by Mary Ellen Copeland | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Families, Post-Crisis Plan, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The last article I wrote on Listening Differently involved ‘listening from a position of not knowing.’ In this short piece I talked about listening with the intention of curiosity and wonder. In this next piece I’d like to focus on listening for the untold story which... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
One of the Wellness Tools I use is what I call a Feelings Pyramid I have been using them for the past 5 years since the loss of my youngest daughter and found them to be a way of releasing these intense and overwhelming emotions. I use them because when I am in this...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Apr 29, 2015 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Sample WRAP Plans, Trauma, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The first step in developing your own Wellness Recovery Action Plan, is to develop a Wellness Toolbox. This is a listing of things you have done in the past, or could do, to help yourself stay well, and things you could do to help yourself feel better when you are... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Developmental Distinctions, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Post-Crisis Plan, Veterans, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
When I think about where WRAP came from, my thoughts go back in time, much further than I thought they would go. They go back in time to when I was a very little girl, eight years old, lonely and frightened, as a nurse with lots of keys unlocked numerous heavy doors,... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Mar 18, 2015 | Addictions, Blog, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Stressors & Triggers, WRAP Publications & Events
WRAP for Addictions is for people who want to use WRAP to deal with addictions such as food, tobacco, alcohol and drugs. This special edition of the original WRAP book presents a system developed and used successfully by people with a variety of mental health... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Mar 6, 2015 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, For Facilitators, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Kathyann Corl My own journey from physical and mental health disabilities was a challenging disheartening journey but I survived. As I began to hear glimmers of stories about what people called WRAP and I became curious and began to follow the plan for myself. When...