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 […]

But don’t be fooled. It’s not as sweet as it looks.
Do you day dream about quitting your jobso you’re not always torn in 10 directions from the pressures of personal commitments, work demands and a sick body? Are you always behind — feeling you’ve never done enough — because of […]

Forbes magazine columnist, Tara Weiss, predicts that “…job seekers will be in their glory in 2008.”

You read it here. Here’s my prediction: a good job market for “regular citizens” is great news for “employees with chronic illness” (estimates range between 1 in 4 and […]

A question that inevitably comes up when I’m working with a client who is in a career shift (and needless to say, lives with chronic illness) : “Should I/ could I/ would I start my own business?”

Who hasn’t thought/dreamed about this? Especially us - the working and chronically […]

In the “never a dull moment in the blogging world” department -in my  2nd post of today I’m here to tell  you about this event.
This from the initiator of the carnival, Somebody heal me:
The holiday season can be a fun time of year filled with high expectations, special events, family and friends and lots of […]

Forget the debates. The “bathing suit” contests. The pie dinners. I just wish that we could all get out the vote for her.
No. I’m not talking about Hillary. I’m talking about Tara Tate, the newly crowned, Mrs. Indiana, who is going for the national crown of Mrs. America.
Tara is OUR […]

We never know who will get their 10 minutes of fame.  Sandy Lahmann didn’t expect it when it came.  But last week, she was told that she has been named the Colorado Ski Country USA Adaptive Athlete of the Year from the Colorado Ski Country USA staff.  
She gets an all expense paid trip to Copper […]

A friend, Kelly Packowski (she and her husband have a foundation, The Kelly Packowski Foundation for MS, changing one life at a time), has had a tough spring with multiple sclerosis symptoms and she’s trying a new drug therapy that requires a surgical procedure to put a port-a-cath in her chest. I emailed her […]

I’ve invited a Guest, Stephanie,  to post this blog:

When I was in my early 30s, I decided that I needed a personal coach. I was constantly drained of energy, in constant pain, and desperate to establish a more meaningful career. I was trying to function at 200% when I was only […]

This post has been submitted by a colleague, Nicole Matoushek. Thanks, Nicole, for offering your perspective!
As ridiculous as this sounds, in David Letterman fashion, I have created my own top ten list of the positives of the chronic illness experience.
10) Your pharmacist knows you by name.
9) Otherwise complete strangers are your instant […]