Daily Plan Posts
by Sarah Farmer | Jan 26, 2017 | Addictions, Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I had a major need for WRAP long before I discovered it, but better late than never! For four decades, I walked through life in survival mode, weathering the dark times as best I could without a roadmap to guide me. To be honest, when I first heard about WRAP, I...
by Kristen King | Jan 5, 2017 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
There’s something exciting about the fresh start of a new year, a new calendar, 365 fresh days to do anything you want. We’re bombarded with headlines telling us this is going to be our year: New Year, New You! How to Make 2017 Your Year! One Year to an... by Kristen King | Dec 22, 2016 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Families, Mental Health, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
This week marked the start of winter here in the northern hemisphere, and I am really feeling those shorter days. As I write this, there’s a new “energy lamp” on the desk beside me. I’ve used light therapy in the past to help myself feel better... by Dawn Heffernan | Dec 22, 2016 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
More than two decades ago, my life was a rollercoaster of manic moods, forced hospitalizations, and medication that nearly cost me my marriage, my children, and my career as a primary school and special education teacher. The last time was the worst. In 1997, I was in... by Nannette Larson | Dec 15, 2016 | Addictions, Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, Families, For Facilitators, Implementation & Evidence, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
My mother kept all her recipes loose in a box under the bed. If we wanted to bake cinnamon buns, my elder sister and I could spend an entire Saturday morning helping Mom sort through all the recipes hoping to find the right one. If my mother had had a proper recipe... by Carol Bailey Floyd | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I’ve often said that when WRAP is the question, “yes” is the answer. WRAP has taken me across Ohio, around the country, and home again. In the process, I’ve learned that approaching life in a spirit of “yes,” with WRAP as a guide, opens possibilities available...