Secrets to success #4 – Cultivate good relationships

October 4, 2011

Ten secrets to success even if you are sick. Here’s the list so far: Forgive yourself Go with the flow Forgive others Cultivate good relationships Our relationships are important. There are few things more important in both our work-lives and home-lives than relationships. Human beings are incredibly social animals, an interaction with other people is [...]

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10 secrets to success #3 – forgive others

September 12, 2011

Ten secrets to achieving success, even if you are sick. Forgiving others is one of the most important elements to moving on with your life and becoming successful.

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Majority affected by chronic disease – new report

August 22, 2011

More than 50% of Americans and Canadians are affected by chronic disease Just last week, researchers from the Washington-based Deloitte Center for Health Solutions released the results of an international survey which showed that the majority of both Canadians and Americans have at least one chronic health condition. Fifty-five percent of people in the U.S. [...]

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Chronic Illness and lost productivity – video

July 26, 2011

Productivity loss due to chronic illness in the workplace is more than a trillion dollars a year in the U.S. alone. That about 7% of Gross Domestic Product. Imagine 7% of all the goods and services your organization produces in a year – gone! That is a lot of money being lost by each and every business every day. Yet few organizations have a strategy to better engage the one-third of their workforce who have a chronic health condition.

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10 secrets to success #2 – Go with the flow

July 12, 2011

Learning what you can control and letting go of those things you can’t control is essential to both happiness and success.

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What are our assumptions about illness?

June 28, 2011

Chronic illness differs from our traditional views of illness in many ways. In this short clip from the presentation Thriving in the Age of Chronic Illness, I talk about these differences and why they are important.

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10 secrets to achieving success, even if you are sick – #1 Forgive yourself

June 15, 2011

10 ways to be successful even if you are sick. Rule #1 Forgive yourself. Here is how to eliminate guilt.

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Workplace flexibility better than benefit cuts

June 2, 2011

Building a foundation where people with unpredictable and long term illness can work and be productive should be a higher priority than simply slashing disability benefits.

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Who needs coaching? Often those we least suspect

May 22, 2011

For professional coaching to succeed as an industry, coaches have to reach out to people who may not immediately see the value that coaches have to offer

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Organizations can increase productivity by understanding illness

May 17, 2011

(MISSISSAUGA, ONT, May 17, 2011) – Organizations can significantly increase productivity simply by understanding and better engaging workers with long-term health conditions says a prominent chronic illness coach. “For the first time in history, long term illnesses such as arthritis, heart disease and depression have become the major health threat across the globe. Yet our [...]

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