Karen Orr, my “newish” friend shares some stories about her career as an ICU nurse and how she prioritizes her mental health and establishing a work-life balance. In this episode, Karen speaks about her diagnosis with Crohn’s in 2004 and what life is like living with a chronic illness. Currently in remission, Karen explains how Crohn’s has really dominated her life and her level of planning and spontaneity. She shares some travel stories about how scary traveling can be with a chronic illness.

Reserving energy is so crucial for everyone, but particularly for people living with a chronic illness. With her career and working through life with her chronic illness, Karen works hard to reach her goals, and elaborates on how she holds herself accountable for reaching them and how every goal she’s set for herself, she’s achieved or is in the process of achieving.

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