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
229. "Who Knew I'd Be Crying Over Pancakes": A Story of DKA, a Brain Hemorrhage, and Finding Your Way Back with T1D (ft. Argelis Robles)
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Argelis Milian Robles was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2025 — alone, without a car, on the brink of losing her job, and managing celiac on top of it all. And that was just the beginning. What came next tested everything she had. Her faith. Her will to stay. Her relationship with her own body.
In this episode, Argelis opens up about the moments that brought her to her lowest point and what it actually took to start building a life she wanted to live… one that includes pancakes, boba, and yellow curry. It's a story about learning to trust yourself when everything falls apart at once.
WHAT WE COVER:
- The Sunday morning church visit that ended in the ICU with a blood sugar of 407
- What a pituitary brain hemorrhage six months into T1D changed about her insulin resistance, her mental health, and what she wanted for her life
- How celiac prepped Argelis to drop her A1C from 13.9 to 5.4 in eight months, and why she doesn't recommend it
- Why pancakes, boba, and yellow curry became the goals that mattered most in coaching
- The two pages Argelis wrote after the brain hemorrhage that changed the direction of her life
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