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
228. Living With T1D Through Diabulimia, Retinopathy, and the Road Back to Yourself (ft. Angela Gaeddert)
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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 her life, and more recently, received a diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy.
In this episode, Angela shares how her meal spikes went from 220 to 170, her energy from a 5 to a 9, and her self-love and acceptance from a 4 to an 8. But what shifted most was how she sees herself. She shares what it looked like to recover from diabulimia largely on her own, stop comparing to other T1Ds, and finally look for more support.
Tune in for an honest, moving conversation about what it looks like to keep going through the hard parts of this disease, and the reminder that it's never too late to reclaim your rise.
WHAT WE COVER:
- How Angela valued feeling thinner more than her T1D during COVID, and the moment she finally put the pieces together
- What it felt like to think "anything under 250 was a win" and why that mindset was so hard to move past alone
- The moment Angela looked up at her husband and her vision had completely changed, and what the doctor said next
- Why Angela felt devastated after her retinopathy diagnosis and how she worked through it
- How her meal spikes went from 220 to around 170, and what that shifted in her energy and peace of mind
- What finally made her feel like she’s one step ahead of T1D.
WHAT’S NEXT:
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