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TITLE: System Meltdown - Extreme heat vs chronic illness

SERIES: Behind the Edge

RUN TIME: 17 mins 

Ever felt like the heat is taking over your life? Here's why it doesn't have to!"  
  
Living with chronic illness? 

The heat isn't just uncomfortable; it's a signal. It reveals where our bodies are operating at their limits. For those with conditions like MS, fibromyalgia, or POTS, even a slight temperature rise can amplify fatigue, dizziness, and discomfort.  
  
But here's the good news: understanding this information can help with the tools you need to empower yourself. 

Adjust your workspace, prioritize hydration, and learn your legal rights in the workplace. You have the right to adjustments that support your health.  
  
Remember, you’re not alone in this—your voice matters. 

Let's advocate for a work environment that respects our needs.  
  
What’s your experience with managing work in the heat?  
  
Full resources:

Temperature in the workplace: Heat stress - HSE

Extreme temperatures in the workplace - Acas

Reasonable adjustments: a legal duty - GOV.UK

Adverse Weather and Health Plan - GOV.UK

#ChronicIllness #HeatAwareness #DisabilityRights #Neurodivergence #WellnessAdvocacy

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Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

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Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Title: Diabetes in the Workplace

Series: Illness is not a burden

Runtime: 18 mins approx

Diabetes is not a burden, it’s data. Here’s how to use it to thrive in your career! 

Send this to someone who needs to hear this!  

Living with diabetes can feel overwhelming, especially in the workplace. 

Did you know over 4.7 million people in the UK are diagnosed with this condition? It’s not just a number; it represents real professionals struggling with daily management amidst deadlines and meetings.

But it doesn’t have to be a limitation. 

By treating diabetes management as essential workplace data, we can create environments that honor our needs instead of ignoring them. 

Practical adjustments like flexible break times or private spaces can transform the workplace into a supportive environment that boosts productivity.

Let’s change the narrative!  

Remember, your condition does not define your capabilities. Advocate for what you need and lead with clarity, because your experience can help reshape the workplace for everyone.  

What adjustments have made a difference for you? Let's discuss!  

#DiabetesAwareness #ChronicIllness #WorkplaceWellness #Neurodiversity #Accessibility

LINKS: 

Diabetes UK helpline and employment guide

ACAS guidance on RA and disability at work

Access to Work 

The Equality and Human Rights Commission

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Workshop Audit part 5 - Compounding the cost of Long and Short Term Sickness in the Workplace

Runtime: 15 mins

Target: HR, Employers. Researchers. CFO, CEO.

Don't forget your figures from part 4, and have notes open or a pen and paper handy.

In our latest episode, we dive deep into the impact of short-term vs. long-term sickness absence and how it can reveal toxic workplace cultures. Did you know that the average employee takes 9.4 days off sick each year? That's nearly two full weeks of lost productivity!

Short-term absences might seem common, but it's those long-term cases that can wreak havoc on your team's morale and finances. Mental health issues are now the leading cause of these long-term absences, making it crucial for organizations to understand the underlying causes.

Let’s break this down:
- Short-term sickness accounts for most absences but has lower costs.
- A few long-term cases can result in significant financial impact.
- Understanding these dynamics can help you identify potential toxic environments.

When you know your numbers, you can take action! This is not just about managing sickness, but about fostering a healthier workplace overall.

LINKS

CIPD Sick days

RED Edge Newsletter 

#Chronicedge #WorkplaceWellbeing #SicknessAbsence #MentalHealthMatters #ToxicCulture

Thank you for watching, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Arthritis in the Workplace - Your Employer Playbook: Stop bleeding talent and cash.

Illness is not a burden Series 1: Episode 12

Run time 17 mins approx.

Target: HR, CFO, CEOs who want real ROI, not virtue signalling.

This one is aimed squarely at the boardroom. 

Elliot lays out the cold cost of doing nothing (23.4 million lost days, £3 billion+ hit, talent walking out the door), the legal hammers (Equality Act 2010 and ADA – ignore at your financial peril), zero-to-low-cost support measures that actually work, the exact reasonable adjustments and tools that deliver 15-25% productivity lifts, how to redeploy people from the sales floor or factory into high-value training/product development roles instead of losing them entirely, and the hard ROI numbers that prove disability-inclusive workplaces outperform everyone else on revenue, retention, and innovation.

Working through unmanaged pain is debilitating for your people and lethal for your P&L. 

The right support doesn’t just save money – it builds anti-fragile teams, cuts recruitment spend, and turns lived adversity into competitive advantage. 

Do nothing and you’re choosing expensive failure. 

Get this right and you stop hemorrhaging talent and start winning.

These three episodes form a complete, no-holds-barred system: the problem, the employee fix, and the employer multiplier. 

Share the whole series – it’s the brutal truth your workplace desperately needs.

 Links below:

Arthritis UK State of MSK Health 2025 & left waiting, left behind report 

Equality Act 2010

ADA Guidence 

Access to Work

JAN resources

York Health Economics 

RED Edge Newsletter signup 

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Trigger Warning - Illness on show with sniffles, and talk about Arsenal FC.

The plan for this week's Behind the Edge show was to talk about my arthritis but my team, Arsenal FC won the premier league the night before, and I woke up on my birthday to seeing them in the papers as Champions for the first time in 22 years, that doing an adhoc episode was too good an opportunity to turn down.

For years us fans, the teams and everyone connected with the club have been told they weren't good enough, they'd never make it, always the bridesmaid never the bride, much like those of us with chronic illness in some ways, you're economically inactive, a burden, you can't be successful, it'll be too hard for you, just give it up.

But on the 20th of May 2026, every paper around the world saw how much their teams success meant to them, finally achieving their goal to reach the top of the league.

So many people who have barriers like chains holding them down, struggle to break through them and unleash their edge with the fire in their hearts, but those who have, achieve the unthinkable and pave the way for the rest of us to thrive with life after their diagnosis, and that is who this episode is for.

As you know I don't tend to edit my videos and treat them like a livestream because chronic illness is my reality without the opportunity of an edit or replay so do excuse my sniffles, about 24 hours later my conjunctivitis kicked in and I've struggled with reading and typing today but still got sh!t done.

This is my reality, let me help you unleash yours. 

#arsenal #trusttheprocess #lifeafterdiagnosis #thechronicedge #illnessisnotaburden #arsenalfc #unleashyouredge

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Runtime - 34 mins.

Arthritis in the Workplace - Your no-BS survival guide as the employee living with arthritis.

For: Anyone with arthritis trying to keep their career alive.

If you're in pain at your desk but scared to say anything this is your weapon.

We cut through the fear: Disclosure risks (and why hiding still screws you harder), UK Equality Act and US ADA protections that actually work when you need to use them, the exact reasonable adjustments that move the needle, the cheap tools (ergonomic keyboards, sit-stand desks, voice-to-text) that keep your joints from self-destructing, pacing and advocacy strategies to stretch your working life by years, and the careers that won't destroy you versus the ones that will.

We don't do inspiration p0rn here at The Chronic Edge, just the facts, the data, and the pain to prove that illness is not a burden, ignorance is.

The fact is, working with un-managed pain is debilitating and career-ending for 39% of people.

But armed with legal info, the gear, and the right role, you stop surviving and start delivering value only someone who's already adapted to adversity can bring.

Companies win when they keep you - and you finally own your worth.

It's time to unleash the edge, in your career, your business, and your life!

LINKS

Equality Act 2010: Equality Act 2010

ADA: https://www.ada.gov/resources/

Access to work (UK) : Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK

JAN accommodations (USA) :  JAN - Job Accommodation Network

Arthritis UK: Arthritis UK | A future free from arthritis

EEOC: Home | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Accenture disability inclusion studies: Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace | Accenture

#arthritis #workplacewellness #strategiesforarthritis #reasonableadjustments #thechronicedge #illnessisnotaburden  

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Episode 4: Calculating the real cost of Absenteeism - Audit workshop part 4.

10% of your team absent for 4 hours a day?

That single habit could be quietly costing your business tens or even hundreds of thousands of pounds every year.

In this episode, we get practical.

You'll discover exactly how to calculate the real financial impact of unathorised absenteeism.

The late starts, early finishes, extended breaks, and daily distractions, using simple, real-world maths you can apply to your own organisation straight away.

Drawing on Gallup's workplace research and Deloitte's lost-productivity data, we breakdown a clear 100-employee example and show you how to turn raw timesheet data into hard numbers: Daily costs, annual losses, and why this visible drain often represents 5-8% of your total people costs.

You'll leave with a quick, actionable exercise: Calculate your own rough daily and annual absenteeism cost in under 20 minutes, and identify whether it's already a red flag in your team.

If you've ever wondered why your payroll feels heavy but output feels light, then this episode gives you the keys to the missing piece.

Listen now and start plugging one of the most visible leaks in your business.

Our next episode we are unlocking the strategies to assist employees with arthritis in our illness is not a burden series - Subscribe so you don't miss it!

For a full diagnostic CEDAR report or our full workshop of the audit and more, contact us and mention this podcast for a special listener offer.

Links:

Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2026 report - State of the Global Workplace | 2026 Global Data Summary - Gallup

Deloitte UK Mental Health Report (£51bn) - Poor mental health costs UK employers £51 billion a year for employees | Deloitte UK

#absenteeism #workplaceproductivity #HRMetrics #wellbeingroi #employeeabsence #businesscosts #UKbusiness2026

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Target: Employees suffering in silence and employers watching productivity bleed.

Arthritis isn't "old people stuff" - It is already wrecking 1 in 10 workers and costing the economy billions.

This episode rips the lid off: 

* What arthritis actually is.

* The Four types hammering desks and factory floors.

* How modern workplaces accelerate damage.

The latest Arthritis UK 2025 numbers show 50% of sufferers say it destroys their ability to work, 39% have already quit or been forced out, and presenteeism is quietly torching more output than absenteeism.

Exposing the £3-4 BILLION productivity black hole and prove that ignoring it is the most expensive mistake a company can make.

Your body isn't the problem - broken systems are.

At the Chronic Edge, we don't do fluffy motivational talks, we provide data-backed wake-up calls showing that illness is expensive data you can no longer afford to ignore, and show you that illness is not a burden - ignorance is!.

LINKS / MORE INFO

Arthritis UK 2025 report - here

MSK ROI Tool - here

Arthritis UK - Left waiting, left behind report - here

Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2026 - here

#gallup2026 #MSKROI #Arthritisintheworkplace #illnessisnotaburden #workplacewellness #thechronicedgeunleashed 

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

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Hello everyone and welcome to The Chronic Edge Unleashed - Behind the Edge.

In this episode we are talking through your questions:

What's new?

What are the foundations to workplace wellbeing?

How do I cope with work and multiple conditions?

How to get involved?

And more.

If you have a question that wasn't answered, please send us some fan mail, I am hoping to do more of these in the near future.

#qanda #livingwithchronicillness #workingwithautism #healthatwork

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.

Send us Fan Mail

CKD is quietly costing UK employers millions in lost productivity every year - £372 million from dialysis related absences alone, with projections heading towards £2 billion in 2033. Yet most HR wellbeing strategies still treat it as an afterthought, exposing them to legal risks, loose talent, and damaging the bottomline.

In this 20 minute playbook for leaders, HR professionals and managers, we look at the numbers and actionable fixes.

* The real data and UK economic burden.

* Legal acts and reasonable adjustments

* Low cost inclusive strategies.

* Proven ROI, treating CKD employees as assets.

Illness is not a burden - ignoring it is.

LINKS :

Kidney Research UK Economic Report - https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Economics-of-Kidney-Disease-full-report_accessible.pdf

Kidney Care UK Employer's Guide to CKD - An employer's guide to chronic kidney disease | Kidney Care UK

Equality Act guidance - Equality Act 2010

Access to Work - Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK

Listen now if you are responsible for your company's people and profits.

#CKD #Workplacewellbeing #HRstrategy #ukbusiness #employeeretention #inclusiveworkplace

Visit our youtube channel and give us a follow - It's Time to Unleash your Edge: Trailer. #trailer

Support the show

Thank you for listening, my goal to help 1 MILLION people understand that Illness is NOT a burden once they unleash their edge.

If you like the show share us on social media and help others discover their edge.

This is not medical or financial advice, you should always check with a professional and gather your own research, this is purely to get the conversation started.

Want to know more?

For video go to our YouTube channel - @thechronicedgeunleashed 

The Chronic Edge Academy is coming soon - Access data, courses, show episodes, conversations, guides etc, and join in the discussion to help us reach a million people and show them that Illness is NOT a burden.

Check out my book - Burning Profits: 10 Myths destroying your workforce - here

Join our Newsletter The RED Edge for more here 

Illness is not a burden, it is data, use it, and UNLEASH your Edge, I'm Elliot Evans, and I'll see you on the other side.