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
51. An Honest Conversation About T1D Avoidance, Anxiety, and Finding Inner Peace with T1D Carli Miller
With us today is Carli 3.0! She’s confident, empowered, and trusting of her body.
Carli is from Canada, was diagnosed 20 years ago when she was seven years old and is a manager at a daycare where she works with kids. I first met Carly back in August 2022 when she applied for one-on-one coaching at Risely with an 8.7 A1C after she had gotten it down already on her own from a 12.0 in 2019.
We dive into each phase of Carli’s journey with T1D along with…
- How it’s not the technology that has made her successful, it’s the process of listening and accepting her body’s signals
- Lying about blood sugar numbers as a child
- Trying to “fit in” when adults are singling you out
- The hospital wake-up call showing 25 (450 blood sugars)
- Going from avoiding her numbers to obsessing, until finally reaching the point of asking her family for help
- How she found Reclaim Your Rise and her empowering first call.
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Disclaimer: Nothing you hear on the Reclaim your Rise podcast should be a substitute for personalized professional medical advice. Please always consult your physician or other medical professional before making any changes to your diet, insulin dosages, or healthcare plan.
