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.
Your Body Is Not the Enemy
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 feel less alone and nurture a kinder relationship with your body.
Replays included. No pressure to share.
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 people 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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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
Join the Monthly Circle
$97 / month
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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
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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.
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You can cancel at any time.
This is a space you are invited into—not locked into.
Facilitated by Jewelle Boldt Zehr
Certified Trauma-Informed Coach | Certified Art Life Coach | Certified RIM® Facilitator
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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.
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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.
