Hi, I’m Lana 👋
I’m a spoonie* who’s spent 15+ years in marketing—creating growth strategies, leading teams, and practicing my craft.
After dabbling with remote working early in my career, I left office-based work for good in 2018 so I could design a more intentional, sustainable life and career. The kind that only remote work could offer.
Behind the scenes? I was dealing with a complex, often-invisible reality: chronic pain and fatigue, intermittent loss of mobility and vision, and the constant negotiation between ambition and energy.
It’s been a wild ride:
I’ve launched campaigns and closed deals from bed.
I’ve met up with colleagues around the world (and canceled trips I couldn’t risk because of my health).
I’ve canceled interviews with top remote-first companies when blindsided by a flare.
I co-founded and managed a 7-figure company in my pajamas.
I’ve grieved the pre-diagnosis professional identity I once had—and learned to build a new one rooted in self-trust, adaptability, and purpose.
Spoonworthy is everything I wish I had when I was trying to figure it out.
I also serve on the board of the Andreas Gift Foundation, where we support and advocate for lupus patients in South Africa.
Connect with me on Linkedin here.
If you live with chronic illness—especially something invisible like lupus—trying to build a meaningful career can feel like a secret double life.
One day you’re managing a client presentation. The next, you can barely get out of bed.
You’re capable. You’re smart. You want to contribute.
But your body doesn’t always cooperate—and that makes everything harder. Especially your relationship with work.
Spoonworthy is here to help you rebuild that relationship—from a place of power, not shame.
If you’ve been asking:
“How do I build a fulfilling career when my body won’t cooperate?”
“How can I create income and impact while honoring my limits?”
“What’s even possible for someone like me?”
You’re in the right place.
Spoonworthy is a weekly newsletter helping chronically ill professionals design meaningful, financially stable, and creatively rich careers—without burnout.
No hustle cults. No pretending you’re fine when you’re not.
Why “Spoonworthy”?
The name Spoonworthy came from a quiet moment during a lupus flare, when I asked myself: What’s truly worthy of my limited energy today?
But it became something more. A reminder that I am spoonworthy.
That even on bad days, I still matter.
That I still deserve a rich, meaningful life. Not just survival, but a life filled with abundance, joy, and impact.
This space is for anyone who’s pushed through meetings with brain fog, hidden pain during job interviews, or questioned their professional worth because of an unpredictable body.
It’s for those who carry the invisible load—and still want to build something beautiful and sustainable.
You’re not less than. You’re not broken. You’re not alone.
You’re building a career—and a life—on your terms.
And yes, you are absolutely spoonworthy.
The Type of Content You Can Expect to Find Here:
Remote work as a path to liberation
Lifestyle design through a spoonie-friendly lens
Career confidence
Mental health, burnout recovery & identity repair
You’ll get smart strategy and soulful encouragement—without fluff or toxic positivity.
Because living with chronic illness is already hard enough.
Your career, your creativity, your life?
They can still be rich—in every way that matters.
*The term “spoonie” comes from Christine Miserandino’s Spoon Theory—a metaphor she created to explain the energy limitations of living with chronic illness. You can read her original essay here.
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