Reclaim Your Rise: Type 1 Diabetes with Lauren Bongiorno

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248. The T1D Parent's Guide to Halloween: Candy, Blood Sugars & More

2026-10-2720:37

What if the hardest part of Halloween with a T1D kid isn't the candy? For many parents, Halloween means spending more time staring at CGM readings than watching their kids trick-or-treat. Between the candy, excitement, and unpredictable blood sugars, a night that's supposed to be FUN can quickly become stressful. In this episode of Reclaim Your Rise, Risely's Director of Coaching, Abby Cooper, shares her perspective as both a T1D coach and a mom raising a son with type 1 diabetes. Abby breaks...

247. Completing an Ironman With T1D: 140.6 Miles ft. Gwen Schroeder

2026-10-2039:42

What does it take to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run a full marathon in one day while managing type 1 diabetes? In this episode, Lauren sits down with Gwen Schroeder, a 23-year-old cardiac nurse and endurance athlete who has lived with T1D since she was four years old and recently completed a full Ironman in Switzerland. Gwen shares how she prepared for the race, what it was like swimming for over an hour without access to her insulin pump or CGM readings, and how she managed fueling ...

246. IVF & Pregnancy With Type 1 Diabetes: What the Process Actually Looks Like ( ft. Jenna Ciszon)

2026-10-0850:28

What does going through IVF look like when you’re also managing type 1 diabetes? In this episode, Lauren sits down with Risely Coach Jenna Ciszon, who has lived with T1D for 36 years and went through a years-long journey of trying to start a family before eventually turning to IVF. Jenna shares what it took to bring her A1C from 7.9 to 6.1 before starting IVF, what two weeks of hormone injections and an egg retrieval looked like with T1D, and the rare complication that left her hospitalized f...

245. A Future Without Insulin? New Research for People Newly Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes (ft. Sam Reich)

2026-10-0641:44

What if the way we treat type 1 diabetes right after diagnosis could help someone keep producing their own insulin for longer? In this episode, Lauren sits down with Samuel Reich, CEO of SAB Bio, to talk about SAB-142, an investigational therapy being studied to protect the insulin-producing cells someone still has when they’re diagnosed with T1D. Sam breaks down why researchers are racing to protect the insulin your body still makes at diagnosis, what they’re studying both within the first 1...

244. Pregnancy With Type 1 Diabetes: What to Expect From Prep, Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum

2026-09-2951:14

Pregnancy with type 1 diabetes comes with tighter blood sugar targets, changing insulin needs, more appointments, and a whole new level of attention to your diabetes. But what does it actually look like to go through the entire experience? In this episode, Lauren sits down with Risely Coach Katerina Harmon, who recently welcomed her daughter, Lydia, to talk through her experience from preparing for pregnancy all the way through labor, delivery, breastfeeding, and the first few months postpart...

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Reclaim Your Rise: Type 1 Diabetes with Lauren Bongiorno