Archive for the 'Talking about it' Category
Struggling to stay at your new job while living with chronic health conditions? Struggling to keep your job while living with a chronic health condition? Then you might want to tune into Downton Abbey, Season 1, to see what to do and what to avoid . Maybe they should make a series called, “Working and [...]
Several recent emails have either asked for my ‘advice’ on a topic or angered with the ‘advice’ I’d given. Funny thing is — I don’t see myself in the business of giving advice, either as a blogger/writer or in my coaching practice. So what’s this about? I asked myself, what does it mean ‘to give [...]
Talking about chronic illness?
Living with chronic illness means that life’s challenges become … even more challenging. After more than 10 years of coaching people around living with illness and their work life, blogging on this topic, and in my personal experience, I’ve decided that the basics matter. The basics allow a person to thrive, not just survive. Here [...]
I don’t know how many times I’ve written the words, “Chronic illness is unpredictable in how and when it will show up”. Each time I’m reminded of it, I shake my head in amazement. Because it’s so true. I just celebrated my 60th birthday and a client (I’ll call her Laurie) was asking what I [...]
Employee with chronic illness?
The other evening, we were out with friends and discussing some of the people we all know who are experiencing health issues – how they were managing and how it had changed lives. Bobby looked thoughtful. He said that one of the guys in the group of 50 he manages, (I’ll call him P), has [...]
How do you set boundaries?
FYI: Names and details in what follows have been changed to respect privacy. Imagine this: You return to work after missing 2 days of work due to a virus. Your supervisor calls you into her office and tells you that you’ve been sick a lot lately, you don’t seem to be taking care of yourself, [...]
Sue (my client, name and details changed) was having a bad time in a crohn’s disease “flare”. For the first time, she couldn’t get to work reliably. Luckily, she had a job that could be done “virtually” and company policy allowed this. After a a few weeks of struggling to get to the office, she [...]
This month’s Career Blogging Collective Topic is: Job hunting rules to break. To read what the other bloggers have to say, scroll down. I wasn’t sure about this. It’s not as if there are many “job hunting” rules in the chronic illness world. But as I got started, I realized that over the years, [...]
Does this sound like you? Living with chronic illness and thinking about changing your career. But haven’t a clue how or where to start. Then my article, “Career planning when you live with chronic illness”, is what you need to get started. ( No surprise here – I outline a strategic approach.) It’s published in [...]
A new client, I’ll call her Judy, is in the 3rd “flare” of Hashimoto’s disease in 5 years. She told me that she learned about me when a friend forwarded my article, 5 Things I Want You to Know About Working While Living with Chronic Illness. Judy told me in our initial conversation that she [...]
