Episode 158

How To Transition From a 9 to 5 to Starting A Business While Managing Chronic Illness with Jessica Lane

Published on: 9th February, 2024

How does one navigate the turbulent waters of chronic illness, including fibromyalgia and endometriosis, and simultaneously build a flourishing business? Join me as we explore the remarkable story of Jessica Lane, who, in response to the pressing demands of her health, transitioned from a demanding full-time job to starting and growing her consulting business. She shares of living with Endometriosis that ultimately led her to her business and how she uses her corporate experience and life with Endometriosis to create a thriving business on her terms that support her life and purpose.  Tune in if you want to see how to start a consulting business and how to advocate for yourself in a 9 to 5 living with Chronic illness. 

In this episode, you will learn:

  • How to allow yourself the liberty to concentrate on your true passions and arrange your day accordingly, particularly when coping with a chronic illness.
  • How to advocate for yourself by seeking and embracing support from your community to create personal and professional resilience.
  • How to create a life and business that supports while living with Endometriosis and other health needs.


Connect with Jessica on Instagram at JLANEConsulting for valuable insights on social impact, diversity, and inclusion. Visit her website at jessicalaneconsulting.com to learn more about her consulting services and how she can help your organization thrive.


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Business With Chronic Illness: Simple Sustainable Growth and Burnout Healing For CEO Women
A podcast for entrepreneurs who want success while keeping their health first in business.
Running a business while living with chronic illness is not easy, and most business advice ignores the reality of burnout, living with autoimmune disorders, unpredictable energy, and navigating everyday health and wellness while starting and growing a business. That’s why this podcast is designed to help you build a business that works with your body, not against it.

If you’re a woman entrepreneur, creative, or CEO navigating chronic illness, burnout, or healing and recovering from hustle culture, this show is for you.

Every week, host Nikita Williams brings you simple, sustainable business strategies rooted in her four core content pillars:
• Business Systems and Operations: capacity-first planning, automation, and flare-proof operations.
• Sustainable Marketing and Sales: creative, voice-first strategies like podcasting that convert without social burnout.
• Mindset & Life with Chronic Illness: stories, resets, and tools to honor your health and energy.
• Empowering Entrepreneur Stories: real women building profitable businesses with chronic illness.

Expect a mix of coaching insights, practical strategies, and inspiring interviews delivered with warmth, realness, and the reminder that rest is a strategy and you can be successful at whatever pace you have right now.

As a globally-ranked podcast host (top 2.5%), award-winning business coach, and speaker, Nikita has built a six-figure business while navigating endometriosis, Hashimoto’s, Fibromyalgia, and chronic pain. She’s helped hundreds of women say yes to building profitable businesses that align with their health, life, and values.

Featured guests include thought leaders like Jasmine Star, Danielle Bayard Jackson, Natasha Samuel, and more.

Business With Chronic Illness is where women come to find support, clarity, and simple strategies to grow without the hustle.

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Nikita Williams

Welcome to Business with Chronic Illness — the podcast for women who are building big dreams with limited energy.
I’m Nikita Williams, and I know what it’s like to be living in pain, carrying a diagnosis (or several), and still wanting more — more purpose, more income, more alignment, more ease. After leaving behind a traditional path and navigating the emotional rollercoaster of chronic illness, I decided to rewrite the rules of success. And now? I help other women do the same.
Here, we have honest conversations about what it really takes to build a sustainable, profitable business when your health is unpredictable. No hustle culture. No toxic positivity. Just powerful stories, practical strategies, and mindset shifts that work — even on flare days.
You’ll hear from guests who get it, solo episodes from my heart to yours, and insights I’ve learned coaching dozens of women through launching and growing their dream businesses — on their terms.
Because business is personal. And when you build it that way, it not only becomes easier… it becomes life-giving.
💬 Tune in, take what you need, and know this: You Are Crafted To Thrive.