Archive for the 'Working with chronic illness' 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 [...]
Are you finding that looking for a job when you live with a chronic illness is daunting, overwhelming, depressing . . . or a challenge that you feel ready to take on? This question popped into my head when I read Em’s (chronicillnesssurvival) comment to Joan’s last post, (Disability leave caused one woman to re-evaluate [...]
A couple of months ago I met a young woman at a party. She’d been out on disability for most of the year, and was slowly healing from surgery for something I couldn’t even wrap my mind around. She was still feeling quite tender, but was out with her husband to celebrate the birthday of [...]
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 [...]
Are you STUCK when you think about the next job — now that you’re living with an invisible chronic illness? Then tune in to my radio seminar to get ideas about what you can do. Assess Yourself: Find the Job You Desire and Can Do Despite Limitations Tuesday Sept. 9 at 9:00a.m PT /11:00a.m.CT/12:00noon ET [...]
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 [...]
Zentertainment Radio
This past week, I was lucky enough to be interviewed (you can listen here) by an amazing woman, Jo Davidson who hosts and produces Zentertainment Radio. When she first contacted me, Jo initially asked me to talk about our book, Women Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! But it soon became clear that Jo [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
