How Not To F**k Up PIP

A straight-talking, no-nonsense guide to understanding the PIP process and giving yourself the best possible chance of getting the support you deserve.

This isn’t theory.

This is real life, real experience, and what actually works.

Order Now On amazon

A woman with a gray headband sits outdoors reading a book titled 'How Not to F**k Up PIP' while a black dog with a green collar looks at her. The background features shrubs, yellow flowers, and a dirt path.

Why This Book Exists…

This book exists because the system is confusing, overwhelming, and far too often… stacked against the people who actually need help.

When I went through the PIP process myself, I realised very quickly that most people aren’t given the tools, language or confidence to navigate it properly.

So I created what I wish I had back then.

Something honest. Clear. And actually useful.

A woman with short red hair smiling and holding the paws of a black dog with a green collar. The woman is wearing colorful bracelets and a black and silver striped top. The dog is looking up at her with a happy expression. They are against a purple background.

Who is the book Dedicated too?

This book is dedicated to every one of us living with a disability or chronic illness.

Our world is not disabled friendly… yet.

There is no manual about adapting to the limits we face. No training for surviving the daily experience of going through this hell.

Many of you reading this will be in what I call ‘survival mode’ — fighting through every minute of the day just to make it to the next.

I’m sorry.

Chronic illness changes our lives forever, but your life is not over. It’s just going to be different from what you were anticipating.

You can adapt and you will eventually thrive (OK, maybe in a chronically ill kind of way… but still, thrive!).

Remember:

You are a warrior.

You are stubborn as fuck.

This book is for you.

You can do this!

Person with red hair wearing a light blue fluffy jacket sitting on the ground, reading a paper while petting two dogs, one black and one brown, in a grassy outdoor area with trees and bushes.

thank you’s

Thank you, Mum and Lauren — I would be f*cked without you.

Thank you also to everyone who supports my newsletter and YouTube channel.

Special thanks to those who donated towards the publishing costs of this book:

About the author

Charlie Anderson is a straight-talking advocate for people living with chronic illness.

After developing severe psoriatic arthritis in her late twenties, she went from running multimillion-pound logistics contracts and working on international development projects in Africa, to losing her career, her independence and a decade of her life to pain, fatigue and horrendous side effects from treatment.

That brutal personal experience collided with a scarring benefits system.

When Charlie applied for PIP herself, she found the process degrading, confusing and stacked against the people who genuinely needed help.

She fought her way through it, won her award and quickly realised most people don’t have the confidence, language or inside knowledge to do the same.

Charlie launched her YouTube channel to try to help people going through the same pain and suffering she was living every minute of the day.

Her ‘cut the crap’ guides to PIP have now reached hundreds of thousands of people and built a community of claimants who feel less alone and more capable.

From there, she created a consultancy to support clients one-to-one.

Her mission is simple:

To make sure no one has to face the PIP process feeling powerless.

Order now on amazon

A woman smiling outdoors on a sunny day, wearing a gray hoodie and a white knit headband, with a grassy hill and trees in the background.

To my clients

You are fucking awesome.

Chronic illness isolates us — it’s brutal.

When I had the honour of helping you on your journey, you also helped me.

You taught me. You trusted me with your stories and your lives.

You reminded me that I am not alone — that there are other warriors out there fighting just as hard.

Thank you for that.

And thank you for accepting the chaos too… whether that was my mum walking in, Matilda kicking off or Ollie doing an alert mid-call 😂

I’m always thinking of you. Always hoping you’re doing as well as possible.

Our community

We are building a community of people who are stubborn as fuck.

People who do not want to be chronically ill.

People who just want to be able to work and support their family, friends and fur babies.

For us, PIP/ADP is a last resort — but needed.

Because living with chronic illness, as well as sucking… is expensive.

If you feel like this:

WELCOME!!

order now on amazon

Looking for the FREE workbook from