Reclaim Your Rise
with Lauren Bongiorno

About a month ago, Lauren went through a two week stretch of crazy work hours, disrupted sleep, missed workouts, and a few sick days. Her time in range started slipping and she had to figure out how to navigate it in real time. In this solo episode, she walks through exactly what happened, how she recognized her insulin sensitivity was changing, and the three options she always considers when life throws her off routine. Because waiting for perfect conditions to come back is never the answer. WHAT WE COVER: The first sign Lauren noticed that told her her insulin sensitivity was dropping  The three options available when your insulin sensitivity changes How Lauren used a hybrid of all three approaches to get her time in range from 65% back up to 80% during a chaotic two week stretch The difference between temporary insulin resistance and a long term foundational shift in your sensitivity and how to know which one you are dealing with What factortends to creep up when you are out of your routine and how it impacts your insulin sensitivity more than most people realize How hormones, sleep, stress, illness, and exercise all play a role in shifting your sensitivity and what to do about each one What parents of children with T1D need to know about insulin sensitivity changes during puberty WHAT’S NEXT: 🧠 Discover Your T1D Archetype! Take the free quiz to understand the pattern behind how you think, respond, and make decisions with T1D. 🏋️ Join our upcoming free live workshop to discover smarter, more strategic way to work out with T1D, while staying in range. Two timessessions available on Tuesday, May 12th. 💻Apply for coaching and talk to our team so you can reclaim the life you deserve with T1D. 📧Join 20+ thousand T1Ds reading our newsletter every Tuesday: T1D tips and encouragement, straight to your inbox. Stay connected with us: Email us at: hello@riseyhealth.com IG: @lauren_bongiorno | @riselyhealth TikTok: @lauren_bongiorno | @riselyhealth YT: Reclaim Your Rise SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If this episode gave you a clearer way to think through what is happening with your blood sugars when life gets in the way, subscribe and leave a review so more people living with T1D can find it.

In this episode, Lauren walks through a recent day in Florida where a combination of late night pizza, an exhausting night with a newborn, a long tennis session without enough food, and a handful of chips sent her on a full day roller coaster that ended with a scary low at dinner. Lauren shares the five things she always does to reset physically and mentally following a tough blood sugar day, and why how you respond matters just as much as what caused it in the first place. WHAT WE COVER: First and foremost: EVERY T1D has bad blood sugar days, what matters is how you respond  How to get to a place where these days are more rare then they are normal    Lauren’s five steps for overcoming a bag blood sugar day  Why reflecting on these days is important & how to stop procrastinating it  Recognizing low TIR days as data to move forward *instead of* a reflection of failure  Why communicating with the people around you on bad blood sugar days matters and how to ask for what you actually need WHAT’S NEXT: 🧠 Discover Your T1D Archetype! Take the free quiz to understand the pattern behind how you think, respond, and make decisions with T1D. 📊 Diabetes burnout is real, and it can show up in ways you don’t always expect. Take the Diabetes Distress assessment and see where you score. 💻Apply for coaching and talk to our team so you can reclaim the life you deserve with T1D. 📧Join 20+ thousand T1Ds reading our newsletter every Tuesday: T1D tips and encouragement, straight to your inbox. Stay connected with us: Email us at: hello@riseyhealth.com IG: @lauren_bongiorno | @riselyhealth TikTok: @lauren_bongiorno | @riselyhealth YT: Reclaim Your Rise SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If this episode helped you feel less alone after a tough blood sugar day and gave you something to reach for the next time one happens, subscribe and leave a review so more people living with T1D can find it.

On April 3rd, in the middle of a regular workday, Lauren's CGM read 245 with double arrows up. She did not feel high. She bolused anyway. Twenty minutes later she was on her kitchen floor, chugging orange juice, with her blood sugar in the 30s, headed down fast. Her CGM had been over 100 points off. In this solo episode, Lauren shares exactly what happened that day, why it scared her in a way that CGM issues never had before, and what she believes needs to change in the conversation around CGM accuracy. She also talks about how to hold gratitude for the technology that keeps us alive while still being honest about its limitations and why trusting your instincts and finger pricking more often might be the most important PSA she can share right now. WHAT WE COVER: How Lauren’s CGM was recently over 100 points off, and why it led to one of the worst lows she has had in years The three issues she noticed immediately after switching to the Dexcom G7 last August and how they evolved over time Why she believes you can hold gratitude for diabetes technology in one hand and frustration in the other at the same time What she would do differently next time The PSA every person with T1D needs to hear about finger pricking and what happens when you override your own instincts WHAT’S NEXT: 🧠 Discover Your T1D Archetype! Take the free quiz to understand the pattern behind how you think, respond, and make decisions with T1D. 📊 Diabetes burnout is real, and it can show up in ways you don’t always expect. Take the Diabetes Distress assessment and see where you score. 💻Apply for coaching and talk to our team so you can reclaim the life you deserve with T1D. 📧Join 20+ thousand T1Ds reading our newsletter every Tuesday: T1D tips and encouragement, straight to your inbox. Stay connected with us: Email us at: hello@riseyhealth.com IG: @lauren_bongiorno | @riselyhealth TikTok: @lauren_bongiorno | @riselyhealth YT: Reclaim Your Rise SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If this episode made you feel less alone in the frustrating and sometimes scary reality of managing T1D with imperfect technology, subscribe and leave a review so more people living with this disease can find it.

Erin Provost was living a busy life as a wife and mom when she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 30. In 2023, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and spent the better part of a year fighting her way through it. Just when she thought the hardest part was behind her, a routine eye appointment introduced her to one more word she never expected to hear: retinopathy. In this episode, Erin sits down with Lauren to talk about what it looks like to manage T1D through a cancer diagnosis, radiation, a hysterectomy, and the complete loss of her ability to feel her lows and highs. She talks about the guilt, the burnout, the deep fear of insulin that took root after a terrifying low, and the moment the retinopathy diagnosis finally pushed her to get the support she had been needing. She shares how coaching helped her go from 50% to 75% time in range by taking it one small step at a time, and what it meant to finally stop being angry at herself and start forgiving herself for the years of hardship. WHAT WE COVER: What it felt like to manage T1D while fighting breast cancer, how her A1C climbed to an 8.5 during treatment, and why she does not blame herself for it How accidentally doubling her metformin dose led to a terrifying low that created a lasting fear of insulin, affecting every bolusing decision she made from that point forward What it was like to lose the ability to feel both lows and highs after a hysterectomy, and how she learned to navigate T1D without any of the physical signals she had relied on The moment at her eye doctor appointment where she finally decided she could not keep going the way she had been and sought support How coaching helped her take one step at a time, starting with something as simple as eating breakfast, and how those small steps compounded into real momentum What it means to stop wallowing, forgive yourself for the hard years, and find your way back to yourself WHAT’S NEXT: 🧠 Discover Your T1D Archetype! Take the free quiz to understand the pattern behind how you think, respond, and make decisions with T1D. 📊 Diabetes burnout is real, and it can show up in ways you don’t always expect. Take the Diabetes Distress assessment and see where you score. 💻 Apply for coaching and talk to our team so you can reclaim the life you deserve with T1D. 📧 Join thousands of T1Ds reading our newsletter every Tuesday:   T1D tips and encouragement, straight to your inbox. Stay connected with us: Email us at: hello@riseyhealth.com IG: @lauren_bongiorno | @riselyhealth TikTok: @lauren_bongiorno | @riselyhealth YT: Reclaim Your Rise SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If Erin's story helped you feel less alone in the weight of everything T1D can bring, subscribe and leave a review so more people navigating this disease can find it.