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The chronic joy community for connection, laughter, and creative healing.
mindbodyJOY is a growing space for people living with chronic pain or persistent symptoms who want more than just symptom management. It’s for the ones who’ve been powering through—getting things done, showing up—but feel like there’s no energy left for themselves. No space for creativity, lightness, or fun. No room to ask: what might feel good today?
This is a soft landing. A place to reconnect with the parts of yourself that have gone quiet—not by trying harder, but by showing up gently, exactly as you are.
There’s no pressure to share. No expectation to improve. Just small, doable ways to reconnect with others, explore creativity, and rediscover joy in a body that’s still healing. Think of it as a chronic joy community—a living, breathing experiment in what becomes possible when we make space for laughter, play, and shared presence.
We’re not here to fix each other. We’re here to remind one another that we’re not broken.
Through live Zoom events, joyful experiments, creative gatherings, and soft social spaces, mindbodyJOY offers low-pressure connection and a shift away from symptom preoccupation. It’s a place to stretch into possibility. To be with others who get it. To find little sparks of curiosity again.
This isn’t just another online group. It’s the beginning of a new kind of support. Built slowly. Shaped together. Held with care.
A Note from the Founder
Clients have told me, again and again, that they can’t imagine who they’d be without their symptoms. That they’ve forgotten how to feel joy. That connection feels too hard, and most spaces feel like too much.
So I built mindbodyJOY. Not as a program or performance—but as a soft space for joyful co-regulation and creative reconnection. A place to gently remember what aliveness can feel like.
This is a new idea. A growing one. And I hope it becomes something beautiful for all of us.
— Simone
The First 4 Weeks are on us
What's included in your FREE trial
✅ A live welcome Zoom that we call the 'First Shift'
✅ One live, interactive Zoom event each week
✅ An engaging community space for gentle connection
✅ Fun prompts, creative activities, and uplifting themes
✅ No pressure to share, speak, or perform
✅ A soft introduction to modern mind-body healing tools
✅ Invitation to stay or upgrade when you’re ready
The Science of Feeling Alive Again
Healing from chronic symptoms isn’t just about managing pain—it’s about reminding your brain and body that safety, connection, and joy are possible. Neuroplasticity teaches us that our nervous systems can change at any age, but they need the right conditions: gentle novelty, positive social cues, and experiences that whisper, "You’re safe here".
That’s why traditional support groups often fall short. They focus on symptoms, not the playful, creative engagement that sparks new neural pathways.
mindbodyJOY is different. Here, laughter yoga isn’t just fun—it’s a vagus nerve reset. Art isn’t just a distraction—it’s a doorway into flow states that quiet pain signals. And every game night is a chance to rewrite the story of what your body believes is possible.
Where Healing meets Play
Chronic symptoms can make the world feel small and threatening. Over time, we forget how to trust our bodies, how to lean into pleasure, how to connect without fear.
mindbodyJOY is designed to gently expand your world again. Through trauma-informed play, creative exploration, and shared moments of lightness, we create the safety your nervous system craves—not by pushing through pain, but by meeting yourself exactly where you are.
This isn’t about ‘getting better’ on someone else’s timeline. It’s about rediscovering the threads of joy, creativity, and connection that make healing feel less like a solo journey and more like coming home.
A First-of-Its-Kind Healing Space
Be Part of the Beginning
For years, the chronic illness community has had two options: clinical support groups or solitary self-help. mindbodyJOY is something entirely new—a trauma-informed playground where joy, creativity, and science converge to rewire your nervous system, one light moment at a time.
Right now, we’re small by design. Intimate. Safe. The first 100 members won’t just join a community—they’ll shape what it becomes: voting on new events, suggesting rituals, making mindbodyJOY better and better, and even stepping into leadership as ambassadors.
This is your chance to be part of a movement that’s rewriting what healing looks like—before the waiting list begins.
Become a Founding Member
Right now, mindbodyJOY is a whisper—a small, sacred space where the first members will shape everything. The rituals. The inside jokes. Even which new events we might add next.
Why join now?
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Founder perks: Early access to ambassador training, forever discounts, and a voice in our evolution.
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Intimacy: The first 100 members will know each other by name.
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Legacy: You’ll always be able to say, “I was there from the start.”
This won’t stay this small for long. The waiting list opens soon—but you? You’re invited to the ground floor.
What if healing felt like...
Creating & Expressing Yourself
Imagine a Monday morning where you’re dabbing watercolors onto paper, not to create a masterpiece but to savor the quiet thrill of watching colors blend—surrounded by others who understand the courage it takes to show up.
Permission to Laugh & Just be
Picture a Wednesday where laughter yoga leaves you breathless, not because anything’s funny but because your body remembers, for the first time in months, what unfiltered joy feels like.
Playfulness & Curiosity
And Friday? That’s when the online board games begin, where the only rule is that imperfection is celebrated, and the only goal is to let your guard down, just a little, in the company of people who’ve learned how hard—and how healing—that can be.
But the real magic?
It’s in the spaces between—the quiet ‘me too’ glances when someone shares how long it’s been since they felt this light. The way a voice cracks, not from pain but from being truly seen, during a Joy Lounge check-in. The collective exhale when the group falls into sync—not fixing, not analyzing, just being together in all the messy, hopeful, imperfect glory of reconnection.
This is where you remember: you’re not relearning joy alone. You’re surrounded by people who’ve also had to pause their lives, who’ve ached for the parts of themselves that got lost in the shuffle of survival. Here, the cracks aren’t something to mend. They’re where the light—and the laughter—finally gets in."
How It Works
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Join Free for 4 Weeks
Every week, you’re invited to ONE of our live events: art sessions that gently stretch your creative muscles, laughter yoga that coaxes your nervous system into safety, or board games that remind your brain that connection can be light.
Alongside these, you’ll explore our Learning Library, a growing collection of neuroplasticity-friendly tools designed to nourish curiosity and joy at your own pace.
Stay for Daily Joy ($27/month)
When you’re ready, join our monthly membership to unlock unlimited events and daily rituals that weave joy into the fabric of your healing journey. Deepen the connection, make friends, learn something new. Choose joy every day!
This is where the magic of repetition meets the science of neuroplasticity: small, consistent moments of pleasure that tell your brain, "This too is possible".
Upskill Your Self-Care ($50/month)
For those who want to go deeper, our Recovery Skills Lab offers smaller cohorts and expert-led events on the latest evidence-based recovery approaches including Nervous System Regulation, Stress Reduction, Emotional Awareness & Expression, Mindfulness, and much, much more - always grounded in safety, always honoring your capacity.
Our brain loves novelty stimuli, the Recovery Skills Lab delivers them.
Love It Here? Lead Here.
As mindbodyJOY grows, we’ll invite members to host their own groups—crafting circles, music shares, travel storytelling - anything you are passionate about sharing. Because one of the most powerful ways to remind your nervous system of its strength is to offer that same safety to others.
Our Weekly Rituals
Every week, we gather for three core experiences, each designed to gently stretch your capacity for joy while honoring your need for safety:
🎨 Slow Art Circle
A sanctuary for creative exploration where the process—not the product—is the point. Here, wobbly hands are celebrated as evidence of courage, not limitations.
😂 Laughter Yoga + Rest
A science-backed practice that coaxes the nervous system out of vigilance and into connection, followed by deep rest to integrate the shift.
🎲 Fun and Games
Pictionary meets radical self-acceptance—a space where laughter is medicine, and mistakes are proof you’re showing up exactly as you are.
Healing happens when the nervous system feels safe.
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Join Creative, Joy-Focused Events
Participate in weekly live gatherings where we explore art, movement, writing, hobbies, and playful expression — all designed to nurture creativity, connection, and joy.
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Connect with a Supportive Community
Meet others who understand the chronic symptom journey without focusing on symptoms. Our forums, live events, and gentle activities are spaces to share lightness, inspiration, and humanity — not pain stories.
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Integrate Moments of Lightness in Daily Life
Through simple "joy experiments" and everyday creative practices, you'll reawaken the natural resilience, curiosity, and joy that support healing — one small, beautiful moment at a time.
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Free to join. No fixing - just exploring what feels good
Join us today
After years of focusing on symptoms, it’s easy to lose touch with joy. We’re here to change that, gently. Through live Zoom events, creative gatherings, little joy experiments, and shared moments of curiosity and connection, you’ll rediscover what it feels like to play, create, and belong again.
