Archive for June, 2008
I met with a friend today and showed him a copy of our book. He’s my network chiropractor, and does a lot of speaking about issues pertaining to heath and healing. I asked him where he thought I might talk to groups of people about what to do about working when you live with an [...]
Publishing a book is a funny thing. Tell someone, “Oh, and my book was just published…” and the response is, “Wow! What a big deal that is.” End of conversation. Sometimes I shift my feet – or look away. What do you say from there when, in fact, nothing HAS changed for me? I didn’t [...]
If you’ve been subscribed to our feed for this blog for some time, then you may have grown accustomed to receiving 2 posts per week, one week from Rosalind and one week from me. If you also subscribe to Rosalind’s other blog, Working with Chronic Illness, we know that’s quite a lot of reading…and I’m [...]
Forget rising oil prices, food shortages or the mortgage crisis. A new study, by Price Cooper with the World Economic Forum, shows that chronic disease threatens the world economy. And you thought that it was just YOUR paycheck that was suffering! According to this study, “The rising cost of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, [...]
Last February, I posted a survey to find out more about the concerns of people, like you, living with chronic illness and working (or wanting to work). This is what I learned. Of those who responded: 2/3 or 66% worry about staying employed in the future 1/3 or 33% worry about finding employment 1/4 or [...]
