Feeling emotionally stuck because of
chronic illness?
You’ve always known how to rise to life’s challenges, but this is different.
Chronic illness throws you into emotional territory no one prepared you for.
You don’t want to be stuck. You want to feel like yourself again: grounded, emotionally steady, hopeful.
What if there was a map that showed you exactly what to do?
Begin the journey – $7
"There is an emotional map for chronic illness™.
I will teach you how to navigate it in an empowered way"
— Michelle Irving
The Emotional Map for Chronic Illness™
This is the only emotional map designed specifically for people living with chronic illness. Grounded in lived experience, it offers perspective without overwhelm and a sense of direction.
In this short, self-paced module walks you through the emotional terrain of chronic illness and shows you how to navigate it with clarity, self-compassion, and emotional confidence.
✔️ Understand what’s happening and know what to 'do' here
✔️ Stop spiralling and start feeling steady again
✔️ Support yourself with clarity, not pressure
✔️ Feel confident there’s a next step and know how to take it gently.
The four stages you’ll explore:
∞ Out in the Sea of the Unknown
∞ Wash Up on the Beach of Survival
∞ Moving Through the Forest of New
∞ Share Your Wisdom with the World
Each stage gives you language, perspective, and a grounded sense of direction.
The Emotional Map™ is Module 0 of The Cocoon course,, providing an essential foundation to navigate chronic illness with more clarity, confidence, and empowerment.
Watch Michelle briefly explain the four emotional stages in this 2-minute clip from a conference.
Ready to use the Emotional Map in your own life?
Start now and receive the full module, workbook for just $7.
What's inside?
What’s Inside the Career and Chronic Map™ Module:
• A video lesson introducing the five stages of the Career and Chronic Map™ and how to navigate each stage.
• 20-page career guide helping you map where you are and what to do
• Practical tools for navigating each stage
• Downloadable Career and Chronic Map™ for easy reference
• Video captions, audio-only version, and full transcript.
This is just the beginning.
The Emotional Map™ is your essential first step inside The Cocoon — a self-paced program designed for professional women navigating chronic illness with clarity, deep rest, and aligned practical action.
The Cocoon supports you through the pause that feels like an ending, helping you turn what’s falling away into something practical and meaningful.
You’ll start with the Emotional Map™ Starter Kit, a gentle orientation to your feelings and the emotional landscape of chronic illness, then move through core modules on Chronic Illness & Hope, Reclaiming Your Agency, Disrupting Fear, and a bonus Masterclass on The Heroine’s Journey.
The program is created with your energy in mind, offering clear emotional support, grounded insight, practical tools, and flexible access options for your pace and capacity.
This $7 module is the first step inside the full Cocoon course.
"Your talents, skills and magnificence can continue to shine. This is about the how. Where you are now is not the end of your story"
—MICHELLE IRVING, FOUNDER
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