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Having been diagnosed with Addisonâs Disease, a rare Autoimmune Disease, Anessa Powell has dedicated her career to raising awareness and advocating for workplace inclusion through her company, AllAbility Recruiting.
In this episode, we dive deep into discussions around the experience of getting a diagnosis and medical gaslighting that so many patients experience. Plus we have an honest conversation about parenting while living with chronic illness.
Anessa also shares her tips for applying for jobs, disclosure, and knowing what accommodations you need in the workplace.
About AnessaSince being diagnosed in 2013 with Addisonâs Disease (Primary Adrenal Insufficiency), a rare Autoimmune Disease, Anessa Powell has been dedicated to raising awareness that disabilities come in many forms.
In 2019, she began her work at the state and national levels as a patient advocate, speaking out for voices that have been traditionally overlooked in disability employment. As the pandemic changed lives in so many ways and employers began to recognize jobs can be done from home (and done well!), Anessa along with her husband, Bill, created AllAbility Recruiting where they strive to Leave No Ability Behind through disability employment, training, and consulting.
Connect with AnessaLinkedIN: Anessa Powell
Instagram: @allabilityrecruiting
Website: All Ability Recruiting
About Michelle IrvingA pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the founder of Career and Chronic Illness International. Michelle has over 15 years experience in Mentoring and Executive Coaching for people navigating their career while living with chronic illness. Career and Chronic Illness programs include extensive, specialised content for authentic conversations about your experience and needs, developing excellent professional boundaries, managing your emotional, mental and physical capacities as well as progressing in your career of choice. Michelle's mentoring and training programs are suitable for people currently working and those returning to work after extended leave.
You can have a career chat Michelle by booking at at https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
Connect with Michelle
LinkedIN: Michelle Irving
Website: CareerandChronicIllness.com
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Book a Call: https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
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Endometriosis affects roughly 10% of reproductive age women and girls globally, and on this episode of The Pyjama Interviews pod, Iâm joined by Antara Mascarenhas discussing how she has navigated this diagnosis that so many women experience in the workplace.
She shares her experience and advice on the:
The Diagnostic Odyssey, How to talk with your boss about productivity and strategically contributing while working from home.Leading from the experience of chronic illness.Itâs a beautiful conversation to share with you.
About AntaraAntara Mascarenhas is an Executive in the energy and climate sectors and is currently a General Manager at Australian Energy Market Operator. She specialises in building and leading teams to deliver strategic outcomes and implementing national energy reforms. She has a Masters in Political Science at the University of Cambridge, England and undergraduate degrees from the University of Melbourne and Victoria University of Wellington.
Antara is an ambassador of Endometriosis Australia and a Board Director of Cambridge Australia Scholarships. Antara is also passionate about inclusion in sport and runs a tennis coaching program for children from diverse cultural backgrounds in inner Melbourne.
Connect with AntaraLinkedIN: Antaramascarenhas
About Michelle IrvingA pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the founder of Career and Chronic Illness International. Michelle has over 15 years experience in Mentoring and Executive Coaching for people navigating their career while living with chronic illness. Career and Chronic Illness programs include extensive, specialised content for authentic conversations about your experience and needs, developing excellent professional boundaries, managing your emotional, mental and physical capacities as well as progressing in your career of choice. Michelle's mentoring and training programs are suitable for people currently working and those returning to work after extended leave.
You can have a career chat Michelle by booking at at https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
Connect with MichelleLinkedIN: Michelle Irving
Website: CareerandChronicIllness.com
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Book a Call: https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
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Did you know that 38% of people living with chronic illness are in professional, leadership roles? This is exactly what Dr. Peter Ghinâs recent report, "Disclosing Illness at Work,â found.
Peter lives with ME/CFS, and on this episode of The Pyjama Interviews pod, he shares both his personal experience of chronic illness and career as well as the research findings in this area. In this weekâs podcast we talk about:
How we romanticize 'the great leader' and what it means when a leader becomes unwell. What we can learn from how and why leaders disclose.How creativity often opens the door to a new path and where it can lead you in your corporate career.How you can use your experience of chronic illness to become a powerful Authentic Leader.About PeterDr Peter Ghin is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. His expertise is in the future of work, chronic illness employment, leadership, and organisational behaviour.
Connect with PeterLinkedIN: Peter Ghin
Research: Leaders Disclosing Illness at Work
Connect with MichelleLinkedIN: Michelle Irving
Website: CareerandChronicIllness.com
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Book a Call: https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
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This week, I talk with Jenn Sharp about On this episode of The Pyjama Interviews sharing how a diagnosis of Lyme disease turned her world of work upside down.
Jenn went from accelerating her career in Human Capital and Talent Management, to confronting the world of disability policies, being bed bound and then making it all the way back to full-time work in management consulting in Washington D.C.
We go deep into the toxicity of hustle culture and shame in the workplace, how to advocate for yourself, and why chronic illness prepares you for Authentic Leadership.
Connect with JennInstagram: @jesharp
LinkedIn:JenniferSharp07
About Michelle IrvingA pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the founder of Career and Chronic Illness International. Michelle has over 15 years experience in Mentoring and Executive Coaching for people navigating their career while living with chronic illness. Career and Chronic Illness programs include extensive, specialised content for authentic conversations about your experience and needs, developing excellent professional boundaries, managing your emotional, mental and physical capacities as well as progressing in your career of choice. Michelle's mentoring and training programs are suitable for people currently working and those returning to work after extended leave.
You can have a career chat Michelle by booking at at https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
Connect with Michelle
LinkedIN: Michelle Irving
Website: CareerandChronicIllness.com
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Book a Call: https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
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How do we face our own insecurities? When you are navigating your career and living with a disability/ chronic health condition it can feel like people either expect too little of you, or too much. And there is an awkwardness around you and your condition. In this vulnerable and powerful episode BJ Miller shares his deeply personal experience of navigating medical school, and learning how to use his inner strength to curate his career pathway. Plus the turning points in his career, and how he learned to befriend his own insecurity and find his way through the Unknown.
About BJDr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator.
BJ co-founded Mettle Health which provides personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability.
Led by his own experiences as a patient, BJ advocates for the roles of our senses, community and presence in designing a better ending. His TED Talk has been viewed over 15 Million times and he speaks internationally on themes of illness, death and loss.
About Michelle IrvingA pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the founder of Career and Chronic Illness International. Michelle has over 15 years experience in Mentoring and Executive Coaching for people navigating their career while living with chronic illness. Career and Chronic Illness programs include extensive, specialised content for authentic conversations about your experience and needs, developing excellent professional boundaries, managing your emotional, mental and physical capacities as well as progressing in your career of choice. Michelle's mentoring and training programs are suitable for people currently working and those returning to work after extended leave.
You can have a career chat Michelle by booking at at https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
Connect with BJLinkedIN: BJ Miller
Instagram: @mettle_health
Ted Talk: What Really Matters at the End of Life
Website: Mettle Health
Connect with Michelle
LinkedIN: Michelle Irving
Website: CareerandChronicIllness.com
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Book a Call: https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
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This week's episode is all about disclosure, and how to ask for accomodations. (you'll be surprised at the most common ones) Plus I talk with Hannah Olson, CEO and Co-Founder of Disclo and Chronically Capable about her own experience of Lyme disease, and starting her career. Which all lead to her start up journey, and what pivots she has had to make in her mindset, her working habits and her sense of identity as a person with a disability.
About HannahHannah Olson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Disclo, an innovative HR software helping employees to safely disclose and ask for accommodations at work.
Hannahâs own experience navigating her early career while undergoing intensive treatment for Lyme disease sparked the idea for her first venture, Chronically Capable, now one of the largest and most-used disability recruiting platforms in North America. Today, she is known globally for her disability advocacy, with recent features in The NYT, Forbes, Inc Magazine, and more.
About Michelle IrvingA pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the founder of Career and Chronic Illness International. Michelle has over 15 years experience in Mentoring and Executive Coaching for people navigating their career while living with chronic illness. Career and Chronic Illness programs include extensive, specialised content for authentic conversations about your experience and needs, developing excellent professional boundaries, managing your emotional, mental and physical capacities as well as progressing in your career of choice. Michelle's mentoring and training programs are suitable for people currently working and those returning to work after extended leave.
You can have a career chat Michelle by booking at at https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
Connect with HannahInstagram: @letsdisclo
LinkedIN: Hannah Olson
Connect with Michelle
LinkedIN: Michelle Irving
Website: CareerandChronicIllness.com
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Book a Call: https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
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What do you do when exhaustion hits at work? How to move on from performing wellness and pushing through at work when you live with chronic illness.
In this episode with guest Amina Altai shares her own evolution of professional boundaries at work. Plus why it's important to identify your own 'story' of work and how work 'should' be done. We also get practical in how to move on from 'pushing through' and doing everything the hard way. How to have the conversation about what you need and why doing shadow work is essential to your Authentic Leadership.
About AminaAmina AItai (pronounced AH-MIN-UH) is a holistic business and career coach, proud immigrant and chronic illness advocate. A leading coach to notable leaders, executives and foundersâAmina's mastery is in connecting us to our brilliance and teaching us to live and lead from it each day.
Amina is the author of the forthcoming book: 'The Ambition Trap', with Penguin/The Open Field. She has partnered with progressive companies such as google, Roku, Deloitte, Snap, Outdoor Voices, NYU and HUGE.
About Michelle IrvingA pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the founder of Career and Chronic Illness International. Michelle has over 15 years experience in Mentoring and Executive Coaching for people navigating their career while living with chronic illness. Career and Chronic Illness programs include extensive, specialised content for authentic conversations about your experience and needs, developing excellent professional boundaries, managing your emotional, mental and physical capacities as well as progressing in your career of choice. Michelle's mentoring and training programs are suitable for people currently working and those returning to work after extended leave.
You can have a career chat Michelle by booking at at https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
Connect with Amina
LinkedIN: Amina Altai
Instagram: @aminaaltai
Website: www.aminaaltai.com
Connect with Michelle
LinkedIN: Michelle Irving
Website: CareerandChronicIllness.com
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Book a Call: https://www.careerandchronicillness.com/chat
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How do you manage a high profile London career in Management Consulting while also living with chronic illness? Who do you tell what? And when?
In this brand new season of the Pyjama Interviews we are diving deep into Career and Chronic Illness. Our guest Nicola Pye shares her own experience of the rollercoaster of chronic illness throughout her career. Plus the high price of performing wellness and what to do instead and how to disclose in a way that feels safe. This is a real conversation about how chronic illness is a powerful pathway to Authentic Leadership.
About NicolaNicola has over 25 yearsâ experience as a learning and leadership development professional, executive coach, and until recently was Global Talent Director for EY, whom she worked at for 22 years. Having experienced chronic illness as a teenager and on and off throughout her career she refuses to be defined by it but is relentless about ensuring it determines how she shows up as a leader.
Nicola now thrives as The Leadership Coach & People Person, in her mission to help CEOs and Senior Management teams create positive impact by making work better for themselves, their workforce and society.
About Michelle IrvingA pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the founder of Career and Chronic Illness International. Michelle has over 15 years experience in Mentoring and Executive Coaching for people navigating their career while living with chronic illness. Career and Chronic Illness programs include extensive, specialised content for authentic conversations about your experience and needs, developing excellent professional boundaries, managing your emotional, mental and physical capacities as well as progressing in your career of choice. Michelle's mentoring and training programs are suitable for people currently working and those returning to work after extended leave.
You can have a career chat Michelle by booking at at michelleirving.com.au/chat.
Connect with Nicola
Instagram: @nicolapye.theleadershipcoach
LinkedIn: Nicola Pye
Connect with Michelle
Website: CareerandChronicIllness.com
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
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Parenting with Chronic Illness. In this episode Natalie Supps shares her experience of parenting, anxiety and living with chronic illness. Plus how her diagnosis journey with Crohn's disease, how she shared her chronic condition at work, and how to decide if starting a business is good for you.â
About Natalie
Natalie was diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's) in 2007 and struggled for many years. She was in and out of the hospital while pushing through to fulfil her dreams of finishing university and starting her own business.
Natalie is the Founder of Sick and Successful Creative Media Agency, She is also the Host of the Sick and Successful podcast.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. You can chat Michelle by booking at michelleirving.com.au/chat.
Connect with NatalieInstagram: @sickandsuccessful_
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Website: michelleirving.com.au
Book your Chat with Michelle
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In this week's episode Dara Shashoua and Michelle talk about the hard things including:
Medical gaslighting and the path to getting a diagnosis with MS.Navigating chronic illness while living alone.Why spoonies are well equipped to run their own businesses.And top tips for doing it in ways that work for you and your body.About DaraDara is a passionate entrepreneur who opened Byzantine Design âThe Most Beautiful Tile Store in Melbourneâ mere weeks before she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
Dara founded A Chronic Entrepreneur to empower other chronic entrepreneurs to share their stories.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. You can chat Michelle by booking at michelleirving.com.au/chat.
Connect with Dara
Instagram: @achronicentrepreneur
Website: A Chronic Entrepreneur
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Website: michelleirving.com.au
Book your Chat with Michelle
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Chronic Illness Discernment is a crucial skill when it comes to the Wellness Industry. In this episode Nitika Chopra and Michelle talk about the way the Wellness Industry has in many ways, been our default home of information and resources.â But how it hasn't served our community very well. Learn:
How to self-love really means when living with chronic illness.How to protect your mental health from toxic positivitySpoonie Entrepreneurship - the why, when and how.A big, bold and practical definition of beauty.About Nitika Chopra
Nitika Chopra is the founder of Chronicon, a media and events company, dedicated to elevating the lives of those living with a chronic illness. Nitika was diagnosed with psoriasis at the age of 10 and psoriatic arthritis at the age of 19. She lived over 17 years of her life being defined by her conditions. Nitika now focusses on creating amazing chronic illness events, media and community.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. You can chat Michelle by booking at michelleirving.com.au/chat
Connect with Nitika
Instagram: @nitikachopra
Website: The Chronicon Community
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Website: michelleirving.com.au
Book your Chat with Michelle
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Why is it so hard is it to get a diagnosis of Endometriosis? In this episode artist Danica Gim shares
Her experience with endo throughout her teenage years and how her boyfriend called it first.What it's like managing your career while living with endo, including as a flight attendant. How art become a way to transform her childhood experiences with religion. How to be a successful artist while also living with chronic illnessAbout Danica
Danique (Danica Gim) is a super talented Artist from the Netherlands. When she is not writing or making art, Danica is traveling the globe as a flight attendant and creating awareness of endometriosis on her Instagram to help other women avoid the struggles she faced trying to get a diagnosis.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. You can chat Michelle by booking at michelleirving.com.au/chat.
Connect with Danica
Instagram: @danica.gim
Website: Danica Gim
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Website: michelleirving.com.au
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What do you do when you are a dancer diagnosed EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)? In this episode Eva Minkoff shares how she is:
Preparing for a life filled with uncertainty and finding a way through the fears.Making the bridges between us as patients and doctors so the relationships are healthy, honest and productive. The unusual journey of being a patient advocate via medicine school.About Eva
Eva Minkoff is the Senior Director of Community and Education for the charitable organization, Good Days. She's the presenter of Ted Talk titled â5 minutes to fix our broken healthcare systemâ and host of the [Human]Care podcast. As a chronic illness warrior herself, with EDS and Fibromyalgia, Eva has spent much of the past decade building supportive platforms for the chronic illness and disability communities.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. You can chat Michelle by booking at michelleirving.com.au/chat.
Connect with Eva
Podcast: [Human]care
Ted Talk: 5 minutes to fix our broken healthcare system
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Website: michelleirving.com.au
Book your Chat with Michelle
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Why do women remain undiagnosed and treated like it's all in our heads? In this episode the amazing Elinor Cleghorn (author of Unwell Women) shares with us both her personal experience of living with lupus, and also her professional analysis of the long history of medical misogyny. You'll learn about:
Why women's pain and other symptoms are dismissed for years before, if any, diagnosis.How to re-establish boundaries and reassert your autonomy while navigating chronic illness.Why now is an open moment for our individual and collective empowerment while living with chronic illness.About Elinor Cleghorn
In her new book Unwell Women, Elinor explores the misunderstanding, mystification and misdiagnosis of women's bodies all throughout history.
She was shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize (2017), and she has since written creatively about her experience of chronic illness for publications including Ache (UK) and Westerly (AUS).
Elinor is also an ambassador for the wren project, a platform where individuals diagnosed with autoimmune disease, can talk about the emotional and social impact of their diagnosis.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. You can chat Michelle by booking at michelleirving.com.au/chat
Connect with Elinor
Instagram: @elinorcleghorn
Book: Unwell women
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Website: michelleirving.com.au
Book your Chat with Michelle
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How do you manage your career while also living with chronic illness? In this interview we dive deep with Fatemeh Khatibloo, Director of The Office for Ethical and Human Use at Salesforce. You'll learn how to navigate a high profile career with authenticity. Plus the raw truth about depression, chronic illness and finding your way. And how we move on from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) into Belonging.
She's the go-to commentator for the Wall Street Journal on consumer privacy, data protection and the intersection with Diversity, Inclusion and Equity.
About Fatemeh Khatibloo
Fatemeh has navigated a high-profile career including her current position as the Director of The Office for Ethical and Human Use at Salesforce and her former role as Vice President at Forrester Research. She's the go-to commentator for the Wall Street Journal on consumer privacy, data protection and the intersection with Diversity, Inclusion and Equity.
Fatemeh also lives with Hashimoto's disease and will be sharing publicly for the first time her experience of building a corporate career while living with chronic illness.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. You can chat Michelle by booking at michelleirving.com.au/chat
Connect with Fatemeh
Linkedin: fkhatibloo
Twitter: @fatemehx2
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Website: michelleirving.com.au
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How do you take care of your mental health when you are living with chronic illness? In this interview with Health Coach Lauren Freedman you'll learn about the toxicity of hustle culture and its impact on those of us living with chronic illness. Plus how to stop internalising the shame placed on living with chronic illness. And a whole lot of real talk about moving from surviving to thriving with chronic illness
About Lauren
Lauren Freedman is an award winning entrepreneur, voice actor, writer and activist who lives in Los Angeles. She has lived with depression and anxiety since she was a teen, and was first diagnosed with Hashimotoâs disease and sleep disorders in 2017. This sparked her interest in the invisible illness community and she now hosts the incredibly popular podcast Uninvisible Pod.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. You can chat Michelle by booking at michelleirving.com.au/chat
Connect with Lauren
Instagram: @uninvisiblepod
Website: uninvisiblepod.com/
Podcast: uninvisiblepod.com/episodes/
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
Website: michelleirving.com.au
Book your Chat with Michelle
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What is sustainable wellness when you are living with chronic illness? In this episode spoonie and wellness expert Flic Manning shares with us her personal strategies for navigating treatment, drugs, side effects and B.S. Hear how she interviews clinicians to see if they are the right fit for her! Plus why she shares her experience of Crohn's disease publicly and without shame.
About Flic
Flic Manning successfully maintained her dancing and choreography career whilst living with invisible illness. She was determined to live well despite doctors telling her it was impossible. Flic's debut memoir Living Human is out now!
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. Book her for your Free Strategy Call with Michelle.
Connect with Flic
Instagram: @flicmanning
Website: www.flicmanning.com/
Read Living Human
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
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What happens in a marriage when a vibrant author experiences chronic fatigue? In this episode author Ashley Kalagian-Blunt shares about the long diagnosis process for her chronic fatigue condition. Hear her wisdom about how to stay connected to your dream life even while living with chronic illness. Plus how Ashely navigates marriage and employment to ensure sustainable well-being while living with invisible illness.
About Ashley
Ashley Kalagian Blunt is a Sydney-based author. Her books include My Name Is Revenge and How to Be Australian, a memoir. She co-hosts the James and Ashley Stay at Home podcast about writing, creativity and health. A former avid traveller, she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome in 2017 after a year of insidious onset.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness.
Connect with Ashley Kalagian-Blunt
Connect with Ashley on Instagram: @akalagianblunt
Ashley's Website: www.ashleykalagianblunt.com/
Read My Name is Revenge & How to be Australian
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Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
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How to manage other people's reactions to your diagnosis? In this episode breast cancer advocate Kath Elliott shares how she used her PR skills to share her shock diagnosis and tell other people how she wanted them to relate to her. Kath shares how she discovered a large lump in her breast in 2019 which was the impetus for her starting on a sacred journey of self-discovery and healing; physically, emotionally and spiritually.
About Kath
Kath is the vocal breast cancer advocate and founder of My Breast Friend which shares luxurious handmade body lotions and body washes as her personal heart song to all women and their relationship with their bodies.
About Michelle Irving
A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness.
Connect with Kath
Instagram: @mybreastfriendaus
Website: mybreastfriend.net
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
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How do you have boundaries when you are living with chronic illness? In this interview Sarah Ramey turns the tables and interviews Michelle Irving - in a raw, real and bold conversation. Michelle talks about how she found her own Badass Boundaries when she really needed to stand up for herself around treatment and care. Plus how she managed work and other people's expectations of what she should be doing, especially when she was very unwell.
Sarah and Michelle also talk about why the Greek Myth of Persephone, Queen of the Underworld is the psychological map for serious illness and how you can use it to re-shape your experience and overall wellbeing, even if your physical condition remains the same.
About Michelle Irving
Michelle gets it. While bed-bound twice in the past decade, she has mastered the art of living well while experiencing serious illness.
Michelle is driven by a mission to de-shame and transform conversations around illness.
She keeps it real. In her forthright style, she provides practical relationship and self-care strategies for the whole illness journey from diagnosis, treatment, ongoing management to survivorship.
Connect with Michelle
Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial
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