Listen: Emotional Empowerment and your Career

In this raw truth conversation with host Roi Shternin, I talk about how living with chronic illness and pursuing a career can feel like an overwhelming challenge. Plus how I have walked this path and we dive into:

My Journey: My experience with chronic illness, from my diagnosis at 35 to living my life in the middle of my career and now at 53 having created a global business.

Challenging Cultural Narratives: the cultural narrative that ties wellness to success and virtue. This mindset can be very draining, and I share my perspective on how we can find meaning and fulfilment at any stage of life, regardless of our health.

Emotional Mapping: The Emotional Map for Chronic Illness, which helps navigate the emotional stages of the journey. There are four stages: being at sea, washing up on the beach, moving through the forest, and returning to the village. I explain how understanding these stages can help release some of the the emotional and mental pressures of chronic illness.

Empowerment Through Sovereignty: A significant part of our conversation was about seeing ourselves as the decision-makers in our health journeys. I talk about how viewing medical professionals as advisors has been key for me and how this approach can be empowering.

Curating Your Career: The importance of aligning our lives and careers with our personal values and physical capacities. I share insights from my program Elation, the ultimate professional development program for people with chronic illness navigating their careers in ways that work for them.

Facing the Mystery of Illness: We also talk about the mysterious nature of chronic illness and how it affects our understanding of life, power, and authenticity.