Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
This Wasn’t in the Pamphlet is an honest, unfiltered guide to living with type 2 diabetes when the official advice falls short.When you’re diagnosed, you’re handed a pamphlet and a list of rules. What you’re not prepared for is everything else. The shame. The fear. The pressure to fix yourself. The emotional weight of managing something that touches every part of your life while the world offers simple answers and quick solutions.Written by wellness coach, community leader, and podcast host Mary Van Doorn, this book fills in what the pamphlet left out. Drawing from a decade of lived experience and real conversations with thousands of people navigating diabetes, Mary offers a compassionate, real-talk approach to health that goes beyond food rules and numbers.Inside, you’ll find reflections on mindset, motivation, burnout, self-trust, boundaries, perfectionism, diet culture, support systems, and what it really means to show up for your health without losing yourself in the process. Each chapter blends personal stories with practical insight, meeting readers where they are and reminding them they don’t have to be perfect to make progress.This is not a diet book. It’s not a how-to-fix-yourself plan. And it’s not about doing diabetes 'right.'It’s about rebuilding trust with yourself, letting go of shame, and creating a life that feels steady, sustainable, and yours.Your diagnosis may be part of your story, but it’s not the whole thing.And you still get to decide what the next chapter looks like.
