Archive for February, 2008
Figuring out whether to talk about your chronic illness to your boss seems to be the top issue that people wonder about. At least that’s what most journalists think. I’ve found that every time I am interviewed, inevitably one of the first questions I’m asked is : Should a person disclose? […]
I can not work if I’m pain
“I can’t work when I’m in pain.” My client’s (we’ll call him X) words stopped me in my tracks. He meant what he said. But the problem is that he lives with pain about 75% of his waking hours. X has neurogenic pain and neither medication nor […]
New research says that you can live to 100 even with chronic illness. I saw this on the blog, Daily Health Net - posted by David. This is the research quoted:
“For the study, Boston University researchers did phone interviews and health assessments of more than 500 women and 200 men who had reached 100. […]
Do you wake in the middle of the night wondering what will happen if you don’t make a career change?
Career change is a hot topic. It’s the number one issue for most of my coaching clients . But they’re not thinking about this because they’re bored or don’t like their jobs. It’s because they CAN’T do their jobs as expected.
Diagnosed at 29 years old with multiple sclerosis (temporarily blind in one eye […]
Most of my clients need to make big changes in their work lives - given their illness challenges. This can mean finding a new job, developing a new career - or just changing long standing habits that are getting in your way now.
When you think about a change like […]
Obama, Hope and Chronic Illness
No doubt in my mind — Barack Obama has touched a nerve in people that is crying out, saying, ” don’t know if I believe, but I still have hope.” I see people energized about voting that never blinked a cynical eye in front of a voting booth before.
And, hope is what […]
Do you dare to have a career?
Can you have a “career” if you live with chronic illness?
The truth is that illness often leads to some kind of job change. Not that it’s the first thing people think about when they get a diagnosis. But from my work coaching people with chronic illness around their career […]
Huh? Are you wondering it you landed at the wrong blog? I’ll bet you are.
And here are two reasons why this is an example of communications gone wrong:
1.The headline has nothing to do with why you came to this blog - to read about work and chronic […]
