Nervous System-Informed Care for Chronic Illness
Nervous System-Informed Care for Living With A Chronic Illness
Aligning your self-care habits with your personal values, capacity levels, and nervous system needs.
Saturday, July 26th, 2025
12:00 pm-1:30 pm EST / 10-11:30 am MT
About This Workshop
If you've ever felt like traditional self-care advice doesn't quite fit your reality with chronic illness, this workshop is for you. We'll explore how your nervous system responds to chronic stress and illness, and introduce frameworks for thinking about care that feels more sustainable and realistic.
Join Celeste Tomasulo, LMFT, and Destiny Davis, LPC, for a conversation about nervous system-informed self-care and chronic illness that honors your body's wisdom while opening new possibilities for understanding, healing, and self-compassion.
Location: Zoom webinar
What We'll Cover
In this session, you'll learn about:
How chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation impact the experience of chronic illness, including key concepts from Polyvagal Theory and the Window of Tolerance
Short-term and long-term self-care strategies that support nervous system regulation, energy conservation, and emotional resilience
How to identify your core values and use them to guide sustainable, personalized self-care decisions
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
Understand how chronic stress affects their nervous system and the chronic illness experience
Be able to identify self-care strategies that work with their nervous system needs
Have tools to align their self-care choices with their personal values
About the Facilitator
Celeste Tomasulo, LMFT #150098 | Trauma-Informed Therapist | Chronic Illness Specialist
Celeste helps people navigating trauma, chronic illness, and burnout find sustainable healing through somatic and parts-based work. She created this workshop because she's seen how often we dismiss or minimize self care, with the goal of helping participants reconnect with care that feels realistic, regulating, and rooted in their values.
Who This Workshop Is For
This workshop is designed for individuals living with chronic illness who want to learn frameworks for approaching self-care that honor both their limitations and their well-being.
What's Included:
Live interactive workshop session with Celeste Tomasulo, LMFT, & Destiny Davis, LPC, CRC, and host of The Chronic Illness Therapists Podcast
Access to the workshop recording
Community discussion during the workshop
Abundant Spaces Available
We don’t believe in exclusivity or false strategies to make you buy a workshop (like “limited spots” blah blah). All are welcome. Please join us and invite your friends and loved ones!
Cost $27 USD*
*NEED A FREE TICKET?
We offer a pay-what-you-can honor system pricing. If you have the means to support our work, please do.
Discount codes: WORKSHOP50 for 50% off | WORKSHOP75 for 75% off | WORKSHOPFREE for free
If you're part of our Welcome To The Waiting Room community - this workshop comes free with your membership! Please sign up with the WORKSHOPFREE code.
Email destiny@destinywinters.com if you have any issues!
Accessibility Notes:
Live captions provided
Workshop recordings include transcripts
Please consider your privacy and comfort levels when attending. While we love authentic and genuine engagement/conversation with participants, we want you to feel respected. Feel free to turn your cameras off and change your name before entering. This recording will be available to the public and for sale in the future.
FAQs:
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Celeste Tomasulo is a licensed trauma-informed therapist specializing in chronic illness. She helps people find sustainable healing through somatic and parts-based work, moving beyond traditional approaches that don't account for the unique needs of chronic conditions.
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No, this workshop is not therapy or a prescription of any kind. While Camille and Destiny are both licensed and certified professionals, this educational webinar is designed to share practical tools and strategies for understanding and managing BFRBs with chronic illness. It offers general information to support your wellbeing, but it is not a substitute for personalized mental health treatment or medical care. If you're seeking therapy or individual support, we’re happy to connect you with referral resources.
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We offer a pay-what-you-can honor system.
Discount codes: WORKSHOP50 for 50% off | WORKSHOP75 for 75% off | WORKSHOPFREE for free
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Just bring something to take notes with :) No equipment is needed for this workshop, though we'll discuss options for various equipment you might consider in the future.
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If you're skeptical about self-care advice, you're not alone—and that skepticism is completely valid. This workshop is a judgment-free space where you're never pressured to share more than you're comfortable with. Celeste and Destiny focus on creating safety, offering education, and sharing strategies that meet you where you are. Whether you're burned out on wellness culture or have been told you're "not doing enough" for your health, you're welcome here exactly as you are. We get it—traditional self-care advice can feel dismissive when you're living with chronic illness.
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Yes! The recording will be available for 14 days after the workshop, unless you're in the Mentally Well While Chronically Ill monthly membership, in which case you can access the recording for as long as you're a member.
Please consider your privacy comfort levels when attending. While we love authentic and genuine engagement/conversation with participants, we want you to feel respected. Feel free to turn your cameras off and change your name before entering. This recording will be available to the public and for sale in the future.
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The workshop runs for 75-90 minutes, and we encourage you to take as many breaks as you need or to listen while doing another task like laundry or dishes. We honor your need to step away when needed.
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While this workshop was designed with chronic illness and self-care in mind, it's also valuable for anyone looking to understand nervous system-informed approaches to wellness or seeking a more compassionate and sustainable approach to caring for themselves. The tools and strategies we share can benefit anyone who feels overwhelmed by traditional self-care advice or wants to align their wellness practices with their personal values.
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Absolutely! We'll have dedicated Q&A time, plus you can use the chat function throughout. Camille and Destiny are passionate about answering your specific questions about understanding and managing BFRBs with chronic illness.
Questions?
See our FAQs with more info here!
We're here to help make this experience accessible and valuable for you. Contact us at destiny@destinywinters.com with any questions or accommodation requests.
Your sustainable path to wellness is uniquely yours.
*A note about recordings: While the live session offers the best opportunity for interaction and community support, we understand that health can be unpredictable. Your registration includes access to the recording for 30 days post-workshop.*