommended that a healthy diet should consist of at least 80 percent healthy, whole foods, which allows for occasional favored treats 20 percent or less of the time. Because this talk is shared with the masses, and frankly the average diet today is more like 80 percent processed and maybe 20 percent healthy, I proposed the 80/20 ratio because it’s a more realistic goal for most people to achieve.

Ginger has been the go to source for T1 Emotional Eating as a resource which is a loaded topic when it comes to T1. Food is medicine and food is controlled and everyone wants control, and what happens when you feel out of control? Emotional eating, diabetes burnout and the complexities that go along with it are all going to be covered in the interview with Ginger hosted by Ilana. 

Anna will talk about current clinical research and new advances at the Beneroya Institute of Medical Research.

Making food for yourself or for the family day after day can seem like a chore and keeping it inspiring and something that everyone will eat is the challenge. Try this delicious and nutritious meal ideas with some sides and snacks she will prep and teach you in her quick session. So easy that you can do it tonight! Gluten free and celiac friendly too.. the best part... no one has to know!

Who says that two is better than 1? Well, when her second child was diagnosed with T1, she heard everything in the book, at least you know what you are doing, and at glad it's not cancer! But does any of that matter if you don't stop and take a moment to process? Listen to Ilana discuss the reality of parenting two t1 teens for the past 12 years day in and day out and talk about the real stuff, like 'what happens after dark' and answer truthful hard questions like 'do you ever want to cry' and share her story about how it's not always sprinkles and rainbows... because that is what your family and friends want to hear. The truth is, it tough, and it's okay to talk about it. It doesn't always get easier, but you get used to your new normal.

Ms. Bienstock has represented several clients in contested and uncontested dissolution proceedings, domestic violence cases, adoptions, relocation cases, child custody and child support modifications. She was actively involved in Pro Bono work with the King County Bar Associations Free Legal Clinics Family Law Programs and has received the Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation for years 2010 - 2018. 

Kristen has won the 10 best attorneys in client satisfaction from the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys for 2017-2019 and has also been recognized as the top 100 family law attorneys in the State of Washington for the year 2018 by the American Society of Legal Advocates, as well as the top 100 Attorneys for 2019 from the American Academy of Attorneys. Ms. Bienstock has also been recognized by Lawyers of Distinction for excellence in family law and divorce law for 2019.

Restoration of insulin independence and normoglycemia has been the overarching goal in diabetes research and therapy. While whole-organ and islet transplantation have become gold-standard procedures in achieving glucose control in diabetic patients, the profound lack of suitable donor tissues severely hampers the broad application of these therapies. Here, we describe current efforts aimed at generating a sustainable source of functional human stem cell-derived insulin-producing islet cells for cell transplantation and present 

state-of-the-art efforts to protect such cells via immune modulation and encapsulation strategies.

Dr. Kieffer’s laboratory is focused on the development of novel gene and cell therapy approaches to treat diabetes. He has co-authored >175 peer reviewed publications and given >100 invited presentations. He has mentored >40 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in addition to numerous undergraduates and is an active teacher. He has received scholarships from the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and JDRF and his research has been supported by these agencies, in addition to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Stem Cell Network. In 2010 he received the CDA Young Scientist Award and in 2018 was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In 2016/17 he spent 1 year on sabbatical at The Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University.