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
103. The Menstrual Cycle Blood Sugar Connection, T1D Mental Health, and Processing Childhood Diagnosis with Coach Lindsey
Today you get to meet one of the new Risely Coaches Lindsey Payne. She tells the story of her intense childhood diagnosis and her journey of becoming a coach after so much personal struggle and frustration with her T1D. Lindsey shares the education gaps that made her feel like she was just never going to figure out her diabetes - like how menstrual cycles affect blood sugar or how blood sugar affects mental health. Plus, we talk about the sometimes confusing difference between a coach and a mentor. I know many of you will resonate with Lindsey’s experience.
Time Stamps:
- (05:08) Challenges in Health and Shifts in Diabetes Management
- (06:39) The Delayed Impact of Childhood Diagnosis on Mental Health and Her Diagnosis Story
- (09:07) What Her Teenage + College Years Looked Like with T1D
- (11:38) Blood Sugar and Mental Health Connection
- (14:05) Her Two Biggest Transformations from the DCB Program
- (16:35) Understanding the Connection Between Blood Sugars and Your Menstrual Cycle
- (17:40) Optimism and Shifting Frustration into Hope
- (22:45) Becoming a Coach and Working with Military Sailors
- (26:40) Coaching vs. Mentorship - the difference
- (30:20) Giving Yourself Grace and Patience
- (32:48) What Lindsey Wishes People Knew about Living with T1D
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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.
