A private, one-on-one strategy session for advocates, creators, and changemakers. (Have an established business or startup you’d like to consult with Ilana on? You’re looking for this page. Office Hours are for individuals only.)
What Are Office Hours?
Office Hours are dedicated 60-minute strategy sessions designed for individuals who want personalized guidance, clarity, and direction on a project, idea, advocacy path, or creative endeavor.
These sessions are not medical advice, personal patient advocacy casework, or therapy.
Instead, they are structured, collaborative conversations focused on strategy, direction, and practical next steps—tailored to your goals and your lived experience.
If you’ve ever wished you could sit down with someone who deeply understands healthcare navigation, advocacy, storytelling, patient community building, and digital influence—this is that space.
Why I Started Office Hours
For more than a decade, I’ve supported patients and creators through my writing, my advocacy work, and my consulting across the healthcare ecosystem.
My background includes:
- Authoring two widely accessible books on healthcare navigation
- Leading programs in rare disease research, nonprofit development, and patient community building
- Connecting patient creators to paid opportunities through organizations like Global Genes, FDNA, and WEGO Health
- Consulting with healthcare companies, startups, digital health apps, and media organizations
- A long career as a patient influencer, working with pharmaceutical and healthcare brands on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok with millions of views
Along the way, people have reached out for guidance on everything from launching nonprofits to navigating advocacy projects, building content platforms, pitching themselves, securing speaking opportunities, and moving an idea from “someday” to “now.”
What I realized is that many people don’t need a full consulting engagement—they need one powerful hour with someone who’s already traveled this road.
Office Hours exists to provide that hour:
Focused, strategic, high-impact support for the ideas you’re trying to bring to life.
What Happens During Office Hours?
Every session is private, structured, and tailored to your goals. Topics often include:
- Project or idea development
- Patient advocacy strategy
- Navigating the healthcare system
- Starting a nonprofit, resource, or community
- Building a platform or content presence
- Pitching yourself for campaigns or speaking
- Mapping next steps when you feel stuck
- Understanding the creator landscape
- Translating lived experience into meaningful action
You’ll leave with concrete recommendations, practical direction, and a clearer understanding of how to move forward.
How Much Does It Cost?
A 60-minute Office Hour session is $120.
This rate allows me to offer individualized, high-quality guidance while keeping sessions accessible for the many people who follow my work.
For ongoing business consulting or long-term organizational strategy, separate packages are available upon request.
What Are the Next Steps?
- Reach out to me at Ilanawrites@gmail.com and I’ll send you a calendar link.
- After booking, you’ll automatically receive a brief intake form to help us make the most of our session.
- You’ll also receive a secure payment link. Your session is confirmed once payment is completed.
- At the scheduled time, we meet for a focused, one-on-one strategy session via the platform indicated on your booking page.
If you’re ready for clarity, momentum, or a strategic push forward—I’d be honored to meet with you.