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
139. What’s Often Overlooked About T1D: Self-Worth, Internal Dialogue, and the Unconscious Patterns That Are Sabotaging Your Efforts
Joining me today is the newest member of the Risely coaching team, Meghan Higgins. Meghan, a registered nurse, graduated from our group coaching program and became a certified health coach to help others with T1D. In today’s episode, she shares how she never thought she’d get off the blood sugar roller coaster and how she didn’t realize how certain things she was doing were preventing her from seeing the outcomes she desired. Diabetes felt all-consuming and like she was never going to get it right, but through coaching, she lowered her A1C to 6.3, boosted her time and range to 75%, learned to tackle out-of-routine meals, ran a marathon, and now lives with so much more freedom and confidence.
Time Stamps:
- (04:03) “How’s your blood sugar today?”
- (05:54) Reclaiming Her Rise in a Triathlon
- (09:44) Diagnosed at 16 and Roller Coaster Beginnings
- (12:41) The Journey To Lower Her A1C
- (15:11) The Common Fear of Low Blood Sugar
- (17:11) “This disease just sucks… I didn’t realize there was another school of thought.”
- (20:04) Struggling Out of Routine and Struggling To Stay Present with T1D
- (24:27) Meghan’s Turning Point
- (32:55) Her Coaching Outcomes
- (38:37) A Community Element
- (43:25) Balancing Caring For Others and Caring For Yourself
- (46:27) Health Coaching to Compliment Health Care’s Shortcomings
- (50:55) Self-Reflection: “Ask yourself WHY a million times a day”
What to do now:
- Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop when new episodes drop.
- Doors are open for our Fall 2024 Group Coaching Program for women with T1D. Apply now and talk to our team.
- The event of the year for reclaiming life with type one diabetes is BACK. For the first time ever, this is a live hybrid event—both virtual and in-person. Register here for Rising Above T1D 2024.
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.
