Living with chronic illness can feel like a constant balancing act — between pain and purpose, fatigue and relationships, showing up for others and showing up for ourselves.This October, just before World Mental Health Day, join us for The Best of Us, a safe and supportive workshop where we’ll explore how to cope better, connect deeper, and live more meaningfully even when illness gets in the way.
What to Expect
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) – learn simple, practical tools to handle tough thoughts and emotions, and discover how you can still live in line with your values even during flare-ups.
- Mindfulness practice – gentle exercises to help you notice pain without getting stuck in it, and anchor yourself in the present moment.
- The Best of Us sharing circle – a reflective activity to explore how you show up in relationships: when you’re at your best, when things get tough, what others can count on you for, and what support you need.
Why Join
- Learn tools to feel less overwhelmed by pain and tough emotions.
- Get clear on your personal values and how to honour them, even when illness limits you.
- Practise saying what you need (without guilt) and celebrate what you bring to others.
- Meet others who understand — no need to explain or put on a mask.
This isn’t about fixing or fighting your illness. It’s about learning new ways to live with it, and finding the strength, clarity, and connection to keep showing up — for yourself, and for the people who matter.
About the facilitator: Phoebe Chong is both an Associate Psychologist and someone who has lived with a chronic auto-inflammatory condition since age 14. She knows what it means to face pain, and how ACT can help shift the way we relate to it.
