Sometimes, we are all so busy being busy that we ignore the signs that the body is telling us to stop. When we ignore it long enough, it breaks down and we end up being diagnosed with a chronic illness. As Connie, today’s Chronic Entrepreneur states “I went to my doctor until I discovered his objective wasn’t to cure me, but to keep me on anti-inflammatory medication that increased my inflammation”. Connie is a Certified Health Coach, Certified Brain Health Coach, & Published Author.
Read MoreChronic illnesses can take many different forms and affect people’s lives in many different ways. Some people live most of their lives with their chronic, others are diagnosed later in life. Marguerita Cheng was diagnosed with asthma at just five years of age.
Read MoreKerrie Mercel has taken many leaps in her life – she’s a qualified chef, a scuba diving centre owner, award winning property developer, and now the founder of Clarity – a range of products to help people tap into their desires, release feelings that are holding them back, and embrace abundance.
Read MoreAchim Schlemmer was 29 years old when he was diagonosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Shortly after, he began working as an entrepreneur and hasn’t looked back. Now working in consultancy, project management and strategy for online projects, Achim lives his life in a small provincial town in Germany, doing what he loves. Read his story here.
Read MoreFor Taz Dunstan, being a chronic entrepreneur means being an invincible business woman. After a car accident resulted in severe damage to the cervical discs in her spine, it left her with chronic pain and limited mobility. She’d been an avid adventurer, hiker, mountaineer and ‘thrill seeker’ and she was told that she would never be able to enjoy those activities again.
Read MoreWhen Rachael Robinson was twenty years old she was diagnosed with her chronic condition, Trigeminal neuralgia. The condition affects the trigeminal nerve, which carries sensations and feelings from your face to your brain.
Read MoreElana Marlo’s chronic illness has progressed and evolved over her life. First diagnosed in 2004, her symptoms grew as she moved through life. As she so beautifully articulates below, when she decided to accept where she was and what she needed and stopped trying to be anything else, she finally came to a place of self-love, energy and calm.
Read MoreSharon Pegrum knows the power of validation – she lived for years with a condition called Pyrroles disorder which can manifest in social anxiety, depression, mood swings, poor stress control and many more symptoms.
Read MoreRamy Al-Kadhi shares a slightly different story – while he doesn’t live with a chronic illness, he lives with permanent damage to his brain. In Sri Lanka in 2016, he was involved in a dangeous moped crash where he came off the bike and landed on his head.
Read MoreKhadine Aharon has always been an entrepreneur and she’s always been passionate about supporting others in living and feeling their best. Early on she founded her own massage therapy practice, however at age 25, she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia, which meant she could not longer continue providing the services she loved. Instead, she went on to study further in her mission to support, heal and empower others and 21 years on, she’s the founder of Embrace Empowerment – where she provides service sin energetic healing (such as Emotional Freedom Techniques) and colour therapy.
Read MoreThis week, we share the story of Monique Phipps – a clinical psychologist living with Crohn’s disease. Monique didn’t want to use medication for her condition and treats it solely through a considered diet.
Read MoreAfter a painful and traumatic childhood, that continued with Kat through her teens and early adulthood, Kat was diagnosed with Arnold-Chiari Malformation in 2009. With a background in nursing and pyschology, Kat now coaches individuals to help them move through pain, fear and doubt to achieve their potential.
Read MoreSamantha Gemmell is one of those humans who found a way to combine all her passions and make a living from them. She is a nutritionist, writer and speaker who works closely with women across the globe, particularly those living with chronic illnesses. Sam was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) when she was 22 and largely manages the condition through an approach built on her knowledge of health and wellness, including nutrition, myotherapy, massage and meditation, as well as, most importantly, listening to her body.
Read MoreAfter a bad fall, Angela Bradley was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 15 years ago in Sydney. While the diagnosis brought a sense of relief as it acknowledged things she had been experiencing for some time, she was given a life-changing prognosis she didn’t want to (and learnt she didn’t have to) accept.
Read MoreTwenty years ago Jessica Lockhart was diagnosed with six slipped discs and two bubbles in her spine after two car accidents. Jessica’s mission now is to help human beings understand themselves in every field of their lives, personal and professional, so they can take control and thrive.
Read MoreVeronica Fil has a no bullshit approach to life, health, work, love and everything in between. When discussing chronic illness with Veronica, in her words, she’s been ‘collecting conditions since birth’ – among them the overarching Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder, as well as Type 1 Diabetes, Lupus and Narcolepsy.
Read MoreThere’s a Japanese proverb “Nana korobi ya oki” which means fall down seven times and rise up eight. This proverb speaks to the Japanese concept of resilience, no matter how many times you fall down you simply get up again. This concept was introduced to me by today’s Chronic Entrepreneur, Michael Nova and his website Riseupeight. I believe that this proverb perfectly sums up living with a chronic illness and also the life of an Entrepreneur.
Read MoreIt took Tara Langdale four years of speaking to her doctors about her condition, managing the pain and stress, until she eventually gave herself her own diagnosis – vulvodynia. Tara shared her story with vulvodynia and how she’s using her experience to educate and change the experiences of others.
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.
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