Are you exhausted from sifting through conflicting diabetes advice that leaves you feeling guilty and confused?
A diabetes diagnosis doesn't have to mean a lifetime of food fear and self-blame. The Diabetes, Liberated digital workbook offers a fresh, compassionate approach to diabetes management—one that honors your body's wisdom while giving you the practical tools you need to thrive.
Living with Type 2 diabetes often comes with well-meaning but restrictive advice that can feel overwhelming, triggering, or shame-inducing. You deserve better. This workbook combines evidence-based diabetes care with weight-inclusive principles to help you build a sustainable, peaceful relationship with food and your body.
A Different Kind of Diabetes Guide
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Deep dives into diabetes science that explain, not shame
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Reflection prompts that help you process your diagnosis and journey
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Practical strategies for working with your body, not against it
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Tools to create your own personalized management approach
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Clear, straightforward information about medications and their effects
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Evidence-based techniques for using embodiment to support blood sugar management
What you'll discover inside​​
Your personalized management playbook
No two diabetes journeys are the same. Through guided exercises and reflective activities, you'll develop your own unique toolkit for managing diabetes in a way that works for YOU. This isn't about following rigid rules—it's about discovering what helps you feel your best.
about me,
I'm a Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Care and Education Specialist with more than 15 years of experience. I work with people all over the world through my practice, Erin Phillips Nutrition.
My mission is to support people with diabetes and the people who love them (clinicians and family members alike) to live a long and happy life with diabetes without food restriction, diets, or shame.
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My approach mixes and combines the practicalities of nutrition and diabetes science with the wisdom of Internal Family Systems and embodiment practices.
You want to understand the science of diabetes without the judgment​
You're looking for practical tools that don't compromise your relationship with food​​
You have a history of disordered eating and need an approach that doesn't demonize foods or tell you to avoid food groups
You're ready to explore management strategies that honor your whole self
You're tired of diabetes advice that focuses on restriction and shame​
This digital workbook is for you if:
Workbook Chapters
HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT:
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Eight chapters packed with information, reflections, diagrams and activities to guide you through understanding diabetes through a weight-inclusive lens.
Chapter 1: Ack!!! I’ve Been Diagnosed With Diabetes?!?!
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The three most important truths about type 2 diabetes that I want everyone to know as a weight inclusive Diabetes Education Specialist.
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Why I truly believe this diagnosis is not your fault.
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Why you don’t need to lose weight to manage diabetes!
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How to cope when this is really hard.
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Chapter 2: What is Type 2 Diabetes, Really?
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The science of diabetes.
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The scary stuff - complications. (But you’ll learn about why it’s not so scary after all!)
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Why diabetes is rarely an emergency.
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How to keep tabs on what’s going on with diabetes in your body. (AKA how to not stress because you’re confident in your decisions about how you care for your body.)
Chapter 3: A New Diabetes Management Framework
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Diabetes management as a toolbox.
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“Life Factors” that affect glucose (aka everything else that isn’t “diet and exercise”).
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Chapter 4: Movement: A Potent Tool for Blood Sugar​
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How to decouple movement and weight.
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How movement affects glucose levels.
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How to have a conversation with your doctor about movement.
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Ways to reflect on your own relationship with movement-related self-care behaviors.
Chapter 5: A Solid Nutrition House
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Topics include:
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Checking in about your relationship with food.
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Reflecting on how diabetes affects relationship with food.
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Tools for improving your relationship with food.
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Erin’s Diabetes Nutrition Framework.
Chapter 6: Making Sense of Blood Sugar
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The spectrum of ways to monitor blood sugar, including continuous glucose monitors, finger pokes and A1c.
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Caring for your mental health when checking blood sugar.
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How to interpret these numbers.
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Chapter 7: Medications: A Misunderstood Tool
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Topics include:
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Unpacking our beliefs about medications.
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Available medications and how they work.
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Navigating side effects.
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How to have a conversation with your medical team about medications.
Chapter 8: Tying It All Together
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Topics include:
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Re-imagining again what living with diabetes can look like.
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Making your own personalized diabetes management playbook.
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Resources for more learning and support.
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...plus bonus sections on terminology and a guide to help you make the most of this workbook.
What makes this workbook different?
This digital workbook bridges the gap between traditional diabetes education and modern weight-inclusive care. You'll learn how to:
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Work with your healthcare team more effectively
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Navigate medication decisions with confidence
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Better understand your body's signals
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Build sustainable self-care practices
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Begin to create peace with food while managing blood sugar
