Patients Getting Paid
34 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA podcast to help people with chronic illness build a "chronicpreneuer" business - that’s an online business that allows people with chronic illness to take good care of their health while generating an income. The pod features inspirational interviews with patients that ARE getting paid, experts on things like maintaining your disability payments while making money and how to find health insurance while self employed, and trainings by subject matter experts on diverse topics such as how to build a website, all about e-commerce and affiliate marketing, building your social media presence, patient advocacy, and how to start a podcast. If it fits the chronicpreneur lifestyle, we'll be talking about it.
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Paying Patients for Their Lived Experience w/Health Union's Olivier Chateau
November 08, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBOn the wall of Health Union's offices in Philadelphia is written CEO Olivier Chateau's favorite saying - "If you believe your dreams are achievable, they are too small. Dream bigger." No one could accuse Olivier of doing anything else! Since founding Health Union in 2010, Olivier has been dedicated to integrating the power of human connection and technology, bringing people together in the shared experiences of living with chronic health conditions. Olivier and Health Union believe that the...
PGP Helps Chronics Keep Hope Alive and Feel Productive w/PGP Member Kathy Chester
October 25, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBKathy visits with a PGP member to get their take on what has been most valuable about the PGP membership for their business. This time she catches up with Kathy Chester, who was previously heard on Episode 16 (Making Your Passion Your Chronicpreneur Business). A valued member of the PGP community, Kathy C. says that the coaching sessions inside the membership can "breathe life back into you". If you've been debating whether to join the PGP Community, visit PatientsGettingPaid.com for mo...
How to Become a Virtual Assistant with Tawnya Sutherland
October 11, 2022 14:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIf you're thinking about creating a new career that can be done remotely, a great option is being a Virtual Assistant (VA). It's certainly something that I've wanted to share with PGP'ers for a long time because it can fit into the chronicpreneur lifestyle perfectly. But what is a VA, and what kind of things do they do? To answer that and many other questions, my guest today is Tawnya Sutherland, one of the pioneers of the VA industry. Tawnya was working as a VA when she wanted to join a...
Tech Talk: Scheduling Software w/ the Queen of GSD, Jackie Zimmerman
September 27, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIf you know me or have been following these episodes, you'll know that tech is… not my favorite thing, shall we say. But if you're embarking on a chronicpreneur journey, especially one that includes working remotely, you will need to grapple with tech at some point. And believe me, if I can do it, so can you! I could not be more thrilled that Jackie Zimmerman, Queen of Getting Shit Done and previous podcast guest, is going to be working alongside me on Patients Getting Paid! And in these sp...
PGP's First Anniversary
September 13, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBI can hardly believe it, but today's episode marks the first anniversary of the launch of Patients Getting Paid! This community has long been a dream of mine - I've spent years learning how to find work that replaces a regular paycheck, but fits around my health condition. And once I found it, I knew I had to share it with my chronic illness community! In this episode, I talk about my own chronicpreneur story and the birth of PGP, before we hear from a handful of people from within PGP abo...
7-Figure E-Commerce Seller Shares Easy Ways YOU Can Do It Too
August 16, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBMy aim in these podcasts and the PGP Community is to expand the minds of people with chronic illnesses about the kinds of paid work that are available. All of this took me years to learn, so I'm here to save you the time. It isn't solely for people that need to make the leap right now, but some of the things we talk about could lead you to an interesting side gig or a whole new direction. Well, my guest today will blow your minds with her proven ideas of how your side gig could replace your...
$4500 For An Hour-Long Workshop About Your Lived Experience? Disability Badasses Lainie and Estela of EmBRACE It Share Their Story
August 02, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBThere's a definite hierarchy of needs when it comes to creating your chronicpreneur lifestyle. First, you want to find a way to work that fits around your health condition. Secondly, you want to get PAID. That's why you're here, right? As we've seen in the past, a lot of chronicpreneurs end up working in ways that can ultimately make life better for other people living with chronic illnesses. Well, my guests today do all of those things. And on top of all that, they offer workshops throug...
Patient Advocacy and Charging What You're Worth with Chronicpreneur Jenna Green
July 19, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBOver the course of these podcasts - and within the PGP community - the topic of Patient Advocacy and how to get paid for sharing your patient experience comes up repeatedly. People can be a little shy in naming their price - I know I certainly was! But now I say that you should not be shy about charging what your time and experiences are worth. Patient advocates have valuable skills and information in how they live their lives. And people will pay for it! I'm pleased to say that today's g...
Creating a Nutrition and Lifestyle Business with Autoimmune Wellness Warrior Melody Sapien
July 05, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBBeing diagnosed with a chronic illness is hard at any age. But my guest today was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 15! Following her diagnosis, Melody Sapien has been managing her symptoms through nutrition and lifestyle practices. She now views it as her life's mission to teach others how to do the same, becoming a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in 2019 and a Wahls Protocol Health Professional in 2021. Today, she works with clients to help them create a formula ...
Getting Patients Paid with Merakoi
June 21, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBThe medical establishment has finally realized that if you want to know how patients feel about their lives, you need to speak to them! And they recognize that our patient experience is VALUABLE, so they're willing to pay for our time. But it can feel like you're only there to share your complaints and problems. And you are more than your health condition! My guests today work at Merakoi, an agency that enables healthcare companies to collaborate with patient experts and their communities ...
How to Earn Money From Writing
June 07, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBThe old line is “we all have a book in us." But international fame and a mega-bucks movie franchise notwithstanding, there are other ways that you can earn money through your writing. Kyle Young is a writer for Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, CNBC, Psychology Today, Forbes, and Business Insider. He's the founder of Growth Solutions, LLC, a popular marketing agency. In this episode, Kyle talks about his experience of writing for these major sites, and how writing can be a means of g...
Get Paid for Sharing YOUR Patient Experience
May 24, 2022 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBMedical researchers have FINALLY realized something that we in the chronic illness space have known for a while - that the true experts are not necessarily those who have studied a condition but are in fact those of us who live with a condition 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Due to this realization, researchers now want to include our voices (as well as those of our family caregivers) in their studies. And we are getting paid for our time and input. Because it can be...
How to Use LinkedIn to Build Your Personal Brand (and advice on Gin) with Megan MacNeil
May 10, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBAs you build your chronicpreneur business, appearing on social media is one marketing channel that you're going to want to use. How else are you going to get your name out there without throwing money at advertising? Of all the social media channels that are out there, I doubt that LinkedIn was the first to spring to mind. But my guest today should spark your interest, not least because of this stat from her website: One post on LinkedIn is the equivalent of three posts, two reels, and app...
From Wall Street to Medical Medium Work with Kerstin Ramstrom
April 26, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBKerstin Ramstrom worked on Wall Street and in finance for more than 20 years before brain fog and fatigue started to impact her ability to work. After receiving a diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, she quit the high-pressure job that was making her sick. Kerstin is now a chronicpreneur, holistic health coach, podcaster, and career advisor committed to helping people to improve their health. As you'll hear, Kerstin didn't go looking for a chronicpreneur career. But it did come to her beca...
Podcasting And Writing a Book
April 12, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBThis mother and daughter duo were both career Army Officers until they were medically retired - Jean following a Traumatic Brain Injury, Lita with Early Onset Dementia. This gutsy pair started podcasting four years ago and continue to this day. PodcastDX showcases weekly interviews with patients, providing experience-based medical insight in a peer-to-peer format. Their podcast is a labor of love and they don't draw income from it at this time, aside from a few affiliate links. They feel th...
Multiple Streams of Income w/Holly Bertone
March 29, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBHolly Bertone was busy climbing her career ladder when she was derailed by debilitating fatigue caused by breast cancer and autoimmune disease. She dealt with this by turning her hobby blog into a thriving healthy lifestyle community for other chronics. After writing her Amazon.com bestseller, Thriving in the Workplace with Autoimmune Disease, she turned what she’d learned into a course for businesses - just as Covid hit and the world shut down. So she trusted in the universe, regrouped, an...
Turning A Community Into A Chronicpreneur Business
March 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBSo far all the chronicpreneurs we’ve featured on the PGP podcast have been solopreneurs. But today we’re featuring two friends who have combined teaching Pilates with a thriving community into a business. Cassie and Chelsea met teaching Pilates before joining forces to form a chronic illness support group in Wichita Kansas. During the pandemic, they moved their group online (The Wellness Hub), and started a podcast - The Real Life Show: Living with a Chronic Illness. They continue to grow ...
Making Your Passion Your Chronicpreneur Business with Kathy Chester
March 01, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBIn a "former life", Kathy Chester was a corporate travel agent with a passion for being active, when she was hit by a double diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Against the advice of the time, her instinct was to keep moving! She became a certified trainer, and after working in other businesses, she now owns and operates her own studio, Disrupt Fitness. The COVID pandemic led her to look closely at her business. She has now found safer ways that she can work and has ni...
Your Career Is Not A Straight Line with Kelley Tredwin
February 15, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBMy guest today, Kelley Tredwin, says that your chronicpreneur career does not have to be a straight line. And you don't have to stop changing. As if to prove the point, since this interview was recorded she has changed her business focus! After what she calls a "wake-up call" in 2013, Kelly left her Development and Marketing job in the health space. Due to seeing the benefits of Yoga in dealing with her chronic migraines, Kelley made this the center of her first chronicpreneur business. At...
Do You Need a Lawyer for Your Chronicpreneur Business??
February 01, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBIt can be an exciting time when you begin your chronicpreneur journey. But you can find yourself in trouble if you haven’t thought through the potential legal issues of owning a business. Joel Ankney is a lawyer who has been helping freelancers start and run businesses for over 25 years. AND - he's my attorney! Joel is also the author of Before You Leap, a great book that walks freelancers through some of the most important legal issues involved in starting and running a business. And he's...
Do You Need a Lawyer for Your Chronicpreneur Business??
February 01, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBIt can be an exciting time when you begin your chronicpreneur journey. But you can find yourself in trouble if you haven’t thought through the potential legal issues of owning a business. Joel Ankney is a lawyer who has been helping freelancers start and run businesses for over 25 years. AND - he's my attorney! Joel is also the author of Before You Leap, a great book that walks freelancers through some of the most important legal issues involved in starting and running a business. And he's...
Working From Home, Wherever That Might Be with Christina Mathers
January 18, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBIf you have a chronic health condition, there are many benefits of working from home. You can choose your own hours, you can take time to recuperate when you need to, and your commute is no more than a minute! But it also means that, if required, you can pick up and relocate in a second. My guest today is Christina Mathers. She describes herself as a Lyme-thriver, mother, wife and dog mom. Although she maintains a patient advocacy website about managing her condition, she also works from ho...
Get Google to Work for YOU with Efficiency Expert Dara Sklar
January 04, 2022 12:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBWhen you’re starting on your chronicpreneur career, you’ll know that you need to get organized. And if you’re anything like me, and you have “shiny box” syndrome, you’ll look around at what other people are using and buy a plethora of productivity tools and subscriptions, each of which will promise a new and more methodical version of you. And then a couple of months down the line your desktop is littered with programs that you never worked out how to use. But what if there was a way to man...
Podcast Editing with Steve Woodward
December 21, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis is a special one, as my guest is not only my podcast editor and friend but also an actual Patient Getting Paid, who I helped to get started! Steve Woodward from the UK is a self-confessed audio geek and musician who has been involved with home and studio recording projects since he was at school. Alongside this, he worked in arts marketing for over 20 years, specializing in the writing and editing of clear and concise copy. After losing his full-time position in late 2016, he eventua...
Photo Organization as a Career with Cathi Nelson
December 07, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBMaybe you have boxes of old photos in your house. Or maybe you’re a digital native. But whichever you are, you can’t deny that people are taking more and more photos every day. And who is going to sort them out? I only became aware that a Photo Manager was a *thing* when I became overwhelmed dealing with boxes of pictures that I inherited from my parents, alongside many photos of my own children growing up. Luckily I found Cathi Nelson’s website and I found a lot of information that was sup...
Affiliate Marketing 101 With Jay Clouse
November 23, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBWhat’s not to love about affiliate marketing? If you get it set up correctly, it’s a way to make a little extra money without having to do a whole lot of anything. In the past, it had a bit of an unethical reputation, with people promoting whatever products would get them the most money. But as businesses all over have recognized the worth of personal recommendations, companies are increasingly interested in building relationships with their communities. As an example, I have been publishin...
Making Her Disability An Asset - Suzy Web
November 10, 2021 00:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBSusan Wheeler-Hall was born with a progressive physical disability and worked hard to build a career where her disability was an asset, not a problem. So, for over twenty years, Susan was a professional counselor and therapist, specializing in disability, alongside working as a disability advocate. When an increase in her disability led to a career break, Susan pivoted into tech training and web design work and reinvented herself as Suzy Web. Now, 13 years later her online business is her h...
Websites 101 - Do You NEED One??? With Chronicpreneur Jackie Zimmerman
October 26, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBJackie Zimmerman works HARD. After receiving not one but two chronic illness diagnoses in her 20s (Multiple Sclerosis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease), she turned to the internet to find a way to cope and build a support system. She became a professional blogger and public speaker, and later formed a nonprofit to uplift women living with Inflammatory Bowel disease. Through the process of blogging and developing communities, Jackie honed her skills in digital communications by learning to de...
Aqua Yoga Helped Christa Fairbrother, and now it’s her Chronicpreneur Business!
October 12, 2021 15:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBFor Christa Fairbrother, living with arthritis and teaching yoga are closely linked. She has had arthritis and lupus ever since she was a child, even though she was only diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease at the age of 41. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is sometimes called an overlap disease because it has all the signs and symptoms of a number of disorders. Christa credits her yoga practice for her lack of pain, and specifically aqua yoga because it’s kind to joints. A...
Speaker, Influencer, Coach: How Whitney West is Slaying Chronicpreneurism
September 28, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBWhen you listen to this interview with Whitney West, you might find yourself wondering, “When does she nap?!” A born overachiever, this inspirational chronicpreneur was born into a family of teachers. So she didn’t want to go down that route. When she was diagnosed with Fibrosing mediastinitis, she didn’t want to write about it or make her chronic illness the center of her career. But unfortunately for her - and luckily for us - she now uses her platform to transform the lives of ambitious...
Being an Entrepreneur Before Becoming a Chronicpreneur with Content Creator Megan Harrison
September 04, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBMegan Harrison was already stepping out into an entrepreneurial life, even before being diagnosed with Crohn's disease shortly after leaving university - so she was Getting Paid, even before she was a Patient Getting Paid! Based in Leicestershire in the UK, she is a freelance content creator and writer, blogging on her own website about wellbeing and sustainability, while also supporting brands that share these values with their content creation. Being honest about what she wants to do and...
How Discovering Her Patient Voice led to a Career in Patient Advocacy - Julie Croner from WEGO Health
September 04, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIf 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 dri...
Blogging, Podcasting, Designing and Writing - Chronicpreneur Alexa Randolph Does Them All!
September 04, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBThe 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 wa...
Patients Getting Paid - Remote Work For The Chronically Ill
August 13, 2021 16:00 - 11 minutes - 8.14 MBPatients 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 bet...