Patients Getting Paid

The life of a chronicpreneur doesn’t necessarily mean settling for one different career path. As my guest in this episode proves, you don’t even need to stop at two… or three!

Alexa Randolph graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor’s in Communications and the dream of becoming an event planner. While visiting family in Las Vegas she was involved in a serious car accident. The Emergency Medical Services checked her out, said she was fine, and sent her on her way. But Alexa was plagued by debilitating after-effects and it wasn’t until some time later that she was diagnosed with a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Central Pain Syndrome.

Having to give up her dream career path - coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic - eventually led her to blogging, podcasting, and founding her own LLC (limited liability company), which covers a wide range of business endeavors that all fit around her condition, including her own design company! 

In this episode:

• The story of Alexa’s accident, the difficulties she faced in her regular job, and the encyclopedia of misdiagnoses and messed-up treatments she had to deal with
• How she began remote-working part-time in marketing and eventually created her With Love Alexa brand, and Alexa Randolph LLC to run alongside
• How the COVID-19 pandemic enabled Alexa to establish her blog and the With Love Alexa podcast
• How Alexa is building her business and how her family is supporting her - even though they don’t quite understand how the online chronicpreneur world works!
• How Alexa stays organized, makes money, and maintains her health - including how she manages her health insurance

Resources:

• Visit the Patients Getting Paid website to learn more about the PGP community
• With Love, Alexa on Instagram and Facebook
• Listen to the With Love Alexa podcast
• Visit Alexa’s Etsy store for WithLoveAlexaDesigns
• Check out the Amazon page for Alexa’s books 
• Visit The Mighty

**Be sure to join us on the Patients Getting Paid Facebook and Instagram pages AND get on the PGP email list to stay updated on all things PGP!

Special thanks to Steve Woodward at PodcastingEditor.com

If you’re new to the chronicpreneur world, then this episode is packed full of info-bombs!

Julie Croner is on a mission to advocate for ALL advocates. A psoriatic arthritis patient leader, she's also the Vice President of the Patient Leader Network at WEGO Health and has been featured by Stanford Medicine X, the National Psoriasis Foundation, Everyday Health, WebMD, HealthLine, and more. 

Julie is one busy chronicpreneur, as well as being a very involved mom! Listen in to find out what drives her, as she talks about her own journey to make her passion her career, before covering her work at WEGO Health and the support that their incredible community of patient leaders offers. 

In this episode:

• Julie’s struggle to accept her diagnosis and subsequent depression
• How she began connecting with patients online as a way to educate herself
• How a fateful trip to Florida relocated her badass gene and why she started her blog the very next day 
• The benefit of putting yourself out there as you never know where it will lead
• How Julie gradually realized that she could get paid work because of her experiences, not despite them
• Information about how Julie became involved with WEGO Health and her work there
• Where to go to find out more about Julie and WEGO Health

Resources:

• Visit the Patients Getting Paid website to learn more about and JOIN the PGP community
• Julie’s blog, ItsJustABadDay.com
• It’s Just A Bad Day on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
• Visit WEGO Health and connect on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

**Be sure to join us on the Patients Getting Paid Facebook and Instagram pages AND get on the PGP email list to stay updated on all things PGP!

Special thanks to Steve Woodward at PodcastingEditor.com

Patients Getting Paid (PGP) is a private, safe, membership/mastermind community for people with chronic illness to learn of the abundance of flexible, remote work possibilities available to them that can accommodate their health.

In the podcast, I’ll be talking to fellow chronicpreneurs about how they’ve found fulfilling, paid work opportunities that accommodate their health conditions better than the regular 9-to-5.  Additionally, I’ll be interviewing experts that can help us all do it better!!  

In this episode:

• Meet host and founder of the Patients Getting Paid community, Kathy Reagan Young
• The story of how Kathy’s career was blindsided by her diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis
• How she was able to find paid work opportunities that not only fit into her lifestyle but also pay her more than she was earning in a full-time position! 

Resources:

• Visit the Patients Getting Paid website to learn more about the PGP community
• Kathy’s Linkedin profile
• PGP on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook 

Special thanks to Steve Woodward at PodcastingEditor.com