Oftentimes when we visit with clinicians or have contact with a healthcare professional, we may feel nervous or anxious. Even though we are guided to write down questions in advance, we usually don’t do it and forget what we wanted to ask. To that end, it is important for us to understand our health and…

Did you know that living with a chronic illness can also come along with feelings of stigma? Folks living with diabetes mellitus type 2, obesity, and a mental illness report feeling higher rates of stigma than the general population. Even worse, the stigma extends beyond the illness: their families across generations, friendships, work impairment, and…