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
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...
230. "Yeah, I Ate 6 Crumbl Cookies!" Type 1 Alex on Living With T1D in Your Early 20's
Alex Tolwinski… known online as @TypeOneAlexx… built a pretty recognizable T1D presence on social media by doing what ev...
229. "Who Knew I'd Be Crying Over Pancakes": A Story of DKA, a Brain Hemorrhage, and Finding Your Way Back with T1D (ft. Argelis)
Argelis Milian Robles was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2025 — alone, without a car, on the brink of losing her job, and managing celiac on top of it all. And that was just the beginning. What came next tested everything she had. Her faith....
228. Living With T1D Through Diabulimia, Retinopathy, and the Road Back to Yourself (ft. Angela Gaeddert)
Angela Gaeddert was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at nine years old. For 23 years, she showed up to her endo appointments and filled in the gaps on her own. Along the way, she navigated diabulimia during one of the most isolating seasons of he...
