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
99. Tackling Holiday Stress with T1D and 5 Tips for Feeling Balanced
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
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- 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.
