Diabetes is not just a number on a glucose meter. It is a constant management of food, exercise and above all your own head. How do you cope with a diagnosis that is not visible but affects every minute of your day? Is it possible to combine elite sport with a chronic illness without destroying oneself?
Come to an open dialogue in the bar of the summer cinema, where we will demolish myths and find a balance between ambition and the limits of one's own body. The evening is not only for diabetics, but especially for parents of children with diabetes, young people at the beginning of their journey with the diagnosis and anyone interested in a modern approach to active living with limitations.
Guests:
Tereza Jandová (FOKUS Turnov)
A former national biathlon athlete who had to learn that elite sport with type 1 diabetes looks completely different than she planned. She shares her powerful story about the pressure to perform, the psychological acceptance of the disease and how she helps others today.
Jan Hrusovsky (Diabetes Podcast/CNN Prima News)
Journalist and creator of the popular Diabetes Podcast, which has long been dedicated to educating and connecting the diabetes community in the Czech Republic. He brings insight, experience from dozens of interviews with experts, and practical tips on how not to get lost in the help system.
What will we tackle together?
Sport and food: How to set up a regime so that your body works and you enjoy movement.
Psyche and Acceptance: the journey from denial to the "new normal" and how to avoid burnout.
Diagnosis as a new journey: Paradoxically, can limitation be the impetus for better self-knowledge?
Service for you: where to turn? We'll introduce helpful projects like Diapositive and other communities that have your back.
The How to Survive Health lecture series is dramaturged and produced by FOKUS Turnov, z.s., a non-profit organization that has been supporting people with mental illness and intellectual disabilities on their journey to recovery and a full life in the mainstream community for more than thirty years. In addition to providing social services, it has long been dedicated to mental health awareness and destigmatization. By engaging in this lecture series, FOKUS aims to open up topics that the public is often reluctant to talk about, contribute to greater understanding and breaking down prejudices, and foster open discussion about mental health in society. The subtitle of the series is therefore the motto: "A series of lectures on illness, disability, addiction and living with them".
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How to Survive Health: Nutrition, sport and diabetes: performance vs. diagnosis
