Purpose
The WEC Empowerment Circle is designed to nurture connections that inspire self trust, to remember our inner wisdom and strengthen and foster the sharing of resources within our community.
Who we are
Our group offers a warm, welcoming place to connect with like-hearted souls who truly understand life with environmentally linked complex chronic illnesses - including, but not limited to ME/CFS, FM, MCS, and Electrosensitivity.
This is an informal group of compassionate people who come together to share our experiences, our challenges, our wins, and our wisdom in an accepting, respectful and loving space. We learn from each other. We support each other. We empower each other. Something interesting happens in the process...we feel better.
We are not a typical support group. We are a community of very sensitive people with similar lived experiences who have chosen to come together to learn from each other, to encourage each other, to listen to each other and to discover that we have personal power over our well being. Support is a natural outcome of our gatherings, but first and foremost we empower.
What we do
Many of us have been through more than our share of hardships and traumas. When we come together, we do so with a promise to be kind to one another, be respectful in our voices, language and thoughtful about what we choose to say. Our gatherings are informative, supportive, nurturing and mellow. Our members are welcome to bring their dinner, snacks or vitamins if it’s that time.
Having a chronic, invisible, issue means that we have likely been treated unfairly or unkindly by society and within the broken medical system. Friends and family often do not understand our struggles or our needs. We have had to defend ourselves, protect ourselves, and sometimes heal ourselves. We have taken great care to create a safe space where we can share freely and openly about everything—including the deep and heavy stuff. Difficult or sensitive topics do come up and sometimes grief and anger are shared or experienced. Our empowerment circle is a safe place to feel your feels and share (or not) as you feel comfortable. We are a no apology zone.
When
We currently meet weekly:
Thursdays at 7:00pm. ET by zoom
(dates/times subject to change.).
You may come as often as you would like. You can be on camera or off. If you do not feel like talking, you can come, listen and just be in company.
Enduring
Our group is continuously evolving and changing with each week and each new member. Please be aware that you are joining an established group with pre-existing relationships. The group members understand that this can be difficult to navigate and we all do our best to make new members feel welcome.
In our circle, our members are whole-heartedly, supported, heard, respected, believed and loved.
An Opportunity
With the deep connections and strength that comes from uniting, we have the opportunity, with our group power, to effect change in ourselves and to bring about change in our community, in government and the broken medical system.
