Archive for the 'Working with chronic illness' Category
SSDI or working. What a choice
Fifteen years ago, I was on SSDI for two years and desperate to go back to work. Keeping a job and managing my health has been a huge challenge for me since the MS disagnosis 30 years ago … which is why I devoted a chapter to this in Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! (I […]
Today I can work in my office, and plod along for hours without much concern for my body. I could probably even hold down a job again, but I won’t give up the freedom of being able to work in a comfortable environment.
Being self-employed made it easier for me to work when in the throws […]
As promised, I’m sharing research (and there’s more in the book!) that I discovered while writing on chapter 2 of Keep Working, Girlfriend!
Although it might seem counter intuitive — and it’s certainly not what most people will advise — work is beneficial to your well-being, particularly if you have a chronic illness.
Consider this:
1. According […]
You’re a woman with a chronic illness and you’re struggling to keep your career in gear. Is it hard? You bet!
Especially when you have an autoimmune disease:
which generally have poor treatment options
which is usually invisible and means other people haven’t a clue about what you’re going through unless you tell them
which is […]
We know that Autoimmune Diseases can turn your world upside down just when you’re hitting your stride in your career. When this happens, there are resources to help you understand and negotiate your options.
I’m sure if I hadn’t been so stubborn about accepting the severity of my illness and the long haul ahead, I might […]
A couple of days ago one of our readers asked why the focus on women, and would there be something for men. I wasn’t really thinking about the question when I was watching TV this week, but an answer may have been revealed on 3 separate occasions.
First of all, (not discussed on these shows) autoimmune […]
We devoted an entire chapter of Keep Working, Girlfriend! talking about the nature of autoimmune illness, how it impacts women, and what happens in your body to make it go so haywire. It might seem like overkill for a book focused on working, so I thought I’d explain why we kicked off the book with […]
For the last couple of weeks I gallantly fought off a cold, confident in my ability to handle the attack of such simple charlatans as common cold germs. However, a little too many holiday celebrations and networking events - and who knows what, really - seem to have given the germs more traction this time […]
Forget all the hype: working mothers are happier! According to the BBC, a new study shows “Mothers are happier having a job.”
Luckily, blogger Brian Reid dug into this and read the study, and he summarizes it saying: “…Satisfaction with life is lowest for women who don’t do paid work; those who work full-time […]