EP 18 – Vulnerability is Dope. Mental Health & Making Diabetes your Own with Jiggy Yoon

Trigger warning: Suicide-attempt mentioned inside of this episode.

A diagnosis of type one diabetes comes with a large mental load, especially with an adult onset.

Inside this episode, I sit down with Jiggy Yoon who has been a personal friend of mine for years (and years to come). Jiggy is the only Korean, lesbian, hip-hop dancing and rapping Type 1 Diabetic girl-who-lifts with tattoos, piercings who speaks so boldly of vulnerability.

We sit down and talk about the events leading up to her diagnosis that made handling type one diabetes even more difficult, how she chose to move forward and how she is rising above it all now.

Here’s whats inside today’s episode:
– Jiggy’s type one journey and being diagnosed while at Penn State University
– How Jiggy made the decision to love her diagnosis despite the odds.
– Situations leading up to the diagnosis that caused burnout early on
– How Jiggy supports her clients in taking charge of their lives without toxic positivity or burnout

RESOURCES:
– Apply for the Skin Grip Diabetes Scholarship
– Follow Jiggy on Instagram!

SHOW NOTES

• ⏰ (1:23): Today’s guest
• ⏰ (2:59): How we met
• ⏰ (6:39): Let’s talk a little bit about your your journey. Like your diagnosis journey.
• ⏰ (9:09): As far as the the response from your mom, like, how did that mentality kind of dictate or change the way that you handled the diagnosis?
• ⏰ (13:14): How did not having support in the community impact the mindset behind the diagnosis?
• ⏰ (17:39): What other steps did you take, support did you get to like, kind of bring, like bridge that together?
• ⏰ (23:40): You don’t use a pump or a CGM still right? What made you decide that?
• ⏰ (25:54): You’ve had, like, you’ve had endos kind of like push the agenda of technology, right?
• ⏰ (29:34): Changing the narrative.
• ⏰ (33:52): So like, let’s talk about where you are now.
• ⏰ (39:48): Looking back at younger Jiggy or looking at the the younger that you support right now, what would you tell yourself? What do you tell them? Anybody who’s kind of in that space of I don’t know what I’m looking forward to. I’m dealing with these impossible situations. What is your advice to them? Or what like, what do you wish that you knew at that time?
• ⏰ (43:35): So let’s talk about just real quick, like resources, um, like people, organizations, what you do – for anybody who feels maybe in that stuck feeling? Or just anybody who may or may need that extra support?
• ⏰ (20:08): Alright, what about team Jiggy? What do, like where can people find you for support for what you do? Listen to other speaking opportunities? Hire you? Where can we find you?
  – Instagram
  – Youtube
  – Website
• ⏰ (46:45): Thank you so much for this conversation!

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