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The Ambition Interviews

Reimagining Career, Chronic Illness,
and Your Future.
A Masterclass Series 

Now Available On-Demand
Unlimited access. $99 USD.

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Our Guests

Meet the women enjoying with ambition without compromising their health.
Inside these masterclasses, you’ll gain insights from global leaders sharing their personal stories, practical lessons and health journeys.

Jamila Rizvi

Deputy Managing Director,
Future Women
Co -Author, Broken Brains

Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano

VP, People Operations, Culture Amp. Responsible AI leader

Living with CPTD, Bi-Polar and ADHD

Tiffany Yu

CEO & Founder of Diversability. Author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto

Kate Nash, O.B.E

Founder, PurpleSpace
Global leader in disability inclusion
Diagnosed with Juvenile  Chronic Arthritis aged 15

Amina AlTai

Executive Coach
Author of The Ambition Trap.
Living with Chronic Illness

Pippa Yeoman

Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Living with Long Covid

 

 

 

What is The Ambition Interview Series?

 

Discover how to really flourish professionally while living with chronic illness from women who’ve lived it, led through it, and learned from it.

This series is a masterclass in navigating ambition, energy, and leadership while shaping a career that is sustainable, meaningful, and aligned with your health needs.

All of our special guests have faced the deep emotional terrain that chronic illness / disability inevitably brings. They have each found ways to carve out a life filled with meaningful work and profound confidence in their career path. And they all have a passion for sharing this knowledge with you.

What's Inside?

Inside these masterclasses, you’ll gain insight into our guests’ deeply personal journeys, alongside the emotional ups and downs, strategic decisions, and practical wisdom that enable real professional growth.

You'll expand your:

Career Confidence: 
How chronic illness reshapes your identity and how to trust your skills and path again.

Professional Boundaries: 
Practical strategies for managing workload, other people's expectations and chronic confidence.

Empowered Conversations:
What to say, when, how, and with whom and how to stay grounded as you do.

Optimal Working Arrangements:
Configurations and accommodations that you may never have considered.

Career Advancement
Sustainable ways to lead, manage, and curate your way forward.

Entrepreneurship
Real talk on building your own thing: grit, vulnerability, and freedom.

 

 

Learn from women who’ve led the way.


Each interview is a masterclass in shaping your career with more ease, clarity and lasting impact while living with chronic illness or disability.

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How does it work?

Over 7 Hours of Strategic Insight and Real-World Wisdom
Enjoy candid interviews with global women leaders, filled with practical strategies, perspective shifts, and plenty of laughter. These are the conversations we wish we’d heard earlier in our own journeys.

Watch at Your Own Pace, On Your Own Time
All interviews are now available. You’ll receive instant access via email and can revisit any conversation as often as you like.

Flexible & Accessible Viewing
Watch on your laptop, tablet, or phone—whatever works best for your energy and capacity.
âś” Watch on any device
âś” All videos are captioned
âś” Audio versions available

 

 

Created Just For You

The Ambition Interview Series has been lovingly curated for professionals navigating their careers while living with chronic illness and/or disability — and for the people who lead, manage and support them.

This series is for you if you are:

  • At a career crossroads, exploring how to align your health, values, and ambition

  • A professional living with chronic illness or disability, seeking sustainable and meaningful career pathways

  • Returning to work after a period of illness and needing support to rebuild your career with confidence

  • Working in a high-performance environment and looking for strategies to manage boundaries, energy, and long-term impact

  • Navigating conversations around workplace adjustments, flexible work arrangements, or career progression

  • A leader or people manager looking to better understand and support team members living with chronic illness or disability

No matter where you are on your professional journey, while living with chronic illness, you’re in the right place. This series was created to meet you with insight, real talk and practical support.

 This complete interview series is available now for $99 USD.
Unlimited, on-demand access to every conversation.

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Meet Michelle Irving

Your Ambition Series Host

Michelle Irving is a pioneer in the chronic illness space and the founder of two companies: Career and Chronic and Chronic Illness At Work. With over 15 years of experience in mentoring and executive coaching, Michelle supports professionals navigating their careers while living with chronic illness.

Her work is grounded in her own lived experience — including being bed-bound twice in the past decade — and is backed by formal professional training. She has mastered the art of navigating work in an empowered, strategic way, including how to off-ramp for medical reasons and successfully on-ramp back into your career.

Her mentoring and training programs are trusted by individuals, teams, and organisations committed to optimising sustainable career pathways for professionals living with chronic illness.