Real stories of wellness in real life

The Road to Recovery: A Personal Journey
By Sarah Farmer, Certified WRAP Facilitator Sometimes life sucks, no matter how well you live your WRAP or prepare for a potential crisis. A recent accident brought this reality home and left me feeling like I’d lost control of my life. After 35+ years of hard work...

Plant Your Seeds and Watch Wellness Grow
By Sonja Workman, Certified WRAP Facilitator Shortly before I was introduced to WRAP, I was in a barren land. It was dry and dusty, which left me feeling parched and empty. Walking in, withered, to my first WRAP Facilitator training session, I sat in my seat expecting...

Safety Agreement: Fertilizer for Growing Recovery
By Lee Horton and Dennis Horton We firmly stand for using the safety agreement in Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) seminars. Allow us to introduce ourselves: Lee Horton and Dennis Horton. We are individuals who spent 28 years in prison for a crime we did not...

My Unique Wellness Tool — Bull’s-Eye!
By Megan Dolbin, Certified WRAP Facilitator, Step By Step I’m Megan, a psychiatric rehabilitation supervisor for Step By Step. Our organization provides community support services to children and adults with intellectual disabilities, and mental health and autism...

Sleep as a Wellness Tool — ZZZ . . .
By Carol Bailey Floyd A good night’s sleep is a vital part of an effective and fulfilling life. Good sleeping habits are powerful wellness tools. Lack of sleep can make us groggy, forgetful, and off-balance. We can find it difficult to function in many aspects of...




