Reclaim Your Rise: Type 1 Diabetes with Lauren Bongiorno
Lauren Bongiorno is a Nationally Board Certified Health Coach and the founder and CEO of Risely Health. Featured on the TODAY show and other media outlets, Risely helps people and families impacted by Type 1 Diabetes take ownership over their health so they can transform their life with more freedom and confidence. Lauren has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was 7 years old and has experienced firsthand that when health transforms, so does everything else - our relationships, our time, our career, our families, and, most importantly, ourselves. Each week she will bring you lessons from her own personal diabetes experience, strategies that are key to understanding your body’s patterns, and guests who will speak to everything from advances in technology to all things hormones, exercise, relationships, and mindset. All of this so that over time, you TOO can reclaim your rise.
Reclaim Your Rise: Type 1 Diabetes with Lauren Bongiorno
Latest Episodes
235. I Left My Phone at Home for My Run ... Here's What Happened to My Blood Sugar
Last week, Lauren went for a 30-minute run and left her phone at home.No CGM. No way to check her blood sugar. Just two glucose tablets in her pocket, a plan she trusted, and confidence in the patterns she'd learned about her body.
234. 7 Things Every Parent of a Child with Type 1 Diabetes Needs to Hear Right Now
When your child's CGM alarms at 2 a.m., does your body go into panic mode before your brain has a chance to think?If you're raising a child with Type 1 diabetes, you know the constant mental load. The carb counting, the overnight alarms,...
233. "My Insulin Pump Broke in Slovenia for 9 Days": Kate Makinson on Travel, Perimenopause & 33 Years with T1D
Kate Makinson has lived with Type 1 diabetes since 7th grade and has spent the last 33 years building a life of absolute adventure. She’s a PE teacher, runner, mountain biker, and someone who has always found a way to figure it out, whether tha...
232: From an A1C of 12 to 50-Mile Ultramarathons: Chris Roome on Sobriety, T1D, and Project InsulNation
Chris Roome was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 12 after waking up in the ICU, but for years, managing his T1D wasn’t his priority. Through his teens and early adulthood, he struggled with teenage rebellion, addiction, an A1C of 12, and event...
231. The T1D Endo Crisis: ADA 2026 Insights with Audrey DeGuerrera
Audrey DeGuerrera was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2022 while working as a management consultant at McKinsey, averaging 80-hour weeks and traveling four days a week. The physical demands were a lot, but it was the mental load of suddenly l...
