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The Pro Tip Practice — 21 Days of Guided Reflection on Type 1 Diabetes | Juicebox Podcast
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The Pro Tip Practice

21 days of guided reflection on living well with Type 1 diabetes — built on the Juicebox Pro Tip series. Five minutes a day. Free. Reflective, not prescriptive.

21+1 Days
5 min Per day
5 Phases
Free Forever
What this is

A practice, not a course.

Most diabetes education hands you information and asks you to apply it. The Pro Tip series already does that. What's missing — and what most people quietly struggle with — is the daily practice that turns information into a skill, and a skill into a way of moving through your day.

The Pro Tip Practice is 21 days plus one. Each day is a short reading, a single idea, an affirmation, and one thing to notice. Five minutes of your time. Nothing to buy. Nothing to track for anyone but yourself. Nothing to perform.

Days unlock one at a time. Your progress lives in your own browser — no account, no email required, no one watching. You can read tomorrow's day tomorrow, or wait a week. You can repeat a day. You can pause and come back. The practice is yours.

Please read before Day 1

The opening preface

The Pro Tip Practice is patient education and reflective practice based on the Juicebox Podcast's Diabetes Pro Tip series. It exists to help you become a more thoughtful, articulate, and engaged participant in your own diabetes care. It is not medical advice.

Scott Benner, the host of the Juicebox Podcast, is not a doctor. Jennifer Smith — co-host of the Pro Tip series and a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist — is not your care provider. Decisions about your insulin, medications, monitoring, goals, and treatment plan should always be made with your endocrinologist, CDCES, RD, or other licensed members of your care team.

Each day, you'll be invited to notice something — never to do something. What you do with what you notice is between you and your care team. If something here feels off, talk to your team. If something here feels right, also talk to your team. Bring them along.

If you're experiencing severe high or low blood sugar, distress, or anything that feels like an emergency, stop reading this program and contact your medical team or emergency services.

This program is offered free as part of the Juicebox Podcast community. By participating, you acknowledge that you understand this is educational content, that your individual care remains your responsibility, and that the Juicebox Podcast and its associated parties are not responsible for the outcomes of decisions you make based on information here.

One last thing. If today doesn't fit, skip it. If a week feels heavy, pause it. This isn't a prescription. It's a conversation. Come back when you're ready.

Your Progress
Day 0 of 22
The 22 days

Five phases. One day at a time.

Days unlock as you complete the one before. Progress is stored in your own browser — no account, no signup required.

Phase 1 · Days 1–3

Settle Calming the nervous system. No technique yet. Just permission to start.

Day 01

You're not behind

Read
Day 02

Name what you've been carrying

Read
Day 03

Information isn't a threat

Read
Phase 2 · Days 4–7

See CGM literacy. Pure observation, no intervention.

Day 04

The number is the smallest part

Read
Day 05

Direction

Read
Day 06

Speed

Read
Day 07

Pattern

Read
Phase 3 · Days 8–12

Name Vocabulary for everything that's happening.

Day 08

Pre-bolus

Read
Day 09

The target band

Read
Day 10

Bump and nudge

Read
Day 11

The four tools

Read
Day 12

IOB

Read
Phase 4 · Days 13–17

Practice Small experiments. Single variables. Pure observation.

Day 13

Notice timing

Read
Day 14

Notice movement

Read
Day 15

Notice fat and protein

Read
Day 16

Notice the unseen

Read
Day 17

Notice the whole day

Read
Phase 5 · Days 18–21

Own Identity work. Recognizing who you've become.

Day 18

You're not who you were

Read
Day 19

What you now do without thinking

Read
Day 20

Your relationship with your team

Read
Day 21

Going forward

Read
Day 22 · The culmination

Share One outward action. The note to your care team.

Day 22

The note to your team

Read
Tools you can explore

To play with, alongside the practice.

The Juicebox Podcast hosts a handful of free interactive tools — calculators that let you play with the math behind what the Pro Tips teach. None of them are doctors. Bring what you find to your care team.

Tool · Bolus math

Bolus Estimator

See how timing and dose shape a meal curve. Warsaw Method dual-wave dosing simulator with a pharmacokinetic visualizer.

Explore
Tool · Basal math

Basal Estimator

Explore starting-point math for basal rates.

Explore
Tool · Settings

Settings Tool

See how settings ladder up to outcomes.

Explore
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The Pro Tip Practice is free and always will be. If you'd like to hear when new tools, series, or programs go live, leave your email.

The Pro Tip Practice is patient education and reflective practice, not medical advice.
Discuss anything you notice with your care team.
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