by Sarah Farmer | Mar 15, 2022 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
Creating art is a powerful way to connect to our deepest emotions and self. Anyone can create art! The trick is letting go of self-judgment and caring more about the process of creativity than whether the creation is “good enough.” Like with any wellness tool, the...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 23, 2022 | Blog, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Programs & Groups, WRAP Publications & Events
Have you been given a dire prognosis about your future because you experience mental health issues? Have you been told medications are the only treatment and that your “symptoms” will persist throughout your life? I am concerned that the word about RECOVERY from...
by WRAP and Recovery Books | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Trauma, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Stephanie Jack lives in Missouri City, Texas, and works as program manager of the PEERS for Hope House, a peer-operated crisis respite in Houston. Stephanie has been using and living WRAP for her wellness since April 2014. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness;... by Sarah Farmer | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog, Daily Plan, Mental Health, News, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
We’ve all had a rather intense and life-changing couple of years with the pandemic. Whether you’ve had the coronavirus or not, the shutdowns, fear, personal losses, employment loss or changes, workforce shortages, supply chain disruptions, school closings, and...
by Sarah Farmer | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, News
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was December 3, so we at WRAP would like to honor and celebrate the lives of all those with disabilities this month. Life is hard for everyone, but with a disability, it can feel—and be—even harder. This year’s...
by WRAP and Recovery Books | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog
It is an emerging trend that Action Planning for Prevention and Recovery, often referred to as “public domain WRAP,” is being used by top-down leadership to cut corners, giving short shrift to the peer movement and undermining fidelity to the evidence-based practice...