by Lynn Miller | Sep 30, 2021 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Mental Health, News, Trauma
National Recovery Month People from all walks of life are exploring the many dimensions of how to be healthier in mind, body, and spirit. Many see WRAP as a tool that sets the foundation to begin the journey toward emotional wellness and healing, and they are...
by Mary Jaffe | Dec 17, 2020 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, News, Post-Crisis Plan
It’s nearly the end of one very unexpected year! As everyone knows, 2020 was filled with challenges and changes throughout the year, and they just keep on coming. As you read in Mary Ellen Copeland’s article last month, 2020 caused her to make changes to her WRAP. I...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Nov 18, 2020 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox
The next few months may be challenging. There is colder weather (I am envying my friends in the southern hemisphere) and less daylight. We are in the midst of a raging pandemic that is expected to get worse before it gets better, with no certainty about when it might...
by Mary Jaffe | Sep 24, 2020 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, News, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
For many of us, it’s back-to-school season for our kids (or for ourselves, if we are teachers or students), whether that means on-campus learning, virtual classrooms, hybrid learning, or homeschooling. For others, fall brings back memories of school and may spark the...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
This has been an interesting time in all of our lives. This time, this quarantine, the isolation, the pandemic—they are all things I’ve never experienced in my long life. Sure, my family was quarantined for a few weeks when my brother and sister had scarlet...
by WRAP and Recovery Books | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, News, Post-Crisis Plan, WRAP Publications & Events
Many of us are feeling rather restless and isolated right now. This is truly a time of unusual stress and social isolation. At these times, it is easy to start feeling down, stop reaching out to others, and feel less hope that life can get better. Because of these...