About Michael Hofer
Diabetes warrior, executive, author, and the person who wrote down what four decades of type 1 diabetes taught him.
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on my eleventh birthday, in Salzburg, Austria. That was the era of urine strips and one-size-fits-all insulin. I have lived through every generation of diabetes care since: the first home glucose meters, insulin pens, pumps, continuous glucose monitors, and now automated insulin delivery that adjusts my dose while I sleep. Today I run on a Dexcom G7 and a Tandem t:slim X2.
Along the way, I built a career as a senior executive at international companies and am currently the chief financial officer of a diversified energy company. I earned a Ph.D., an MBA, and a master's in accounting, became a CPA, and studied at Wharton and MIT. I speak five languages and have lived in the United States since 2012. None of that happened despite diabetes. The discipline the condition demanded of an eleven-year-old is the same discipline that got me through everything after.
The approach
What I eventually landed on is four things working together: a medical team I treat as partners, a low-carb way of eating that makes dosing predictable, movement that is gentle enough to do every day, and a daily practice of stillness that keeps stress from hijacking my numbers. The books and the course put that approach in one place, and I speak about it for patient groups and employers.
Not a physician
I write as a patient, not a doctor. Everything here comes from my own experience and reading. Before changing your diet, exercise, or medication, talk with your physician and diabetes care team. They are your partners in this.
Elsewhere
My professional work in finance and M&A is at bymichaelhofer.com.
