There are five stages of navigating your career when you live with Chronic Illness.
Here you will find your way with resources and programs for each and every stage.
You might move between stages or sit across more than one. Use this guide to find what’s most relevant right now.
Stage 1: Off Ramp
When you need to take leave from work or are bed based - the key focus here is keeping your emotional wellbeing.
FREE RESOURCE
The Pyjama Interviews Podcast
Hear stories from magnificent women who have found ways to carve out a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power.
Start here with emotional support and relatable stories.
EMOTIONAL MAP
The Emotional Map For Chronic Illness
Experience confidence in each of the four emotional stages of chronic illness. Practical tools, clarity and a lot more ease.
Lesson video, audio version, practical workbook, & the map
THE COCOON
For the pause that changes everything
When continuing to work is no longer possible, The Cocoon supports you to reclaim your agency, navigate uncertainty with grounded confidence, and reconnect with what matters now.
Off-Ramp with clarity and self-trust.
4 Module Online Self-Paced Journey
CAREER & CHRONIC MAP™
Confidence and Clarity
This is your turning point. Understand the five key career stages, how to build confidence at every step and move forward in your career with clarity and capacity. All designed in ways that work for you and your body.
Practical tools that support you mentally, emotionally and professionally, and shows you how your experience naturally leads to Authentic Leadership.
Digital Course – Self-paced
Includes video, audio, career guide, + transcript
YOUR CIRLCE OF WELLNESS™
Sustainable Foundations at Work
This self-paced course supports you to honour your capacity, set sustainable boundaries, and speak clearly at work without pushing through or apologising.
You'll learn how to identify your baseline for work, map what drains and restores your energy, and communicate from your genuine capacity.
Digital Course – Self-paced
Includes video, audio, workbook, capacity toolkit + tracker
ELATION
Reclaim Your Confidence and Career
For Professional Women this 3 month online program is designed to give you chronic confidence at work, and develop your Authentic Leadership skills. Suitable for both women working in organisations as well as chronic entrepreneurs.
3 Month Digital Program
Self-paced
THE AMBITION INTERVIEWS
Flourish Professionally
Hear firsthand from incredible women who navigate chronic illness AND have built career confidence to pursue their dreams. Whether it's ME, EDS, Long Covid, Autoimmune Conditions and/or mental health experience we're talking about all of it.
7+ hours of insight and strategy
Includes videos, audios and transcripts.
Immediate Access
AMBITION
Where dreams and reality meet
Ambition is designed for you to completely and methodically create the career or business you have been dreaming about. You will have weekly group Masterclasses, plus a monthly private session with Michelle. Applications are now open. The first step is a confidential conversation with Michelle.
6 Month Group Program
Program Starts June 2025
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
SOVEREIGNTY
Who are you becoming?
This is a bespoke journey with Michelle designed to support the deep transition you are already in. You will be companioned in your own evolution in a 3 month container with all the practical tools you need to flourish in your life, career and creativity without sacrificing your health.
The first step is a confidential conversation with Michelle
1:1 Bespoke Experience
with Michelle Irving
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