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 Jaffe | Aug 27, 2020 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, News
I don’t know about you, but these days I have both my WRAP and a new COVID WRAP. I’ve tweaked—or in some cases made major changes to—a number of things from what had been my WRAP to one that feels more appropriate for the current time. Some of the adjustments...
by Joel Quass (a.k.a. Depression Is Not My Boss) | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
“What do I look like when I am well?” I had never asked myself this question. So, I waited for the group to share what they had written. I ended up copying many of their responses into my workbook. After all, I was with a group of my peers, all taking WRAP training...
by Kristen King | Oct 9, 2019 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Families, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
October 10, 2019, is World Mental Health Day. This international observance is meant to raise awareness of challenges faced by people around the world and remind us of things we can do to support our own emotional well-being as well as to support others in our lives....
by Mary Jaffe | Jun 6, 2019 | Blog, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
For more than 20 years, WRAP has been helping people get well, stay well, and make their lives the way they want them to be. As many of you know, WRAP was developed in 1997 by a group of people who were searching for ways to overcome their own mental health issues and...
by Mary Jaffe | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
What’s in your wellness toolbox? Wellness tools are things we can do to feel better when we’re not feeling well or to help us maintain our wellness every day. They are typically simple, safe, and free—a bit of self-kindness and a way to take care of ourselves....