Overview
This section is where you move beyond survival and start learning how to thrive with type 1 diabetes.
Before coming here, it’s essential to have solid foundations in type 1 diabetes management. If you haven’t already, complete the Foundations first. That work is non-negotiable — it’s where safety, competence, and baseline control are locked in.
Once Foundations are in place, you’ve earned the ability to survive safely.
This hub is about what comes next: learning how to thrive.
How to use this section
Thriving with T1D doesn’t come from a single protocol or a fixed endpoint. It emerges from an ongoing loop, with CGM as your teacher and real life as the testing ground:
Experiment → Learn → Adapt → Repeat
There is no single “right” way to live with type 1 diabetes. Some people prioritise steadiness and minimal cognitive load. Others want to explore performance, flexibility, sport, food, or physiology more deeply.
You do not need to do everything here. Most people shouldn’t. Instead, think of this page as a hub you return to as your life, goals, and capacity evolve.
Bookmark it. Come back to it. Use it to choose the next experiment — not to overwhelm yourself.
And if you want guidance as new tools and ideas are added, stay connected via the GNL Weekly Brief.
Guides in this section
- Fast and slow movers — how to shift glucose between meals.
- Activity and movement — using movement to improve time in range by amplifying insulin.
- Dynamic Glucose Management — the core framework for thriving with CGM.
- Mealtime Insulin Guide — handling high-carb and high-fat meals in the real world.
- Exercise Guide — hypo risk, insulin on board, and staying in range during training.
- Insulin resistance — why fat loss and sensitivity are harder with T1D, and what actually helps.
- Under 5s — why early childhood T1D is a unique challenge.
- Partying — staying safe with alcohol and drugs in T1D.
