In this episode, I’m joined by Carly Piehl, a 35-year-old mom and wife who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in late 2024 while in DKA, with no family history and no warning signs. Carley opens up about what those first overwhelming months were really like, from being sent home from the ER with a 13 A1C to navigating both the emotional and blood sugar rollercoaster. Despite early progress, she still felt stuck and frustrated until she found our signature group coaching program and discovered a new way to live with T1D. We talk about what it looks like to build confidence with food, technology, and mindset, especially while managing the daily demands of motherhood and marriage + the secret to her FIVE POINT A1C DROP. This episode is dedicated to anyone out there who has ever thought: Will I ever make peace with T1D?
Quick Takeaways:
- The #1 thing that helped Carley make this transformation of lowering A1C from 13 to below 8.0
- How to build confidence with food, technology, and mindset–especially while managing the daily demands of motherhood and marriage
- Advice AND treatment everyone should receive at diagnosis
- “That's when I realized, I was going to need to find other people who had diabetes to learn…”
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🎧Hear more stories from the graduates of our signature group coaching program:
- https://www.riselyhealth.com/podcast/147-emily-hawkinson-on-overcoming-diabetes-trauma-if-i-don-t-choose-myself-right-now-i-m-not-sure-if-i-ever-will
- https://www.riselyhealth.com/podcast/169-can-you-eat-that-untangling-food-freedom-after-a-lifetime-of-diet-culture-and-t1d
- https://www.riselyhealth.com/podcast/86-asking-for-help-as-a-t1d-man-with-jesse-hoyt
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