Behind every appointment, assessment, and form lies an invisible battle, fighting to be seen, heard, and supported. In this episode, we explore the challenges of self-advocacy within healthcare and the NDIS, and how to navigate these systems without losing your voice or your hope.

You’ll Learn:

✨ Why self-advocacy is essential when living with chronic illness or disability

✨ Practical strategies for communicating with healthcare providers

✨ How to approach the NDIS with clarity and confidence

✨ Ways to build resilience while navigating red tape and setbacks

Takeaway

Advocacy is more than persistence, it’s courage. When you stand firm in your needs, you create pathways to care, dignity, and better support.

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Living with chronic illness often means navigating unpredictable flare-ups and relentless fatigue. But within these challenges lies the possibility of finding new rhythms and flow. In this episode, I share practical and compassionate ways to move through the tough days while still holding space for joy, balance, and resilience.

You’ll Learn:

✨ How to recognise your body’s signals before a flare-up escalates

✨ Gentle strategies for managing fatigue without guilt

✨ Why pacing and flexibility are keys to sustainable energy

✨ How to reconnect with flow, even on the hardest days

Takeaway

You don’t have to fight your body to thrive. When you honour its needs, you create space for healing, energy, and moments of ease.

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Chronic illness isn’t truly invisible, it’s often overlooked. In this episode, Sharon challenges the idea of “invisible illness” and explores why awareness requires more than sympathy. True understanding comes from looking deeper.

You’ll Learn:

✨ Why “invisible illness” can minimise real experiences

✨ How to recognise signs beyond the surface

✨ The power of empathy, listening, and presence

✨ Ways to support loved ones with chronic illness

Takeaway

When we look deeper, we stop dismissing and start connecting with compassion, dignity, and respect.

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Chronic illness can shake the very core of who we are, especially when it comes to work, purpose, and identity. In this episode of Thrive with Sharon, we explore what it means to redefine success and self-worth when traditional career paths or roles are disrupted.

You’ll discover:

✨ How to find purpose beyond productivity

✨ Practical ways to reframe identity after diagnosis

✨ Why self-compassion is key when life looks different than planned

✨ How chronic illness can open doors to new meaning and strengths

This episode is a reminder that your value isn’t defined by what you do, it’s rooted in who you are. 💚

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Chronic illness doesn’t just impact your health, it affects your relationships too. In this episode of Thrive with Sharon, we talk about the challenges (and hidden strengths) of navigating connection while living with chronic illness.

You’ll learn:

✨ How to communicate openly and set healthy boundaries

✨ Ways to adapt relationship dynamics with compassion

✨ Why support systems that truly “get it” matter

✨ How illness can deepen connection, not just strain it

If you’ve ever felt guilty for saying “no,” misunderstood by loved ones, or unsure how to maintain fulfilling relationships, this episode will remind you, you’re not alone. 💚

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A diagnosis can feel like both an answer and an earthquake, relief in having a name, but grief in realising life has changed.

In this episode, we explore the emotional ups and downs of diagnosis and what comes after: anger, acceptance, and the slow work of finding your footing again.

You’ll hear gentle reminders that your feelings are valid and that resilience doesn’t mean rushing through them, it means moving through them with compassion.

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In this episode, I reflect on the powerful lessons from Series 1, why I started this podcast, what it’s taught me, and how awareness is only the first step in living with chronic illness.

As we step into Series 2, I’ll share what’s ahead: deeper conversations on relationships, identity, flare-ups, and the strength we find in unexpected places. Plus, a brand-new segment, Affirmations of the Week, to ground and uplift you as you move forward at your own pace.

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In this final episode of the series, I invite you to reflect, review, and set intentions for the next chapter of your resilience journey.

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