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
45. Overcoming Perfection in Parenting with the World’s Worst Diabetes Mom Stacey Simms
Our guest today is the wonderful Stacey Simms. This episode is absolute gold for parents and caregivers of kids and teens with type one diabetes.
You may already know Stacey if you listen to the Diabetes Connections Podcast. She is a podcast host, award-winning broadcaster and speaker, as well as the author of two diabetes parenting books The World's Worst Diabetes Mom and Still the World's Worst Diabetes Mom.
Stacey’s son Benny was diagnosed with T1D in December of 2006, one month before he turned two years old. He’s now eighteen!
In this episode we discuss…
- What stages of Benny’s childhood were the hardest to navigate with T1D
- The balance of when to keep diabetes in the background vs. when to bring it to the forefront
- Helicopter parenting
- The detrimental mindset of comparing your child's numbers to other T1D’s numbers
- How to get out of chasing perfection with blood sugars as a parent
WHERE TO FIND STACEY:
Visit Stacey’s Website HERE.
Follow Stacey on Instagram HERE.
Check out Stacey Simms’s “Still The World’s Worst Diabetes Mom” on Amazon and wherever you buy books and at Diabetes-Connections.com. If you buy through the website, you can get a signed copy and use the promo code “Risely” for free shipping!
Learn more about Stacey’s MOM’S NIGHT OUT event HERE.
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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.
