Blog Posts

Providing Sanctuary – Part 2

This is a continuation on the theme of “Sanctuary”. It is still so much on my mind as I am living it every day. I have a deeper understanding and enormous respect for those of you who have lived this life every day for years and years as you provide...

Controversial Wellness Tools

Abstract: This came about as a response to a very rich and intense discussion on Facebook about whether or not to include cutting oneself as a Wellness Tool in a group setting. There are controversial things that some people see as Wellness Tools for themselves, like...

Mental Health Recovery Court and WRAP

by Magdaline In 2008, the Kalamazoo 8th District Court of Michigan established a Mental Health Recovery Court [MHRC].  The program started after some local judges noticed they were seeing the same people over and over — mostly on misdemeanor charges rather than...

Using WRAP for Weight Loss

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t concerned about weight gain.  As  kid, I know I was a healthy weight but I always considered myself the “fat one”.  In college I was 5’5” tall, weighed 117 lbs. and thought I was fat.  Over the years my weight has crept up and...