The Pyjama Interviews

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How do you navigate your career while living with chronic illness? Spoonie Entrepreneur Tanya Doumouras and recently retired Chris Beanland, share all of their wisdom. Learn how to share what you need and ask for what you want - including working part-time. Plus marriage, love and navigating family dynamics while living with chronic illness.  

 About Tanya

Tanya is a fantastic Spoonie entrepreneur who was diagnosed in 2017 with  Central Sensitisation Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue. She founded Kokki Eco, a social enterprise that brings beautiful handicrafts to the world. 

About Chis

Chris enjoyed a stellar career in both Academia and corporate Australia, while living with rheumatoid arthritis and also raising her son.  

About Michelle Irving

A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving runs the Queen of the Underworld program for intelligent, talented women living with chronic illness. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness.

Connect with Tanya

Instagram: @kokkiecoshop

Facebook: My Central Sensitisaton Journey

Connect with Michelle

Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial

Consultations: Book your complimentary consultation with Michelle.

Queen of the Underworld Program

Music by Avy Summerlind

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How do you tell people you have a chronic illness? Lauren Selfridge is San Fransisco based therapist who lives with remitting multiple sclerosis. In this episode of The Pyjama Interviews podcast she shares with Michelle Irving who to tell what, at work about your chronic illness, especially the tricky disclosures about an invisible illness.⁠ Plus how to manage your spoons and set up your day in ways that work for you and your body. And the insider tips on what are the qualities spoonies should look for in a great therapist & why.⁠

Plus in this episode all the details of how to book a complimentary consultation with Michelle in October 2021.

Connect with Lauren

Instagram: @laurenselfridgeofficial

Website: laurenselfridge.com/

Podcast: This is not what I ordered

Connect with Michelle

Complimentary Consult: bit.ly/michellecall

Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial

Queen of the Underworld Program

Music by Avy Summerlind

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Ever wondered how to navigating relationships, schooling, travel and healthcare, all while chronically ill. Izzy Kornblau is 23 year old New Yorker with a wealth of experience about living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, along with other conditions it causes (POTS, Gastroparesis, Muscle Tension Dysphonia, and TMJD). She shares with Michelle Irving how she learned to live with dynamic disability including asking for a wheelchair at the Louvre! Plus The Pyjama Panel Events- where you can join us live for a podcast recording and get your questions answered from our panel of experts. (Mon 13 Sept - Wed 15 Sept 2021). 

About Izzy

Izzy is a 23-year old New Yorker and an aspiring genetic counselor who lives with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, along with other conditions it causes (POTS, Gastroparesis, Muscle Tension Dysphonia, and TMJD).

Izzy's YouTube channel has 20,000 subscribers. She regularly educates her followers and shares tips about navigating relationships, schooling, and healthcare, all while chronically ill.

About Michelle Irving

A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness.

Connect with Izzy

Instagram: @izzykornblau

YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IzzyKornblau/videos

Connect with Michelle

Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial

The Pyjama Panel Extravaganza

Queen of the Underworld Program

Music by Avy Summerlind

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Samantha Wills started her self-titled jewellery company on the kitchen table when she was just 21 years old. She went on to become a global sensation. She shares with Michelle Irving, the raw truth and intimate details of her life, business, and experience of living with endometriosis.⁠ Samantha talks about hitting rockbottom in her personal life while it looked all champagne and roses (literally) in her career.⁠ Plus, how she normalised the chronic pain over her extended menstrual cycle and then confronted the reality of stage 4 endometriosis when she 'finally' got to the doctors.⁠

About Samantha

Samantha's new memoir Of Gold and Dust is an exceptional read for any woman living with chronic illness while also navigating a professional career.

About Michelle Irving

A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness.

Connect with Samantha

Instagram: @samanthawills

Website: samanthawills.com/

Book:  Of Gold and Dust

Connect with Michelle

Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial

Website: michelleirving.com.au

Facebook Group: The Pyjama Interviews

Queen of the Underworld Program

Music by Avy Summerlind

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Sarah Ramey knows what it's like to work in demanding roles and 'perform wellness'. She worked on the 2008 Obama campaign, wrote and performed her own songs all while her body was breaking down with chronic illness. She lived with mysterious illnesses which doctors couldn’t diagnose or treat and she joked that she should write a book about it. And then she did. Sarah shares  her experience of living with multiple serious illnesses over the last seventeen years. Plus how she has ‘made friends with boundaries’, transformed family relationships and claimed her power in doctor's appointments. She also shares why the Myth of the Greek Goddess Persephone resonates strongly with the story of chronic illness today. ⁠

About Sarah

Sarah Ramey is a writer and musician (known as Wolf Larsen) living between Washington, DC and Tucson, Arizona.  Sarah has been living multiple serious illnesses for seventeen years including Chronic Fatigue, CRPS, MCAS, POTS.

Her first book The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness has been featured in The Paris Review, Ms. Magazine, Salon, The Atlantic & The Washington Post.

About Michelle Irving

A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness.

Connect with Sarah

Instagram: @sarahmarieramey

Twitter: @sarahmarieramey

Book:  A Lady's Handbook to her Mysterious Illness

Connect with Michelle

Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial

Website: michelleirving.com.au

Queen of the Underworld Program

Music by Avy Summerlind

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Jacinta never intended to be a radio broadcaster. She dreamed of being a teacher, but chronic illness de-railed her. In conversation with host Michelle Irving, Jacinta shares how you can dissociate from your body while living with chronic pain and the benefits of coming home to your body.⁠ Plus what it feels like to hit rock bottom and how she made a choice to come up again⁠. She also shares about navigating marriage, career and raising children while living with invisible illness.

About Jacinta Parsons

ABC Radio Broadcaster Jacinta Parsons has been living with Crohns disease for over 20 years. Her first book Unseen is powerful and poignant memoir of her experience of living with invisible illness. Jacinta is an ambassador for the Crohn’s and Colitis Association.

About Michelle Irving

A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness.

Connect with Jacinta 

Instagram: @jacintaparsons

Twitter: @Jacinta_Parsons

Connect with Michelle

Instagram: @michelleirvingofficial

Website: michelleirving.com.au

Queen of the Underworld Program

Music by Avy Summerlind

avysummerlind.com