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
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
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
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
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
with Michelle Irving
Program Starts June 2025
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
SOVEREIGNTY
PRIVATE COACHING
A New World of Career Confidence
with Chronic Illness.
We work in a 3 month container together where you get all the practical tools you need to flourish without sacrificing your health. You'll receive personalised 1:1 sessions and access to exclusive content, all designed to help you build a career that works for you and your body.
The first step is a confidential conversation with Michelle about where you at, what is important now and what you need support with.
1:1 Executive Coaching/ Private Mentoring
with Michelle Irving
THE
CHRONICLE
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