Justine Martin is a professional artist, art wellness teacher, author, and resilience consultant and speaker. Being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2011, her successful corporate life was turned upside down. She has since battled three primary cancers at once and since then has overcome a long list of medical conditions. Entrepreneurship came naturally to her as she broke free from her “survival mode” in order to achieve the big dreams and goals that she set for herself. It wasn’t until she was diagnosed with her chronic that the entrepreneurship path truly took on its full meaning in Justine’s life.
Read MoreOlivia Djouadi was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just one year old. She was told she wouldn’t live past 30. She made decisions and lived her life, studying, marrying her husband and having children, but it wasn’t until she passed that milestone – the age of 30 – that she finally realised she was going to live and began to live her life in a different way because of it.
Read MoreDara Shashoua is the founder of Byzantine Design – a Melbourne-based store that curates tiles from across the globe to service Australia. She is also the founder of A Chronic Entreprenuer – which began out of her passion to share the stories of those living with chronic illnesses and how they’re thriving each and every day, by living their lives and doing what they love. Here, Dara shares her story of discovering her chronic – multiple sclerosis – how it’s changed her life and how she lives with it today.
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