That’s a totally normal doubt to have. It can be hard sometimes to trust that someone is here with an answer to your problems and will actually take the time to help you. I know, our chronic illness journey has not always been so smooth.

The trauma of invisible illness or inconsiderate doctors or non-understanding friends and family can make it a challenge to pursue an option that is so untraditional even for a healthy person.

Thing is, we are no longer traditional people. I said what I said.

It is more risky for us to not try to support ourselves sooner rather than later.

The more we hold off on making a vehicle to our financial security, an asset that supports us, the more unpredictable our future looks due to the nature of chronic symptoms.

Not building your online business now lets you think about “what if” all day long in the future.

We’re always going to have flare ups. Some of us might have remission if we live a certain way. Some of us might expect rougher symptoms as time goes on.

All the more reason to build an online business that combats all of that now. What happens if it doesn’t work out? Honestly, you’ll probably be in the same spot as if you did nothing — but without the regret.

I’ve been through those sleepless nights because my eyes were so dry from my Sjogren’s that I couldn’t keep them closed or open or cry.

I’ve had Fibro flare ups in my legs, arms, back, and neck… hoping that I would get called off work even though I needed the money for rent.

Only to have to report to a job at 7am where the owner and manager didn’t care and wouldn’t provide any support.

I didn’t receive a diagnosis for 3 years because I was on government healthcare and wasn’t able to see the right specialists while working with overburdened primary care docs. My mom paid our groceries on credit cards going into the thousands.

And yet… I chose to do something no one expected a sick girl with unpredictable days to do – I started my own online business.

Here’s what I learned. All businesses make money. The great ones, the good ones, and even the bad ones. It’s always come down to having an offer, marketing, and maintenance strategies… and actually putting them to work.

At first, I did it all by myself and got completely burned out by the trial & error. My energy, tiny savings, and time being thrown out the door.

I still remember one of my “mentors” telling me how I couldn’t succeed because I didn’t get an MBA.

I still remember a “business guru” running a monthly membership putting me on blast for calling him out on his discrimination of my invisible illness.

I still remember the $5,000 healthy business coach that I hired, rolling her eyes at me because I couldn’t “just sleep less” to get more busy work done.

So when did the success start for me? When I started choosing the paths that worked with my chronic symptoms.

Are there other chronically ill business coaches out there? Sure, probably.

But most didn’t spend years building multiple types of online businesses & seeing if they worked for their chronic symptoms. Many that I met got sick only after they already had a business running or built up a client list from a full time job.

I mean how many online business owners have you watched on social media that have suddenly started to embrace slowing down, sleeping better, and eating properly? I’ve seen a whole trend over the past 2 years. I can list 5 off the top of my head who just revealed publicly that they had to rebuild their online businesses to conform to their new chronic symptoms by hiring and training, changing what they offered and how, rehauling marketing tactics, and reimagining the future of their business growth.

Personally, I’ve helped local business owners double or triple their monthly income by running digital marketing campaigns and restructuring their management system and customer journeys from the comfort of my own bed (not at a corporate job, honey!).

A dear client of mine passed the million dollar mark in their business last year due to the online changes that they adopted with my help.

I’m not bouncing between jobs or running out of sick days.

I realized that spending who knows how much longer (10? 20? 40 more years?) working a job from home on a corporate schedule won’t be sustainable in the long run either.

I don’t want to get more sick if I can control that with the way I live and work. I don’t want you to miss that option either.

I know, that I’m the only one who spent more than 365 days creating a perfect program for entrepreneurs with chronic symptoms by working with them in person and updating BFF each year.

I not only to teach what you what you need to know but also get you to COMPLETE the program with REAL, FINISHED WORK!

Anywhere else you might gain overwhelming amounts of business advice that don’t take your symptoms into account. And they probably won’t know how to adjust for you either, just saying.

You increase the chance of not building an online business foundation that supports you and your symptoms, leading to burn out and bitterness.

Take a moment to really consider what you have to gain by NOT enrolling.

We’re sitting in “not sick enough” limbo. So let’s get started on building an online business so that we can rest easy down the line, no matter where our chronic illness journey might take us.