by Sarah Farmer | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Mental Health, Trauma, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
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...
by Kurt Danysh | Apr 26, 2023 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellbeing, WRAP Programs & Groups
April is Second Chance Month in the United States, a time for communities to rally together to support people who have been incarcerated and have rejoined society. Although the article below focuses on the U.S. criminal justice system, for change to be sustained, a...
by Lisa St. George | Feb 8, 2023 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellbeing
Early in my use of WRAP, it occurred to me that my therapist might want a copy so she could see my wellness tools, stressors/triggers, early warning signs, crisis plan, etc. I’m a very private person, so I’d only shared it with my husband and my one supporter at that...
by Carol Bailey Floyd | Jan 25, 2023 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, Mental Health
Having a WRAP that is really active is a wonderful demonstration of fun as an empowering and constructive force. There’s room for enjoyment all the way through WRAP—from wellness tools right through the post-crisis section. Doing entertaining, cheerful, and fun things...
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 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...