Chronic Pain Support Group: Finding the Beauty in the Struggle

People with chronic pain and chronic illness can easily become isolated and this group seeks to be a remedy for that. It will allow people who are suffering to come together and support each other in our body grief and the grief of lost futures/expectations while also focusing on the way forward. The goal is for people to feel less alone in their struggle as well as learn about how to manage their daily lives with the limitations that being in pain brings.

My plan is to include a few prepared topics for discussion but to also allow the conversation to flow naturally and to be flexible in how we approach things. I'd like to include opportunities for journaling as well as a guided meditation (assuming the group would be into that/it feels appropriate.)

I'd like it to be a place where everyone feels heard and they can communicate their true feelings about how things are going for them without the sugar coating that often happens with healthy friends and relatives.

Ultimately, I envision that this space will be a sanctuary where healing and encouragement happen.

✨ Event Details

Select Saturdays from 11 am to 12:30 pm. Feel free to join us for one or all.

• June 27
• July 18
• August 1
• August 15
• September 19

Free. Limited to 20 participants.

Registration required. Donations accepted at the door.

Limited space. Registration closes 24 hours prior to the event.

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✨ Facilitated by Kit Blackwell

is a nonbinary, AuDHD person who enjoys making art and poetry, and loves making new friends. Through nearly twenty years of lived experience with chronic illness, Kit has learned to look for the beauty and joy that is all around us and to let the glimmers carry them forward. Kit recently returned to their Appalachian roots after many long years away and is loving every minute. Ask them about haints, witches, and cryptids and you'll have them talking for hours!