Speaking & Consultancy
As a lived experience dynamically disabled patient, I work with organisations, teams and leaders as well as medical research teams to provide insight into chronic and invisible conditions, helping create inclusive, empathetic, and effective workplaces.
Through talks, workshops and consultancy, I share lived experience combined with practical communication strategies that make a real difference.
Talks & Workshops
Engaging, interactive sessions designed to educate, inspire, and build empathy within your team. Topics include:
Invisible illness in the workplace: what your team may not see
Communicating with empathy and clarity
Supporting creativity and wellbeing with chronic conditions
Duration & format can be tailored to your team’s needs.
Consultancy & Insight Sessions
Short advisory sessions providing actionable guidance for organisations, policies, or communications. I help you:
Review internal comms and policies through a lived-experience lens
Improve inclusion and support for employees with chronic or invisible conditions
Build practical strategies for workplace wellbeing and accessibility
Flexible, tailored sessions for teams, HR leads, and leadership groups.
My work is also informed by co-founding the CEMS ACCESS (Advocacy, Community, Care, Empathy, Support, Sharing) network, where I support and advocate for students and alumni navigating chronic conditions across an international network.
I bring a warm, creative and lightly unconventional approach to all my work as conversations about serious topics don’t have to be heavy to have an impact. I enjoy using humour, storytelling and a touch of whimsy to make complex, serious topics land in a way people actually remember.
Lorraine has a way of changing the very foundations of how a community functions. Working with Lorraine has been transformative. She brings creativity and clarity to the CEMS community with a profound understanding of how chronic illness reshapes connection, confidence, and belonging.
Lorraine was instrumental in co-launching our support group, CEMS ACCESS (CEMS for Advocacy, Community, Care, Empathy, Support, Sharing) for students and alumni living with chronic health conditions. We are very happy that the impact of this important work has gone far beyond what we initially scoped out. She possesses a rare gift: the ability to balance raw human reality with pragmatic communication, translating lived experience into something accessible, respectful, and deeply meaningful. In a world of surface-level gestures, Lorraine is the real deal. Her work is an act of care rooted in listening. She has not just helped us communicate better—she’s helped us think differently. Every strategy is grounded in deep listening and genuine respect. She has fundamentally shifted how we engage with our community. For any organisation looking to move beyond 'inclusion' as a buzzword and toward true, thoughtful engagement with disability and lived experience, we highly suggest collaborating with Lorraine. She continues to be an asset to any team and community; I could not recommend her more.
-Melissa Morelet-Weaver
Alumni Relations Manager, CEMS Global Office, CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education
Why this matters
Many organisations want to do the right thing which is great but without real insight, initiatives can fall short.
My work ensures your workplace:
Reduces misunderstanding and conflict
Builds genuinely inclusive, supportive environments
Improves employee engagement and retention