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.
Episodes
199 episodes
200. “Is a Flat Graph Without Restriction Even Possible?” How Layne Found Freedom After 30 Years with Type 1 Diabetes
In this special 200th episode of Reclaim Your Rise, I sit down with Risely coaching alum Layne—an ICU nurse practitioner who has lived with type 1 diabetes for over 30 years—to explore a struggle I know so many in our community quietly...
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199. The #1 Thing To Do To Lower Your A1C
In today’s episode, I’m boiling down everything I’ve observed in 7 years of coaching people impacted by T1D into one essential takeaway. In my experience, there is this ONE thing that is at the base of every T1D transformation, no matter who th...
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198. “It Wasn’t the Diabetes...It Was Me”: How Patrick Overcame Burnout and Reclaimed His Life After 35 Years with T1D
In this episode, I sit down with Patrick House, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years and came to coaching feeling completely burnt out. He opens up about rebuilding trust with his body, shifting from self-blame to self-compassion, and ...
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197. The 25-Year Mark: My Reflections of A Quarter Century Lived With Type 1
Today, I’m reflecting on my 25th diaversary, 25 years since I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In the past, I’ve shared this day with my parents on the podcast, but this year I felt called to sit down solo and really process what th...
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196. When “Winning” at Diabetes Becomes the Problem: A Story Every T1D Parent Needs to Hear
In this episode, I sit down with author and mom Stephanie Fallon, whose six-year-old daughter, Posey, lives with type 1 diabetes. Stephanie’s story struck me deeply—she shares how her lifelong perfectionism was challenged when faced with the un...
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195. How Can You Ensure Timely Delivery of Your Diabetes Supplies?
Getting your diabetes supplies shouldn’t be so complicated and we’re here to help spread the word. Today, we’re joined by Stephen Ouellette from Byram Healthcare to unpack what’s happening behind the scenes that makes this part of life with T1D...
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194. Bringing Type 1 Diabetes Support to the Spanish-Speaking Community with Coach Alejandro
Meet Coach Alejandro, the newest member of our Risely Health coaching team! His journey with type 1 diabetes is deeply personal, from being the first in his family diagnosed to later supporting his young daughter through her own diagnosis. Inst...
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33:47
193. I’m in Beyond Type 1’s Campaign with Nick Jonas! BTS of Going Beyond Diabetes Misconceptions
In this solo episode, I’m spilling all the behind-the-scenes details from filming Beyond Type One’s Go Beyond campaign with Nick Jonas, Billy Porter, and more. From navigating pregnancy on set to what this experience taught me about br...
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192. A Brother’s Fight to Share His Sister’s Story: Turning Grief into T1D Advocacy with Dr. Joren Whitley
This episode is in honor of Kylee Breann Whitley, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, and a friend living with type 1 diabetes. In this deeply emotional conversation, Dr. Joren Whitley opens up about the life and loss of ...
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191. The Broadway Star Who’s Changing Lives for 2,000 Kids with T1D
Today's guest is a dear friend of mine who I've shared many meals with, a few stages before, Kyle Banks. In the middle of living out his dreams, performing on Broadway and working with some of the biggest names in the music industry, a type 1 d...
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41:36
190. Why Carbs Are Not the Enemy for T1Ds
If you've been afraid of carbs or you were told that eating fewer carbs is the only way to manage blood sugars, today's episode is for you. We’re breaking down everything that people with T1D need to know to make empowered choices with food and...
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33:54
189. The Surprising Biomarker That’s Changing How Researchers Understand T1D
Have you ever wondered: What if, in those early days after diagnosis, there was something you could do to help protect the insulin your body still makes? In this episode, we’re exploring exactly that. I'm joined by Ulf Hannelius, CEO o...
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36:23
188. The Parenting Shift No One Prepares You For With a T1D Tween
Parenting kids with type 1, especially if you're in the thick of the middle school years, is already a roller coaster for so many reasons. Add a chronic illness like T1D into the mix and the emotional and developmental tension for both parent a...
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44:48
187. The Untaught Skill That Makes Managing Blood Sugars Way Easier
Today’s episode was inspired by a powerful conversation…. What I’m talking about today is something everyone with T1D or if you have a child with T1D can benefit from hearing. Even those who may have heard it before, will benefit from being rem...
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186. Diagnosed at age 34: How This T1D Found Peace with “Forever”
In this episode, I’m joined by Carly Piehl, a 35-year-old mom and wife who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in late 2024 while in DKA, with no family history and no warning signs. Carley opens up about what those first overwhelming months wer...
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33:51
185. Can the Pancreas Heal Itself? What You Need to Know About the Latest T1D Breakthrough
Today I’m joined by Dr. Juan Domínguez-Bendala, someone I know we’ll all be hearing a lot more about in the T1D world. He’s the Director of the Pancreatic Regeneration and Stem Cell Laboratory at the Diabetes Research Institute in Miami. His te...
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28:00
184. Everything You Need to Know About How AI Will Revolutionize Diabetes Management
In this episode of Reclaim Your Rise, I’m joined by Risely’s Director of Coaching and fellow T1D parent, Abby Cooper, for a conversation we’ve both been looking forward to. We’re unpacking fresh insights from two major events: the NYU ...
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45:16
183. 90% of T1Ds are Burned Out: The Real Reasons Why + What To Do About It
In today’s episode, I’m joined by our incredible lead coach, Jehan, who has guided hundreds of women through deep transformation in our signature group coaching program. Together, we unpack the most common patterns we see in women with type 1 d...
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42:47
182. 10 Things You Don’t Realize Are Sabotaging Your Time in Range
Today’s episode is going to be a bit of a deep dive into something that comes up so often in coaching conversations, in my DMs, and honestly in my own personal T1D journey—and that is: all the sneaky little things that might be sabotag...
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25:54
181. “I Felt So Defeated” - How This T1D Reclaimed Her Life After 30 Years
In this week’s episode, Lauren is joined by Debbie Lehr, a recent graduate of the DCB coaching program and a type 1 diabetic of 30 years. Though Debbie had always felt in control of her diabetes, a cross-country move and the onset of menopause ...
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48:47
180. What Your Endo Might Not Be Saying About GLP-1s (Yet)
We're diving into a topic that’s generating a lot of buzz in the T1D community: GLP-1s. To break down what these medications actually do, what the research says, and how they might benefit people with type 1 diabetes, we're joined by pediatric ...
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54:39
179. What I Wish I Knew About Postpartum as a T1D
Six months postpartum, I’m finally starting to feel like myself again, and in this episode, I’m opening up about what it took to get here. This season has been full of challenges, healing, and unexpected lessons. I’m sharing the honest truth ab...
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178. "What If I Didn’t Have T1D?" Exploring the Ambiguous Grief of Chronic Illness
Is it normal to grieve the life you imagined before T1D? In today’s episode, we’re joined by registered psychotherapist, founder of her own private practice, and fellow T1D, Kirsten Davidson, to explore just that. Together, we unpack the emotio...
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45:52
177. Insulin Sensitivity, Hormones, and the T1D Weight Loss Conversation No One’s Having
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Joelle Cavagnaro for a powerful conversation on what’s really going on with weight loss, insulin sensitivity, PCOS, and GLP-1s, especially for women living with T1D. We dive into the science behind sma...
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58:31
176. 147 Days in the NICU: A Mother’s Story of Resilience
In today’s powerful episode, I’m joined by Steph Hauser—writer, ultrarunner, and NICU mom of four—whose son Zev was born at just 23 weeks with only a 1% chance of survival. Steph opens up about what it was like to spend 147 days in the NICU, ho...
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