Diabetes Self-Management Blog

Scott Coulter

Scott Coulter

Scott Coulter is a Philadelphia-based therapist and musician. Since being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 15, he has had a strong desire to share the knowledge he’s gained in both his personal and professional lives to help others living with diabetes. In his role as a therapist, Scott has worked with individuals and families struggling to face the challenges that come with a chronic medical condition. And as a musician, Scott has spent a good deal of time on the road, learning to manage his diabetes while living off gas station breakfasts and working until 3 AM every night. Away from work, Scott enjoys spending time with his wife and four cats, catching up on the latest episode of Breaking Bad, and taking time to write.


For Teenagers

I don’t know how many teenage readers are out there — I know that isn’t the majority of who makes up this Web site’s readership. But today, I’m writing for you: I’m going to talk about living with diabetes through the teenage years…

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In the Moment

I practice Zen meditation — much more sporadically than I care to admit, but I do practice it, and I have found it an incredibly valuable practice…

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Unexpected Teacher

When I was 15 years old, I had my first music lesson with Art. Art is a jazz pianist who lives in my hometown of Boulder, CO, and just happens to be one of the most brilliant musical minds in the country…

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Sharing Diabetes With Others (Part 3)

Being “different” is not the only feeling we must confront in social situations. Diabetes can also make us feel dependent…

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Some Simple Kindness

Earlier today, I was sitting on a bus, stewing over what I perceived to be life’s “injustices” — comparing what the “good guys” (including myself in this category, of course) have accomplished, versus what people I deem “unworthy” have accomplished…

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Knowing When to Cut and Run

What do you do when you find yourself in a miserable situation? Do you get lazy and slack off? Do you get frustrated and snap at people? Do you suck it up and push forward even though you’re cracking up on the inside? Life being what it is (imperfect in so many ways), it’s a question all of us have to face every now and again…

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Sharing Diabetes With Others (Part 2)

The relative invisibility of diabetes is a fortunate thing in many respects. We are lucky to have a condition that does not draw unwanted attention to itself 24 hours a day. But the invisibility of diabetes also has some drawbacks…

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Sharing Diabetes With Others (Part 1)

When I was 16, I went to a summer camp for teens with diabetes. My mother was the one who found out about it, and while I wasn’t resisting the idea with too much force, my enthusiasm for the camp was lukewarm at best. I was already feeling a little “weird” about having a chronic disease the rest of my life, and I thought that going to a camp devoted to it would only make me feel weirder…

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Play Ball!

I love baseball. I love everything about it; I love the slow pace of the game; I love the fact that it signals the beginning of more daylight and warmer weather; I love the tradition of it, the “poetry” of the game. And I think baseball can teach us a few things about living with diabetes…

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Mind–Body Awareness and Diabetes

As anyone who reads this blog with any regularity knows, I am a musician (among other things). I have played keyboards since I was about eight years old, and while other interests, and even careers, have come and gone, music has remained a constant…

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