Reclaim Your Rise
with Lauren Bongiorno

We’re celebrating New Years with our 100th episode on how YOU can start off in the right direction! In 2024, don’t just be a product of time passing. You have agency over your outcomes by setting yourself up for success. In this episode, I share with you a three part framework to do just that, and I also tell you my word of the year. Here’s to 100 episodes and to your beautiful year ahead - get out your journal and let’s do this! Time Stamps: (06:43) Don’t just be a product of time passing  (08:25) Choosing a theme of the year  (09:29) Rooted: my theme of 2022 (12:01) Consistency versus quantity of goals (15:38) Framework part 1: thoughts, beliefs, feelings (20:31) Framework part 2: take holistic inventory (23:04) Framework part 3: theme/word of the year  (23:56) My words of the year since 2017 (26:35) My 2024 word of the year (28:40) How change actually happens  (30:50) The psychology of procrastination What to do now: Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop for when new episodes drop. Learn more and apply for the January 2024 Decide and Conquer Bootcamp HERE .  Enter our 100th Episode GIVEAWAY for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card!  To enter: 1. Rate the podcast 2. Subscribe to the podcast 3. Follow @riselyhealth on IG 4. Comment on the January 2nd episode post on our Risely page. Winner announced next week. 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.

Do you worry about staying balanced during the holiday season with T1D? The holidays can be stressful enough as it is, but then add in regulating your blood sugar and we have a whole other worry. In this episode, I identify three “archetypes” of people with diabetes and how they approach the holidays based on my personal and professional experience. Plus, I share five of my best T1D tips to not just survive, but THRIVE during this season. Time Stamps: (06:30) The 3 types of people with diabetes and how they approach the holidays (06:43) My hot take on ditching the T1D pressure during holiday season & calling myself out from years past  (10:03) Type 1: The 20% type (15:51) Type 2: The obsessive type (18:56) Type 3: The disappointed type (21:25) Tip 1 (22:02) Tip 2 (22:33) Tip 3 (24:07) Tip 4 (24:25) Tip 5 What to do now: Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop for when new episodes drop. Learn more and apply for the January 2024 Decide and Conquer Bootcamp HERE .  Get the T1D Holiday Survival Guide HERE 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.

It wasn’t until today’s guest thought about becoming a mom that her mindset around diabetes started to shift. I sat down with DCB graduate Tricia Culligan to discuss her experience from eating whatever she wanted and not giving too much energy to her diabetes, to becoming paralyzed by fear at the thought of preparing her body for pregnancy with T1D. Many of us don’t want diabetes to run our lives, and Tricia admitted that she came into the DCB simply for knowledge, but she soon learned that her mindset and community were huge factors in getting to a different place with her T1D. You’ll learn some of DCB’s best mindset hacks and hear Tricia’s transformation, you don’t want to miss this! Time Stamps: (08:03) Her personal strategy to work with her body’s patterns for a successful workout that avoids highs and lows  (09:00) Don’t hate on white bread and avoiding labeling foods “good” and “bad’  (10:45) What it was like growing up with a brother who also has diabetes and a father as a doctor after getting diagnosed at 8 (13:43) Her family’s approach to handling her diabetes (14:40) When the “eat what you want and give insulin” approach stopped working for her after 24 years and how wanting a baby moved her to join DCB (18:10) The anxiety of preparing her body for a baby as a woman with diabetes  (19:12) The visualization exercise we do in group coaching  (21:11) Her goals for coming to the DCB Bootcamp and how they evolved to include community and mindset  (22:48) The thought train exercises she loves from DCB and that made her aware of her mindset’s impact  (28:19) How community supported her  (31:19) Growing up as a high school girl with T1D, Steel Magnolias, and the narrative that sharing about her diabetes = being “too dramatic” (36:07) The importance of friends who respect your diabetes  (38:30) The difference her family sees since doing DCB What to do now: Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop for when new episodes drop. Learn more and apply for the January 2024 Decide and Conquer Bootcamp HERE . 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.

In our culture, we’re often concerned with the why and what of things, but not as much the when . But if you’re like me, you know how precious time is and you want to make sure you’re optimizing your days to live your best life with T1D. So in this episode, I’m giving you 5 specific life areas to think about the “when” of insulin.These are five very tangible areas in your life to focus on insulin timing and amount. Grab a notepad or your Notes app! Time Stamps: (04:10) Why I wanted to record this episode and why I’m so focused on time these days (09:05) Reflections on my busyness and how I’m getting into a flow state instead (12:20) The book that changed the “when” game for me (16:52) Area 1: the when of am vs. pm (18:00) Area 2: the when of meal time insulin dose  (18:57) Area 3: the when of recent activity (19:37) Area 4: the when of your motivation level  (21:45) Area 5: the when of food temperature What to do now: Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop for when new episodes drop. Learn more and apply for the January 2024 Decide and Conquer Bootcamp HERE .  Sign up for the Diabetes Research Institute Newsletter HERE 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.