The Ambition Interviews

Reimagining Career, Chronic Illness,
and Your Future

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Our Guests

Meet the women enjoying with ambition without compromising their health.
This free 5-day interview series features 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?

A free series featuring global women leaders sharing their experience of ambition, career and chronic illness/ disability.

It’s time to talk about what it really takes to flourish professionally while living with chronic illness or disability — and how to create a sustainable career that honours your ambition and your bod.

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?

Front row seats to our intimate, deeply personal interviews including all the emotional ups and downs, the negotiations and the practical wisdom that enables you to flourish in your career.

You will learn about:

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.

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How does it work?

Over 7 hours of Raw & Real Conversations
Enjoy intimate interviews with global women leaders, filled with wisdom, practical strategies, and plenty of laughter. These are the conversations we all wish we’d heard earlier in our journey.

Watch at Your Own Pace, On Your Own Time
Each interview is now available. You'll receive an email with direct access to all the conversations. Can’t watch right away? No problem. You can return to each interview anytime during the series.

Flexible & Accessible Viewing
Watch on your laptop, tablet, or phone — wherever you're most comfortable.
✔ All videos are captioned
✔ Audio version is also 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, if you’re living with chronic illness or supporting someone who is, you’re in the right place. This series was created to meet you with insight, real talk and practical support.

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.