Stressors & Triggers Posts
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 Kristen King | Mar 19, 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
To say that now is a weird time would be an understatement. A month ago, it was business as usual. Now we have entire countries shut down, schools and businesses closed, and people sheltering in place and isolating to try to slow the spread of a highly contagious...
by Kristen King | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, Families, For Facilitators, Implementation & Evidence, News, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Veterans, WRAP Publications & Events
As we’ve been updating and re-releasing WRAP books and other materials, you’ve no doubt noticed some adjustments and enhancements to the materials. We’ve added new examples, created new prompts to help you build your WRAP, updated some of our language to better...
by Kristen King | Dec 6, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
Recently, I started to share how I’m using the new WRAP Workbook (2018 updated edition) to reflect on the last year and to create a new WRAP. My first step was to look at where things stand right now (using the chart on page 20) and identify areas I wanted to change...
by Ian Lisman | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Veterans, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Every November, the world celebrates Armistice Day, better known as Veterans Day in the United States. The way we recognize Veterans Day in the United States is a celebration of all things military, a day for remembrance, and a time to thank those veterans in our...
by Laurie Curtis | Oct 18, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
The season is changing. In my part of the world, the leaves have turned colors, frost is nipping at the gardens, and piles of pumpkins adorn the roadsides and markets. For me, autumn is a very mixed time. I love the coolness of the air and the comfort of a cozy...