Heal your heart. Heal your life.
Gentle support for healing your nervous system, restoring inner safety,
and rebuilding a life that feels like you again.
Chronic Illness Support Circle
Your Body Is Not the Enemy
Welcome 🤍
I’m so glad you've found your way here.
If it feels okay, you’re welcome to take one slow breath with me. There’s no pressure to decide anything quickly.
Let this be a gentle invitation to see whether this Circle could support you as you navigate chronic illness and the emotional weight that can come with it.
This is a place to be held—without having to hold it all together. I created this Circle as a monthly, trauma-informed support circle for women living with chronic illness, emotional pain, and body-based stress—
offering nervous system support, art-therapeutic integration, and evidence-informed tools—
so you can feel less alone and nurture a kinder relationship with your body.
Replays included.
No pressure to share in our
Private Online Community
for ongoing Support between monthly sessions.
Before you read further…
If it feels okay,
take one slow breath with me.
Let your shoulders drop a fraction. Let your jaw soften. Nothing to force—just a small return to yourself.
If something in you softened—even slightly—you’re not imagining that.
This is what can happen when we stop relating to ourselves through force and begin relating through presence instead.
What this Circle is.
This is a monthly guided group experience for women navigating chronic illness and body-based overwhelm alongside a trauma history.
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A gentle, structured monthly rhythm of support (2 hours live + replay)
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A trauma-informed space that includes the nervous system and the body
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A place to process and integrate what chronic illness brings up emotionally—without pressure
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Practical, evidence-informed tools you can return to on flare days and hard weeks
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Creative integration (art + music-supported practices) to help you feel steadier inside
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A community where you can be real, private, and unforced (sharing is always optional)
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A private, off‑social community space for gentle support between sessions (sharing is always optional)
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It’s not about fixing yourself.
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It’s not about overriding your experience.
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It’s not about pushing through.
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It’s about learning how to be in a different relationship with what’s happening inside you—one that is slower, more supported, and less alone.
Chronic and invisible illness can be deeply isolating.
This Circle offers real community and support without you having to leave your safe place, push your body past its limits, or risk the outside world on a hard day.
What inspired this Circle...
I created the Chronic Illness Support Circle because I know how isolating chronic and invisible illness can be.
I’ve lived with autoimmune illness for 22 years (Graves’ disease) and cancer for 6. Over time, I’ve seen how much emotional weight people carry alongside symptoms—fear, grief, exhaustion, and the quiet loneliness of having to manage so much behind the scenes.
For many women, chronic illness can also trigger a kind of betrayal response—when your body no longer behaves the way you expect, it can bring up grief, fear, anger, and a deep sense of “I can’t trust myself.”
Over the past 8+ years of supporting clients, I’ve also noticed how many women navigating trauma histories are also navigating chronic illness. In our work together, we’ve practiced evidence-informed tools that support nervous system regulation, emotional integration, and a kinder relationship with the body—alongside medical care and other treatments.
This Circle exists to offer compassionate support, community, and practical self-healing tools—without requiring you to leave your room or push past what your body can handle.
This Circle is for you if…
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You’re a woman living with chronic or invisible illness and you feel isolated, misunderstood, or tired of carrying it alone
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Your body feels unpredictable and it’s impacting your sense of safety, trust, or steadiness
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You want trauma-informed support that includes the nervous system (not just mindset)
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You want gentle structure, art-therapeutic integration, and evidence-informed tools you can actually use
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You want community without pressure to share, perform, or “be okay”
This may not be the right fit if…
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You’re in active crisis and need immediate clinical or emergency support
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You’re looking for medical treatment/diagnosis or psychotherapy
(this Circle is supportive and educational, not clinical care)
What happens inside the monthly session
Each month we meet for a live, trauma-informed 2-hour Circle. Sharing is always optional.
Each session may include:
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Gentle grounding + nervous system support
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Art-therapeutic exercises for expression and integration
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Music-supported art integration (a “Music Cocoon” style practice to support regulation and transitions)
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Group RIM® Session (about 30 minutes)
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Evidence-informed self-healing practices, including supportive ways of speaking to and relating with your body
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Optional reflection and witnessing (you are never required to share)
When we meet
Live monthly Circle: First Saturday of the month at 12:00 PM ET (virtual).
Replays are available if you can’t attend live or want to revisit the session.
Each month includes trauma‑informed, evidence‑informed nervous system support, gentle practices you can actually use, and optional community connection—
designed to build deeper, steadier inner safety for women living with chronic or invisible illness.
Month 1
Listening to the Body
Rebuild trust with your body through presence rather than fear.
We’ll practice gentle inner attunement and nervous system support you can return to on hard days.
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Inner attunement + grounding
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Symptoms as communication (without blame)
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A softer “I’m listening” relationship
Month 2
Releasing the Battle
Soften the fight with your body and the pressure to “push through.”
We’ll explore supportive ways to relate to pain, symptoms, and exhaustion with less force and more care.
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Softening the fight/pressure to push through
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Nervous system support for stress, fear, and body-based overwhelm
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Reframing care as partnership (not control)
Month 3
Meeting the Messenger
Make space for what your body has been carrying—emotionally, relationally, historically—without blame.
We’ll work with compassion, curiosity, and steadier inner support.
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Exploring what your body may be carrying emotionally (with compassion)
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Making space for grief, anger, fear, and fatigue—without judgment
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Gentle integration practices to feel steadier inside
The First 6 Months (Our Monthly Themes)
Month 4
Safety as Medicine
Strengthen a felt sense of safety in your nervous system so healing has room to occur.
Expect grounding, gentle regulation practices, and supportive “safety cues” you can use anytime.
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Building a felt sense of safety in the body (moment by moment)
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Simple regulation tools you can return to anytime
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Supportive “safety cues” through voice, breath, and presence
Month 5
Reclaiming Internal Power
Rebuild body-agency and self-trust—especially when your body feels unpredictable.
We’ll focus on internal resources, steadiness, and letting your body lead in small, sustainable ways.
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Rebuilding body-agency and self-trust when things feel unpredictable
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Strengthening internal resources (steadiness, boundaries, self-support)
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Practices for letting your body lead in small, sustainable ways
Month 6
Living in Partnership With Your Body
Integrate the work and create simple rituals for ongoing connection.
We’ll practice a kinder “we’re in this together” relationship with your body—one you can keep living from.
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Integrating what you’ve learned into everyday life
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Creating simple rituals for ongoing connection and care
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A kinder inner “we’re in this together” relationship with your body
Join the Monthly Circle
$77 / month
Includes:
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One 2-hour live guided group session each month
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Access to the private community space
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Session replays (if you’re not able to attend live)
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Ongoing integration support and gentle guidance
There is no expectation to share.
No pressure to be in a certain place in your healing.
And nothing you need to perform.
You are welcome exactly as you are.
You can cancel at any time.
This is a space you are invited into—not locked into.
Founding rate: $77/month (limited time).
If you join now, you’ll keep this rate as long as your membership stays active.
Facilitated by Jewelle Boldt Zehr
Certified Trauma-Informed Coach | Certified Art Life Coach | Certified RIM® Facilitator
This Circle is shaped by both professional practice and lived experience of chronic illness. For a long time, I learned to function on the outside while feeling unsafe inside my own body. What began to change things wasn’t forcing my body to cooperate—it was changing how I related to it.
For 8+ years, I’ve supported trauma survivors using both lived experience and evidence-informed approaches, including RIM® (Regenerating Images in Memory).
My work is nervous-system-friendly, grounded in compassion, and centered on building inner safety—not force.
You don't have to carry this alone anymore.
Important note
This Circle is supportive and educational. It is not medical care or psychotherapy and does not diagnose or treat illness. Please continue working with your licensed providers for medical and mental health care.
FAQ
Do I have to share?
No. Sharing is always optional.
Is this virtual?
Yes—hosted online.
Are replays included?
Yes.
What if I’m having a flare day?
You’re still welcome. Come as you are, use the replay, or do what’s sustainable.
Is this therapy or medical care?
No—supportive, trauma-informed coaching + facilitation within clear scope.
Do I need art supplies?
Use what you have. Simple paper + markers/colored pencils is enough.
Is there support between the monthly sessions?
Yes. Members have access to an optional private community space between sessions for gentle connection, check-ins, and integration support. You can participate as much or as little as you want.
Do I have to be active in the community to benefit?
Not at all. Some members love connecting in between; others prefer to attend the monthly Circle and use the replay/practices quietly. Both are welcome.
Will my price increase later?
If you join at the founding rate, you’ll keep $77/month as long as your membership stays active.
