Archive for the 'Talking about it' Category
Earlier today I talked to a woman who attended my last interview about our book with Markell Steele. She’s dealing with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. What she told me reminded me a little bit of the early stages of my journey. She’s at a transition point in her career, which has been thrown off track from [...]
Blogs are for conversation
As Joan Rivers so famously said, “Can we talk?” Neither Joan nor I earn money from this blog. We each have other blogs, primarily directed toward our separate businesses and neither of us earns money – at least directly – from those blogs either. You might ask, so why do we bother? Well, as we [...]
To date, most of our interviews (at least the ones I’ve been a part of) have been pre-recorded events for broadcasting on Internet radio shows. On Thursday, September 25th, Markell Steele, career coach and founder of Futures in Motion, will interview me (Joan) about the most common questions that arise for people who must figure [...]
The Big D for Disclosure
Let’s call it the big, D for “Disclosure”. The dictionary definition iDictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) – dis·clo·sure 1. the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation. 2. that which is disclosed; a revelation. 3. Patent Law. (in a patent application) the descriptive information imparted by the specification claims, drawings, and models submitted. In light [...]
I’ve noticed during our Internet radio interviews, people want to know our thoughts and guidelines around the issue of disclosure. This is one of the most important questions for people living with a chronic illness who want to remain employed, and the most impossible to answer directly. The choice to disclose your illness during the [...]
I’d heard that you need to be ready when the media asks, and last week we had a chance to test that out. I woke up and opened email early Wednesday morning (thank goodness I did that) to find a last minute opportunity to fill in for a 30-minute interview with Gary Pozsik on Health, [...]
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 [...]
I thought it would be interesting to learn what a recruiter could tell us about the issues of disclosure and interviewing for people with chronic illness. I spoke to a leading recruiting consultant in Southern California who has interviewed thousands of candidates for companies. (She does what is called “retained search.“) I asked her 5 [...]
I’ve read with interest some of the concerns voiced in the posts and reviews about Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease, and our point of view. I’m glad that our particular point of view has uncovered more sides to the discussion of the issues that face women who are required to figure out how to survive [...]
It’s time for a little celebration. Our book is now in stock at amazon. Hooray! If you pre-ordered the book you should receive your copy soon. And, if you haven’t ordered it yet, we hope you will. Rosalind and I wrote this book to start a conversation, and to support women with autoimmune illnesses who [...]
