For the first 20 years of my career life, I worked for others, outside my home and loved it. No matter how sick I felt, getting dressed for work, walking into my office and seeing my co workers, distracted me and cheered me.
Now I spend my days alone - talking with clients or […]

Do you think about being self employed but are worried about the health insurance? A reporter recently asked me if that’s a stumbling block for people with chronic illness. You can read more about health insurance for the chronically ill in the Small Business Column, The New York Times, Finding […]

(Before I get to today’s topic),
I’ve been asked to offer an alternative to the multiple posts/week blog. So, for those who just want to hear from me once/month (drum rolls, please….)
Introducing our monthly newsletter, Words of Wisdom: The Chronic Illness at Work newsletter. And, to give you even more […]

I discovered 2 gold nuggets today that you can use to plan and build your career:
This is from the career blog, Dilbert:
“If you want an average successful life, it doesn’t take much planning. Just stay out of trouble, go to school, and apply for jobs you might like. But if you want something […]

I have a client who is legally blind. He lives with a progressive disease and he lives with the fear that some day, he may be completely blind. He’s wondering if he should try to keep working or take an early retirement that his office has offered?
David Patterson , the new governor […]

It’s a gray,  bad weather day here in MA.  And, it’s another day of bleak news. The long running drama of presidential campaign has morphed into a match of who can outlast them all -  an  insane war we can’t “win” drags on, more suicide bombers are killing too many people all over […]

A new client (I’ll call her D) was describing some exciting business ideas that she was considering for her solo divorce law firm. Suddenly her tone changed and, sounding much older and more tired, she told me that she doesn’t think she should be doing this because she’s too sick […]

What do you do when you see “it” coming: Continue to push too hard and you could bring on an “attack” or a “flare” — but your team or client is relying on you to keep going?  Ring any bells?
My client, P, lives with some […]

When I’m coaching clients about workplace situations, particularly difficult situations with a boss or co worker,  they’ll inevitably say,  “I wish we knew what Ted (or Sally, Jim or Sue) really thinks  about this.”  Do you wish you could see your situation from the other person’s point of view?
And get some ideas of how […]