Archive for March, 2010
This month’s career collective topic is “foolishness’ and job search/career (it is April 1!). I won’t offer specific tactics to avoid making a fool of yourself (I’ll leave that up to the other creative bloggers). But in my coaching practice, I get to see how people fool themselves and I’ll share my thoughts on that. [...]
Is the health care reform bill a step toward ensuring that anyone living with chronic illness will receive “adequate” medical treatment? Or is it just more help for the healthy? I don’t have the answer. But I’m delighted that in the increased attention on the burden that chronic illness places on individuals and society when [...]
Since hanging my shingle as a “chronic illness career coach”, the question I get asked most often is: “Should I disclose my illness when interviewing for a job?” Naturally, as a coach, I have more questions than answers. But there is one guideline I’ve found is worth following: If symptoms get in the way of [...]
Phyl Rubin is talking but not about furniture. Phyl and Bernie own a New England furniture store chain. No, Phyl is talking about a secret she’s kept for 40 years: living with multiple sclerosis. 40 years of silence? Why? She didn’t have to worry about losing her job or a demotion. Did she think it [...]
Chronic illness, complicated as it is, leaves many searching for a simple answer. Lately, a tantalizing headline has gotten much press in the social media ‘disease’ community (yes, I’m on twitter and you can tweet me @WorkWithIllness): “Exercise can Quiet Anxiety that Comes With Illness”. Help me, please. What’s the news here? That people who [...]
