Sam Tullman

When a child is diagnosed with T1D, the whole family lives it too. 💙 The midnight checks, carb counting, constant worry, and endless love — parents carry it every single day. In this episode of Voices of T1D, host Raquel Baron sits down with licensed counselor Chikeitha Owens and behavioral researcher Sam Tullman to discuss the emotional weight of living with T1D. Together, they unpack the parts of T1D that are often hard to explain — the pressure to always get it right, the quiet self-blame when T1D feels unpredictable, and the challenge of carrying T1D without letting it define every moment. Episode 3 is available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. 🎙️

✨ Meet Our Facilitators ✨ We’re excited to introduce (and reintroduce) the people who help shape our community each week — those holding space, guiding reflection, and creating meaningful moments of connection within Diabetes Sangha. First up: Sam Tullman. Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 8, Sam has spent much of his life exploring a simple but profound question: How do we live well — even when life is challenging? As a behavior researcher and product leader in health and wellness, his work focuses on helping people better understand their habits and build systems that support real, sustainable care. Alongside this, he’s a dedicated meditation practitioner, drawing from Buddhist traditions, psychology, and neuroscience to explore what it means to be fully human. For Sam, meditation isn’t about escaping life or fixing everything. It’s about learning how to be in relationship with what’s here. This has deeply shaped how he relates to diabetes — shifting it from a constant struggle into an ongoing, evolving relationship. Not always easy, but more compassionate and workable. Through Diabetes Sangha, Sam helps others discover that same shift — supporting people in becoming a little kinder to themselves and more present in their lives.

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What a way to pass from 2025 to 2026!!! If you’re reading this, odds are I have a lot of love for you. Thanks for being part of what may have been my best year yet 🥹. Here’s part of a eulogy I wrote for 2025: _______ “This was a year of FIRE. The explosion of an ignored growing flame, and the stunned confusion standing in the cold outside of a burned down house. The makeshift and humbling warmth of remembered and reminded self worth, a lifesaving respite in an emotional wilderness. The sweet heat of fresh love setting the overgrown, dark forest of my heart ablaze, leaving a brilliant, life changing glow in the wake of its blaze, and a different kind of stunned confusion. And finally, the sting that fire leaves after lighting up neatly structured defenses and unexamined hiding places, leaving me naked in the still intense summer sun, with shade hard to find …”

Pedro is pretty much National Geographic meets tea @pedro.villalon.o5

Join us for our first full-day hybrid meditation retreat on Saturday, January 17, offered in person in the Portland, Oregon area or live on Zoom. Led by Sam Tullman, this one day retreat runs from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Pacific Time and explores the three core foundations of mindfulness practice: intention, attention, and retention. Through guided meditation, periods of individual practice, and reflective teaching, we’ll deepen our personal relationship with mindfulness so the practice becomes something you can truly make your own. What to expect includes guided sitting and moving meditation, short talks and teachings, spacious and supportive practice time, and a mostly silent retreat container with opportunities to share at the beginning and end of the day. This retreat is open to all experience levels and designed to meet you where you are, whether joining in person or online. Registration link in our bio. Location information provided upon registration.

New Workshop & Series Have you wanted to go deeper into meditation on the breath? Have you ever felt like you almost get breath meditation—but that something only clicks once in a while? Or that you understand the idea, but aren’t quite sure how to work with it in real practice? Join us Sunday, January 11 at 7 PM EST for Meditation of the Breath, a live introductory workshop led by Sam Tullman, followed by a four-week Monday series exploring breath-based concentration practice. You’re welcome to join at any point, though attending as many sessions as possible is encouraged. All sessions will be recorded. Over the course of this series, we’ll explore a Thai Buddhist method for cultivating deep states of peace and clarity through the breath—often referred to as jhāna—along with the ancient text this approach is drawn from, the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. Together, we’ll work with the breath as a steady, embodied path toward greater calm, clarity, and continuity in practice. 🧘 What you’ll experience: • Clear, accessible instruction • Guided meditation • Practical ways to work skillfully with the breath • Tools to settle the mind, reduce reactivity, and support a stable, ongoing meditation practice 📅 Workshop: Sunday, January 11 — 7:00 PM EST 📅 Monday Series: January 12, 19, 26 & February 2 ⏰ 8:30 PM EST ✨ Join any week — all sessions are recorded The workshop stands on its own and also serves as a helpful orientation for the Monday series. All experience levels are welcome. 👉 How to join: Register via the link in our bio or visit diabetessangha.com

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