Reclaim Your Rise
with Lauren Bongiorno

We're doing something a little different for today's episode! Helen completed Risely’s A1C Shift Method self-paced course and reduced her average blood sugar from 216/12.0 to 180/10.0. She recently joined the January 2023 DCB group coaching and is in the middle of her coaching journey. We discuss... How managing diabetes as a child influenced her decisions as an adult Going from ignoring her diabetes in her early 20's to getting a CGM and realizing her numbers weren't predictable Perfectionism versus having standards for yourself Shifting your focus to celebrating the small wins rather than beating yourself up when you don't see a goal number Want to learn tangible strategies you can start doing now to help you lower your A1C? Register for our FREE A1C Masterclass HERE . Curious about our group coaching program? Learn more and apply HERE. Hit the subscribe button and rate and review to help this podcast rise! Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop for when new episodes drop. Send me a DM to introduce yourself with any feedback, questions, or suggestions on topics you’d like us to cover in future episodes. RESOURCES FOR YOU: Grab this FREE resource to help you lower your A1C HERE. Learn more about our 1:1 coaching programs 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.

Welcome to this week’s podcast, and happy February! In this episode, I discuss a concept I came up with for T1Ds that we can use to transform and become empowered by our diabetes. This concept is inspired by Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and has four levels. From the bottom up, these levels are… Self-prioritization and Union of Diabetes Autonomy and Trusting Yourself  Regulating Emotions Consistency, Repetition, and Adaptability Listen to this episode to learn how to work through these levels to lower your A1C and increase your time in range! Apply for 1:1 T1D coaching HERE. Sign up for our A1C Masterclass HERE. Hit the subscribe button and rate and review to help this podcast rise! Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop for when new episodes drop. Send me a DM to introduce yourself with any feedback, questions, or suggestions on topics you’d like us to cover in future episodes. RESOURCES FOR YOU: Get more T1D tips with this free download HERE . Join the Risely T1D community in our free Facebook group HERE. Thank you to the Reclaim Your Rise podcast sponsor, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. Stay up to date on all the DRIF news by becoming a DRI Insider here . New DRIF Newsletter subscribers will receive an exclusive FREE resource from Risely Health! 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.

Today, we have Christina Roth on the show! Christina is the CEO of the Diabetes Link, formally known as the College Diabetes Network. The Diabetes Link is a national nonprofit organization that specializes in helping teens and young adults navigate their diabetes. They have served an estimated 12,000 young adults nationwide with peer support, expert resources, scholarships, and more! Christina has been living with type one diabetes for over 20 years. The isolation she felt as a college student with T1D inspired her to create The Diabetes Link in 2009 as a way to address the unique challenges that specifically college students face. In this episode we discuss… Christina’s personal experience as a teenager growing up with diabetes Shifting dynamics between parents of and young adults with T1Ds during transitory periods like moving out or going to college  Boundaries with numbers, and the importance of independence … and so much more!  This episode is a fantastic listen for parents of teens and young adults to listen to, or really anyone in their late teens or early 20s living with type one diabetes. Learn more about The Diabetese Link HERE. Hit the subscribe button and rate and review to help this podcast rise! Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop for when new episodes drop. Send me a DM to introduce yourself with any feedback, questions, or suggestions on topics you’d like us to cover in future episodes. RESOURCES FOR YOU: Get support with your mindset around T1D HERE Learn more about our 1:1 coaching programs 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 this week’s episode, we have Registered Dietician and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Diana Mesa on the pod! Diana has a passion for practicing from a non-diet approach to address the impact of insulin resistance, gut health, and stress on her patients’ health and blood sugars. She helps her clients connect with their intuition and apply mindfulness to their relationship with food and body while enjoying the foods they grew up eating. There’s so much to learn in this conversation. In this episode, we discuss… Patterns we’ve witnessed people doing over and over with their diets that don’t work How cutting out cultural foods that are a part of family traditions can be disempowering for your mindset as a T1D Looking beyond the number on the scale for health and confidence  How we as T1Ds can perpetuate certain type two diabetes stigmas  I do want to give a trigger warning that we do talk about weight, diets, and body image. So please skip this if you are not in a good place to explore these topics. WHERE TO FIND DIANA: Visit Diana’s Website HERE. Follow Diana’s on Instagram HERE. Hit the subscribe button and rate and review to help this podcast rise! Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop for when new episodes drop. Send me a DM to introduce yourself with any feedback, questions, or suggestions on topics you’d like us to cover in future episodes. RESOURCES FOR YOU: Get support with your mindset around T1D HERE Learn more about our 1:1 coaching programs 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.