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Four steps to navigate back to balance
I’m a planner. I like the act of planning and like living with plans. I get a big kick out of writing and reviewing my yearly business plan. My husband and I have spent many long car rides planning...
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Do you ride the roller coaster of symptoms?
Do you find that living with flaring symptoms from a chronic health condition feels like riding a roller coaster? I do and listening to clients, I know I’m not alone. I find it helps them when I...
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How are you turning lymes into lemonade?
When a friend of Emily Levy’s wrote telling me about Emily and her efforts to start a business based on her own experience living with illness, I knew that this would be a good match. Emily is the...
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What’s on your reading list?
I find myself frequently recommending books both to support the coaching I do and when people email asking for ideas. My bookshelf is overflowing (the only hardcopy books I still buy) . I thought...
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3 Reasons Why a Diagnosis Is Not the Holy Grail
Listening to her describe a recurrent dream in which a test finally uncovers the illness explaining her extreme fatigue, I felt overcome by her sadness. Thirty five years ago, after three years...
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How do you respond to the healthcare time suck?
Do endless appointments to manage your chronically challenging health wreck havoc on your schedule? If you’re saying YES, let me assure you that you’re not alone. Work and personal life are...
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ChangingI heard her frustration and disappointment. She’d almost cancelled...
I heard her frustration and disappointment. She’d almost cancelled our call, lost in the worry that she wasn’t getting anywhere and couldn’t change. I empathized as I felt her pain. But I’ve been in...
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Changing Muscle Memory Takes Practice and then More Practice
I heard her frustration and disappointment. She’d almost cancelled our call, lost in the worry that she wasn’t getting anywhere and couldn’t change. I empathized as I felt her pain. But I’ve been in...
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Do you ride the roller coaster of symptoms?
Do you find that living with flaring symptoms from a chronic health condition feels like riding a roller coaster? I do and listening to clients, I know I’m not alone. I find it helps them when I...
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Do you slide on that slippery slope from fearLESS to fearFUL?
I quite literally bumped into a friend I hadn’t seen since college. After sharing the big data points in our lives, she said, “I remember you as fearless. Remember when we met a guy who flew a...
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Are you sick of prioritizing because you’re sick?
Over the past few months, I haven’t published as regularly as I typically do. Which, in case you haven’t noticed, is typically twice monthly. Honestly – I’m quite sure that not one of you has given...
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Are you nuts to disclose chronic illness before starting the job?
I can’t count how many times a reporter’s first question is, “Should someone with a chronic illness disclose in the interview process?” They seem to think it’s the most pressing issue on a reader’s...
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Tennis, . . . . anyone?
I’m not a tennis fan and typically get quickly bored watching the game. But over the past few weeks, Serena Williams has grabbed my attention. I’m fascinated by her energy, facial expressions and her...
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Practice can make change if not perfection
It’s hard to change old habits. Just ask my dog, Charlotte. She’s 55 lbs of pure muscle and has a long standing and dangerous habit of lunging with a deep growl when we meet another dog who is also...
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What is your lost time worth?
I’ve emerged from 4 months of debilitating illness. Searching for a diagnosis (tests, procedures, office appointments) and pursuing treatment plans was time consuming and depressing. Naturally, I...
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Does the ‘Positive Thinking’ Message Get You Down?
I wonder if anyone actually believes that positive thinking or stress reduction techniques can cure mind numbing pain or fatigue? Or is it just blind desire to think that every ailment has a cure? My...
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What Do You Say When You’re ‘Back in the Game’?
It happens easily and too often. You try to explain that you can’t do something (that you could do until now) and the blank stares, questions or snide comments leave you feeling isolated, frustrated...
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Are you ‘flogging a dead horse’?
My good friend, S, called as she was sitting in traffic on her way to work. This wasn’t unusual. But what was different was how upset she was because she had a bad cold. That evening, she was...
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Forget about those New Year resolutions
“Don’t let chronic health challenges get you down in the New Year! 3 Easy Tips to create a happier and healthier you.” Here we go again. Another New Year and I’m besieged with emails and tweets...
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Difficulty finding a job with a chronic illness starts with the interview?
When a healthy person thinks about the challenges of living with a chronic illness, I’m pretty sure that work doesn’t make the list. There are too many other important issues, right? But we know...
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