If I had a dime for every time someone said to me,”I’d like to be self employed”, I’d be rich (well maybe my pockets would jingle). You don’t have to have a chronic illness to dream about self employment. But I can tell you from personal experience, it […]

In the past few weeks, I’ve “traveled” out of town twice: a short business trip and a longer vacation. And again I was reminded of my disabilities and their affect on what I do and how I do it. The take away message?

Gotta’ be clear with myself about what […]

Several emails asked me to post a picture from my trip to Argentina. This was Iguazu Falls. Impressed that a sign indicated wheelchair accessibility — but disappointed no rating for “people with bad balance that gets worse in intense heat!” But we know that chronic illness symptoms […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

At the  Kelly Packowski Foundation for MS,  Kelly described how her conversations with  grant recipients helped her to realize that she hasn’t accepted that she has this illness. 
I talk about this a lot with clients — and other people who contact me —  so I was really intrigued by this.    She said that she still behaves as […]