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
248. The T1D Parent's Guide to Halloween: Candy, Blood Sugars & More
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What if the hardest part of Halloween with a T1D kid isn't the candy?
For many parents, Halloween means spending more time staring at CGM readings than watching their kids trick-or-treat. Between the candy, excitement, and unpredictable blood sugars, a night that's supposed to be FUN can quickly become stressful.
In this episode of Reclaim Your Rise, Risely's Director of Coaching, Abby Cooper, shares her perspective as both a T1D coach and a mom raising a son with type 1 diabetes.
Abby breaks down the simple three-part plan every T1D parent should make BEFORE Halloween, creative ways to handle leftover candy, and why even a well-planned night can lead to unexpected blood sugars.
Plus, she reveals the ONE thing most parents forget to plan for that could make all the difference between spending Halloween glued to your CGM and being fully present for the memories.
WHAT WE COVER:
- The simple three-part Halloween plan Abby recommends making with your child BEFORE October 31st
- Creative ways to handle leftover Halloween candy, including Abby's family tradition and the Switch Witch
- Why excitement, adrenaline, and trick-or-treating can send your child's blood sugar in unexpected directions
- How to prepare for school parties, fall festivals, and the other Halloween celebrations that happen BEFORE the 31st
- How to stop spending the entire night glued to your child's CGM and be more present for the memories
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