by Mary Ellen Copeland | Apr 22, 2025 | Creating & Using Your WRAP, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellbeing
More than 35 years ago, around 1987, the extremes of mood I had been experiencing—deep depressions and out-of-control mania—became totally overwhelming. I reached out to various health care providers. I saw one who said, “You are manic depressive like your mother. It...
by Nannette Larson | Mar 31, 2025 | Blog, Families, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox
by Nanette V. Larson, WRAP ALF I have used WRAP in so many areas of my life. I will share just one example of a situation where WRAP made a huge difference: the WRAP I wrote for relating to my Mom. For many years, relating to Mom was a huge stressor in my life. Just...
by Carol Bailey Floyd | Feb 15, 2024 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Mental Health, News, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Carol Bailey Floyd, Certified WRAP Facilitator, author of the blog Celebrate Possibilities My mother, Mildred Perry Bailey, had her first psychotic episode when I was 17 years old. She was taken away in an ambulance. I was terrified that I would never see her again....
by Lynn Miller | Jan 25, 2024 | Addictions, Blog, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
By: Lynn Miller, Director of WRAP The AHP WRAP Team wishes our WRAP community and your family and friends a very Happy New Year and our wishes for a healthy and safe 2024. As we begin 2024, we also begin the next 25 years of WRAP, filled with exciting opportunities,...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
When Things Are Breaking Down By Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD “When things are breaking down” is the fourth section of WRAP, after your daily plan, stressors and action plan, and early warning signs and action plan sections. To me, it is the most important part of my WRAP...
by Carol Bailey Floyd | Oct 12, 2023 | Blog, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Toolbox Tune-up When’s the last time you added to your wellness toolbox? Most regular toolboxes have a hammer, screwdrivers, and a wrench. Likewise, you probably have a few wellness tools that never change and are used often. These are your foundational tools. But...