Programming that fits how you actually work.
Non-members have access to free webinars, monthly check-ins, and art therapy. Members gain access to weekly coffee hours, tech & business support sessions, mentorship, tools and resources.
Public Events
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🎨 Community Event: Therapeutic Art Community Activity & Guided Discussion
Hosted Monthly by Graduate Students from Emporia State University
Upcoming Session Dates (register for each separately):
📅 April 13 | Monday, 12p-1p
📅 May 11 | Monday, 12p-1p
📅 Summer Sessions TBD
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.
FREE 90-min Workshop: The Low-Energy Guide to Claude Cowork
Running a business or managing professional work while living with chronic illness or fluctuating energy can make even simple tasks feel overwhelming. What if you had a collaborator that could help you think through ideas, organize projects, and reduce the mental load of daily work?
Rheanna Nutter of The Chronic CEO is walking us through Claude Cowork - the desktop feature that lets you hand off the operational activities, step away, and come back to finished tasks. The drafting, the outlines, the automations, the research are all handled for you. Your capacity goes to the revenue generating activities that move your business forward.
In this session, you’ll learn how to set up Cowork so it actually knows your business, what kinds of tasks it handles well, and how to run your first workflow before the week is out.
The workshop will be recorded, but will only available to members through the new member portal a few weeks after the event.
📅 Webinar Date: Thursday, April 16th
⏰ Time: 12PM-1:30PM Central US
🎟️ Register Here
Upcoming Webinar Topics
Asking for Accommodations: Ergonomic options at home and in the workplace
Occupational Therapy: Living with Chronic Illness
Disability Rights & The History of the ADA
How to Sell Your Products at a Local Shop: Product Placement
Managing Home Care and Work
How much time can you REALLY work? Honest Capacity Assessments
Financial Literacy: What you need to know to start a business (even when on SSDI)
✨ 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)
Members-Only Events
Not a member yet? Gain access to the events below when you sign up for a membership!
Tech & Business Support Sessions
Hosted by Rheanna Nutter, The Chronic CEO
Upcoming Session Dates: Join as a Member Here
Every two weeks, 11:30am Central US (9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, 5:30pm GMT/BST)
April 9, April 23
May 7, May 21
June 4, June 18
July 2, July 16, July 30
Aug 13, Aug 27
Sept 10, Sept 24
Join us for a live, one-hour support session focused on practical tech and business help. Get hands-on assistance with websites, email, digital tools, workflows, and other day-to-day setup or troubleshooting needs.
Submit your questions in advance, share your screen if helpful, and leave with clearer next steps and solutions you can actually use.
Weekly Member Coffee Hour
Open to Empower Network Members
Weekly on Wednesdays, 12pm Central US
(6pm GMT, 1pm Eastern US, 12pm Central US, 10am Pacific US)
Our Virtual Coffee Hours are relaxed Zoom gatherings for people figuring out work, business, and career paths while living with chronic illness or disability.
Each week we bring a simple discussion question related to work, entrepreneurship, or navigating careers with fluctuating health.
Cameras are optional, energy levels can vary, and showing up exactly as you are is completely normal. It’s simply a space to connect with others who understand what it’s like to build a professional life around real-life health limits.
The link to join coffee hours are in the Member Weekly Email.
Contact us if you need assistance.
Future Speakers
Registration coming soon
Our Empower Network Volunteer Team is finalizing the schedule for the rest of 2026! If you have content ideas or questions you’d like us to cover, please send us your ideas and feedback.