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Empower Network Events

Caring For Ourselves - December 8th Webinar, Register Here

WEBINAR: Caring for Ourselves: Internal Family Systems

Megan Bugarin, MA, PLPC, NCC Therapist

đź“… Webinar Date: Monday, December 8th
⏰ Time: 12PM-1PM Central US
🎟️ Register Here

Join us as Megan introduces us to the Internal Family Systems framework and how we can best support ourselves by understanding, increasing compassion for, and meeting the needs of the different parts of ourselves. Megan specializes in Trauma and PTSD, Nervous System Dysregulation and Chronic Illness.

 The meeting will be recorded and available to registrants within a week after the event.

Therapeutic Art Community Sessions

🎨 Community Event: Therapeutic Art Community Activity & Guided Discussion

Hosted Monthly by Graduate Students from Emporia State University

Upcoming Session Dates:
⏰ December 15th @ 12 PM Central US
⏰January 12th @ 12 PM Central US

Join The Empower Network for a community therapeutic art activity with guided discussion, led by graduate students from Emporia State University. Art materials required to participate are usually quite simple – paper, pencil, coloring materials such as colored pencils, markers, or crayons.

Long Covid & Chronic Illness Career Support Group

✨Chronic Illness Career Support Facebook Group

The Long Covid & Chronic Illness Career Support group meets monthly and is free to attend. These Saturday sessions are open to anyone who has joined the Facebook group.

Join us on the 2nd Saturdays of every month, 11AM Central US (9AM Pacific, 5PM GMT)

Join the group here

Future Speakers - Registration coming soon

Our Empower Network Volunteer Team is working hard to get our spring webinar series scheduled! If you have content ideas or questions you’d like us to cover, please send your ideas and feedback here.

Members-Only Events

Therapeutic Art Activities: August 2, August 9, August 12

Membership is $10/month, $100/year, or scholarships are available by application. 

Members have access to dedicated support community and additional connection opportunities. 

These Include (but are not limited to): 

  • Weekly “Virtual Coffee Hours” – Wednesdays, 12pm Central US
  • Community Discussion Platform – Discord
  • Membership Directory (Coming Soon)
  • Free listing in the annual Holiday Gift Guide

“I look forward to joining the virtual coffee hour each week — it’s such a welcoming and intentional space to workshop business ideas, share strategies for navigating health challenges (like advocating for yourself during appointments), and support each other through ups and downs. I always leave feeling more grounded, aligned, and on top of things, both personally and professionally.”

Christina, PhD Education

Health & Wellness Coach, Through the Trees Coaching

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