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Patients Getting Paid

Kathy Reagan Young

33 episodes

3 months ago

On 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 ...

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On 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 ...

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Entrepreneurship

Episodes (20/33)

Patients Getting Paid

Paying Patients for Their Lived Experience w/Health Union's Olivier Chateau

On 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 ...

3 years ago

30 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

PGP Helps Chronics Keep Hope Alive and Feel Productive w/PGP Member Kathy Chester

Kathy 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 fo...

3 years ago

20 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

How to Become a Virtual Assistant with Tawnya Sutherland

If 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 jo...

3 years ago

23 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Tech Talk: Scheduling Software w/ the Queen of GSD, Jackie Zimmerman

If 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 spec...

3 years ago

28 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

PGP's First Anniversary

I 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 abou...

3 years ago

16 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

7-Figure E-Commerce Seller Shares Easy Ways YOU Can Do It Too

My 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 r...

3 years ago

1 hour 20 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

$4500 For An Hour-Long Workshop About Your Lived Experience? Disability Badasses Lainie and Estela of EmBRACE It Share Their Story

There'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 th...

3 years ago

48 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Patient Advocacy and Charging What You're Worth with Chronicpreneur Jenna Green

Over 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...

3 years ago

57 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Creating a Nutrition and Lifestyle Business with Autoimmune Wellness Warrior Melody Sapien

Being 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 fo...

3 years ago

24 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Getting Patients Paid with Merakoi

The 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 acr...

3 years ago

45 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

How to Earn Money From Writing

The 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...

3 years ago

30 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Get Paid for Sharing YOUR Patient Experience

Medical 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...

3 years ago

15 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

How to Use LinkedIn to Build Your Personal Brand (and advice on Gin) with Megan MacNeil

As 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 appe...

3 years ago

36 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

From Wall Street to Medical Medium Work with Kerstin Ramstrom

Kerstin 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 becau...

3 years ago

57 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Podcasting And Writing a Book

This 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 tha...

3 years ago

49 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Multiple Streams of Income w/Holly Bertone

Holly 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, and...

3 years ago

36 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Turning A Community Into A Chronicpreneur Business

So 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 gr...

3 years ago

1 hour 12 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Making Your Passion Your Chronicpreneur Business with Kathy Chester

In 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 nich...

3 years ago

45 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Your Career Is Not A Straight Line with Kelley Tredwin

My 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...

3 years ago

39 minutes

Patients Getting Paid

Do You Need a Lawyer for Your Chronicpreneur Business??

It 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 he...

3 years ago

50 minutes