Welcome to the Visibility Factor podcast with Susan M. Barber – a show where business leaders and anyone seeking ways to raise their visibility can come to learn how to take action in their own authentic way. It’s time to raise your visibility, amplify your voice and be the confident leader you were meant to be. Each week author, former fortune 500 IT Director turned executive coach, Susan M. Barber will bring you inspiring guests, coaching, tips and tools to empower you to take action so that you can elevate your career and gain new opportunities. Topics about visibility, authenticity, confidence, leadership, impostor syndrome, and career transition will be discussed each week with guests who are amazing leaders and are doing great things in the world. There are so many possibilities to do more than you think you can, so trust yourself and let’s take this visibility journey together!
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episode 110: 110. From Invisible to Visible (with Dr. Carrie Niederman)
110. From Invisible to Visible (with Dr. Carrie Niederman)
Dr. Carrie Niederman is an educator, speaker, entrepreneur, and equine veterinarian-turned-consultant changing the narrative for people who fall outside the lines of conventional medical diagnosis and treatments for certain chronic, long-term conditions. Carrie leverages her medical background as a clinical veterinarian, journey with a chronic invisible illness and the Disney Cinderella fairy tale to bring to life the stop and start journey these individuals are on so they can first be seen. Carrie's goal is to create a path for physicians, employers and friends and family members to partner for effective long-term care, accommodation and empathy.
In this episode:
- She started out in her career as an equine vet and continued that for many years until you retired a few years ago.
- She got sick one day and thought it was just the flu, but it wasn’t. She described what happened that day and since then.
- She described what it is like to have a serious illness when you look fine to anyone you meet?
- How do you use the Cinderella story to help people understand your illness?
- She shared what happens for her when she unravels.
- She gave her advice for what people who have these long-term chronic diseases do to ask for what they need.
- She talked about her speaking and writing advocacy work to help build awareness for ME/CFS.
Information on Carrie:
- CarolineNiederman.com
- Carrie Niederman on LinkedIn: (in/carrieniederman)
- Carrie Niederman on Instagram: (@cnncourage)
- Carrie Niederman on Facebook: (@cnncourage)
The Book that Carrie Recommends:
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Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain
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