Press Release Summary: Rosalind Joffe, founder of cicoach.com, provides tips for enjoying the holiday season while dealing with the demands of chronic illness.
Press Release Body: Chronic Illness Career Coach Offers Tips to Balancing Work, Personal Life, and a Chronic Illness during the Holidays Rosalind Joffe, founder of cicoach.com, provides tips for enjoying the holiday season while dealing with the demands of chronic illness.
Boston - July 23rd, 2008 - Dealing with the competing demands of a career, a personal life, and chronic illness is a challenge. But add to the mix the stress of the holiday season, many professionals with a chronic illness can have an extremely difficult time. According to one expert, there are ways to keep balance, regardless of a diagnosis.
"For some people, the holidays bring an unwelcome guest: stress and illness. And it\'s no wonder," says Rosalind Joffe, founder of cicoach.com and the author of the book Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! (Demos Health, May 2008), "In an effort to pull off a perfect Hallmark holiday, you might find yourself facing a dizzying array of demands - work, parties, shopping, baking, cleaning, caring for elderly parents or kids on school break, and scores of other chores - plus managing a disability or illness. So much for peace and joy, right?"
Joffe has lived with several chronic illnesses for almost 30 years. She helps professionals, like herself, who are passionate about their professionals, while balancing their home lives and illness.
The chronic illness coach points to several studies that show a chronic illness can be worsened from stress during the holidays, whether it is emotional stress or the actual stress from trying to do too much, eat too much, use excessive alcohol, etc. During stressful times, those who have a chronic illness often let down on their usual care routine, which can also aggravate the illness.
She offers three key rules to maintain good health and balance this holiday season.
1) It's all in the planning. Joffe recommends to start planning as soon as possible. "It can save a lot of time and eliminate stress."
2) Ask for help. "Whether you can hire someone to take a task off your plate, or get a loved one to be responsible for it - just do it," she says.
3) Let it go. "You can't control everything. So accept what you cannot accomplish - and focus on what you can," says Joffe.
"You can find a way to enjoy the holidays in a way that is meaningful for you. As a reminder, keep expectations for the holidays manageable. Be realistic about what you can and cannot do," she says. "Do not be disappointed if your holidays are not like they used to be. You can create new memories and traditions each and every year,"
About Rosalind Joffe, M. Ed Rosalind Joffe is the founder and president of cicoach.com, an executive career coaching firm dedicated to providing the services, resources and products that high achievers living with chronic illness need to succeed in their careers.
She has been interviewed in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, ABC Radio, National Public Radio as well as a variety of regional and national media outlets. In addition, Joffe is published in dozens of disease organization and health journals.
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