Managing chronic illness at work is not a single problem with a single solution. It is the reality of trying to work within a system that assumes stable capacity, when your capacity may fluctuate.

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The honest answer to whether you can work with chronic illness is: it depends. It comes down to how you manage capacity and how you structure your work.

For some people, working with chronic illness ...

You are trying to decide whether to tell your employer about a health condition that affects your work.

.What you tell your manager about a medical condition is one of the most practical decisions yo...

In this episode of the Long Covid Podcast, host Jackie Baxter speaks with Michelle Irving, founder of Career & Chronic and Chronic Illness at Work, about how chronic illness reshapes careers, leade...

What if chronic illness wasn’t a leadership risk — but a lens on the future of work?

In this episode of Chronic Boss Unfiltered, Lilly sits down with Michelle Irving, founder of Career & Chronic a...

What if chronic illness wasn’t the end of ambition  but the beginning of a more grounded, sovereign kind of power?

In this episode of The Ovum Podcast, Dr Ariella sits down with Michelle Irving, f...

In this rich and honest discussion with Kate Nash, Michelle Irving shares what it really means to build a career while living with chronic illness.

Here’s what you’ll hear:

• Why managing chron

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In this podcast episode of the Bouncing Back Podcast, host Melissa McCurley speaks with Michelle Irving, founder of Career & Chronic and Chronic Illness At Work. Michelle shares her personal exp...

Here's what we don't talk about...

Over the past few years, I’ve received a growing number of messages asking to “grab a coffee” or “pick my brain.”

I understand the curiosity but over time, I’ve le...

 In this talk from the Future Women Leadership Summit, Michelle Irving shares what it's really like to live with a chronic illness while navigating work, identity, and leadership.

If you’ve ever trie...

Returning to work after medical leave is rarely a simple process. But there are things that can make it a lot easier to manage your energy, hold strong boundaries, and communicating your needs e...

The primary issue I often hear from women is the profound sense of loss—of identity, the life you once knew, and the future you imagined for yourself.

It's also been a significant part of my own expe...

Michelle celebrates the 100  episode of the Long Covid Podcast chatting with host Jackie the pathway to empowerment when you live with long covid. It all starts with being in the sea of the unknown...

Michelle talks with Sick of It host, Raimy Michelle Irving about how to have conversations at work about your capacity, what to disclose at interviews and how to manage other people's expectations....

 In this rich and honest discussion with Kate Nash, Michelle Irving shares what it really means to build a career while living with chronic illness.

Here’s what you’ll hear:

• Why managing chro

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I loved sharing with podcast host, therapist and fellow spoonie Lauren Selfridge on her This is Not What I Ordered  podcast. We share some real talk about the complexities of chronic illness and...

In this Chronic Truth episode Michelle shares her key tools for defining and acting from your core professional capabilities while managing a chronic condition. Plus how to curate your ambition so ...

Over 75% of women living with chronic illness are working,’ and ‘despite all the diversity, equity and inclusion policies – chronic illness is off the radar,’ says women’s leadership coach Miche...

In this episode of The Adaptable CEO - Founder of Career and Chronic Illness, Michelle Irving shares how her lived experience of chronic illness enabled her to pioneer the career and chronic condit...

 In this episode of The Bigger, Braver Life Show Michelle talks with host Angela Marie Williams about: 

• The link between mythology and your journey through chronic illness
• Ways to balance your
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In this episode of the PodcastDX - Chronic Illness show Michelle shares her own experience of living with chronic illness with hosts Lita Tomas and Jean Marie McNamara.

When you live with chronic illness asking for help is often the last thing you want to do. And it’s the hard thing we all have to do. It took me a long time to work out how to do it in an empowering w...

 The gorgeous Monica Michelle, co-host of Invisible Not Broken and I talk about:

• how to ask for help and support

• how to respond to others as your authentic self

• dating with a chronic

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Have you ever had one of those conversations that softly changes your perspective?  When you sit back and just have to allow the moment to soak in, to let words take root?  This conversation is one...