Upcoming Events
Nourish and Flourish
Chef Yesenia w/ Salsa and Samba
This Nourish & Flourish episode is all about blending balance and taste. Join Chef Ryan from Nude Dude Food as he whips up and support gut health, energy, and everyday confidence.
Recipe this month: Creamy Coconut Rice with Thai chicken
✨ Because when you nourish your gut, you truly flourish.
Drive 4IBD Men's Group
Drive4IBD: Forged Pieces is a monthly virtual men’s group for men impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare diseases, and chronic illness — as well as the caregivers, partners, and loved ones who support them.
This is a supportive space to pause, release, and reconnect, offering grounding practices, creative expression, and open conversation. Each session includes guided reflection or activities designed to support emotional wellbeing, confidence, and connection. No prior experience needed — come as you are.
Hosted by community partners, this group aims to reduce isolation, challenge stigma, and build resilience through shared experience and creative wellness.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Drive 4IBD Men's Group
Drive4IBD: Forged Pieces is a monthly virtual men’s group for men impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare diseases, and chronic illness — as well as the caregivers, partners, and loved ones who support them.
This is a supportive space to pause, release, and reconnect, offering grounding practices, creative expression, and open conversation. Each session includes guided reflection or activities designed to support emotional wellbeing, confidence, and connection. No prior experience needed — come as you are.
Hosted by community partners, this group aims to reduce isolation, challenge stigma, and build resilience through shared experience and creative wellness.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Drive 4IBD Men's Group
Drive4IBD: Forged Pieces is a monthly virtual men’s group for men impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare diseases, and chronic illness — as well as the caregivers, partners, and loved ones who support them.
This is a supportive space to pause, release, and reconnect, offering grounding practices, creative expression, and open conversation. Each session includes guided reflection or activities designed to support emotional wellbeing, confidence, and connection. No prior experience needed — come as you are.
Hosted by community partners, this group aims to reduce isolation, challenge stigma, and build resilience through shared experience and creative wellness.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Drive 4IBD Men's Group
Drive4IBD: Forged Pieces is a monthly virtual men’s group for men impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare diseases, and chronic illness — as well as the caregivers, partners, and loved ones who support them.
This is a supportive space to pause, release, and reconnect, offering grounding practices, creative expression, and open conversation. Each session includes guided reflection or activities designed to support emotional wellbeing, confidence, and connection. No prior experience needed — come as you are.
Hosted by community partners, this group aims to reduce isolation, challenge stigma, and build resilience through shared experience and creative wellness.
Wellness Wears Confidence Fashion Show
Be part of a truly special evening filled with delicious food, curated vendors, exciting raffles, and an inspiring fashion show—all in support of Connecting Pieces. Your presence will help fund our mission to provide resources, advocacy, and empowerment to those impacted by gastrointestinal disorders, ostomies, and cancer, supporting transformative projects that offer hope, support, and dignity to those in need.
This event will highlight powerful patient stories, self-advocacy, and a celebration of body positivity and confidence. As our first-ever fashion show, we’re excited to showcase what Connecting Pieces, Inc. is all about: a community built on our GUT pillars—Gather, Uplift, and Trust—that makes a real difference.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Drive 4IBD Men's Group
Drive4IBD: Forged Pieces is a monthly virtual men’s group for men impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare diseases, and chronic illness — as well as the caregivers, partners, and loved ones who support them.
This is a supportive space to pause, release, and reconnect, offering grounding practices, creative expression, and open conversation. Each session includes guided reflection or activities designed to support emotional wellbeing, confidence, and connection. No prior experience needed — come as you are.
Hosted by community partners, this group aims to reduce isolation, challenge stigma, and build resilience through shared experience and creative wellness.
Nourish and Flourish
Chef Ryan w/ Nude Dude Food
This Nourish & Flourish episode is all about blending balance and taste. Join Chef Ryan from Nude Dude Food as he whips up and support gut health, energy, and everyday confidence.
Recipe this month: Creamy Coconut Rice with Thai chicken
✨ Because when you nourish your gut, you truly flourish.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Drive 4IBD Men's Group
Drive4IBD: Forged Pieces is a monthly virtual men’s group for men impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare diseases, and chronic illness — as well as the caregivers, partners, and loved ones who support them.
This is a supportive space to pause, release, and reconnect, offering grounding practices, creative expression, and open conversation. Each session includes guided reflection or activities designed to support emotional wellbeing, confidence, and connection. No prior experience needed — come as you are.
Hosted by community partners, this group aims to reduce isolation, challenge stigma, and build resilience through shared experience and creative wellness.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Nourish and Flourish
Cookies with Chef Victoria
This Nourish & Flourish episode is all about blending balance and taste. Join Chef Victoria from Fabulous Foods as he whips up and support gut health, energy, and everyday confidence.
Discover easy recipes you can make at home, learn how to fuel your body with purpose, and take one more step toward living well — inside and out.
✨ Because when you nourish your gut, you truly flourish.
Cozy Cocao Raffle Basket
🎁 Enter to Win Our Wellness Raffle Basket!
Support Connecting Pieces and take home a beautifully curated wellness basket filled with comfort items, self-care essentials, and a few surprises to brighten your day.
Every raffle ticket helps us continue providing creative healing programs, ostomy supplies, care kits, and community support for families navigating GI conditions, rare disease, and medical challenges.
Your contribution makes a direct impact — and you might win something special in the process! 💜
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Planting Our Seeds: Punching Out Stigmas (Virtual)
Join us for a powerful evening where self-defense, health, and community come together. This virtual event shines a light on domestic violence awareness and ostomy health, offering learning, empowerment, and connection.
📅 Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
🕗 Time: 8:00 – 10:00 PM EST
📍 Location: Zoom
💡 Practical tools for protection paired with wellness strategies to uplift and inspire.
👥 Carepartners are welcome. All are welcome.
🔗 👉 Register Here
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Planting Our Seeds: Punching Out Stigmas(In-Person)
Join us for an empowering afternoon of confidence, movement, and community. This special event combines self-defense training with health and wellness activities designed to help you break barriers and build strength inside and out.
📍 Location: Diaz Isshinryu Karate, 280 Merrimack St, Suite 157, Lawrence, MA
📅 Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
🎟️ Entry: $20 donation for adults (ages 15+)
Presented by Connecting Pieces & Diaz Isshinryu Karate.
🔗 👉 Register Here
Advocacy with Jim Sliney
Your story has power — and when shared with purpose, it can spark real change.
Join Connecting Pieces on October 15 for an empowering conversation with Jim Sliney, Jr., as he shares practical tools to help you grow your confidence and strengthen your advocacy voice.
You’ll learn how to:
• Identify your advocacy style
• Tell your story with impact
• Engage decision-makers effectively
• Turn lived experience into lasting change
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Nourish and Flourish
Fuel to Flourish: Protein Smoothies with Chef AJ from The Conscious Gut
This Nourish & Flourish episode is all about blending balance and taste. Join Chef AJ from The Conscious Gut as he whips up protein-packed smoothies that support gut health, energy, and everyday confidence.
Discover easy recipes you can make at home, learn how to fuel your body with purpose, and take one more step toward living well — inside and out.
✨ Because when you nourish your gut, you truly flourish.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.
Healing Arts Virtual Workshop
Join us for a creative 45-minutes of reflection, expression, and connection. Healing Arts is designed for patients, carepartners, friends and families impacted by GI conditions, ostomies, rare disease, cancer and chronic illness. No special supplies are required—just bring paper, pens, or anything you enjoy creating with. Together, we’ll explore how art can foster confidence, release stress, and strengthen community.