10: So You Got the Diagnosis…Now What: with Guest, British Lifestyle, Fitness and Beauty Blogger, Ali Hemsley

When our nonprofit gets asked about what kinds of career paths they’d like to take, a major goal we hear is about turning those Instagram accounts and blogs into a financial income. Yes, we’re talking about professional Instgramers, YouTubers and Bloggers, the new dream career for many 21st century young adults. For those with illness/disability, blogging is a refuge and creative release to connect and learn from others, so we wanted to give out the best advice, tips and insider secrets on being a professional blogger. Our special guest is British lifestyle, fitness and beauty blogger, Ali Hemsley, has also brought awareness to invisible illness to her massive blogging community with her “What You See vs What You Don’t See” and showed beauty from the inside and out. In this episode, Ali and Dominique reveal the reasons media’s fascination with inspiration porn or Instagram-promoted health kicks are not always the best but mental health awareness jewelry should be sold everywhere, discuss the stigmas bloggers with illness/disability face and ways to break the pressures of “perfection” blogging that women tackle, establish the best life playlist for wannabe pro-bloggers with the top fashion and adaptive workout trends and tools/apps for photo editing, scheduling and blog posting, and give away some of the top secret blogger tips like talking to brand sponsors and collaborations to make that transition from a hobby to a career.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Wanna support our nonprofit?Watch on YouTubeShopInstagramTwitterFacebookDonate