92: Navigating Life and Business with a Breast Cancer Diagnosis with Allison Christie
So many things in life can be much harder to navigate as a freelancer compared to being employed, and none more so than when you are confronted with a medical diagnosis. That’s what happened to today’s podcast guest, Allison Christie, when, with no prior symptoms or warning, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her whole business was thrown up in the air as she considered how to move forward, what needed to go, what could stay, and how she could keep as much income as possible while reducing her hours to allow her to go through treatment. Now she’s out the other side, she’s kindly come on our podcast to chat to us all about her experience and how she managed to make the necessary changes to keep her business running through this difficult time.Our guest, Allison is a Meta Ads Manager who heads up a small agile team of freelancers/subcontractors and they are all about helping health and wellness businesses thrive with results-driven marketing. This episode is sure to make you consider whether your business is serving you as it should be, and whether you need to shake up any of your service offerings, like Allison had to with her dreaded power hours! (Spoiler alert: she now loves them!).In this episode, we’re chatting about:The impact of a cancer diagnosis on your businessWhat to expect when opening up to your clients about your situationRe-evaluating your business after your diagnosisSupporting others who are going through a life-changing medical experienceCheck out the full show notes here!Connect with usIf this episode has resonated or inspired you, take a screenshot and tag us in your stories @thetwolauras!We would love to continue the conversation with you, so come and chat with us in TheSocialMediaManagersHub.com, our free community on Facebook or drop us a DM on your preferred platform by searching for @thetwolauras.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy