Stressors & Triggers Posts
by Sarah Hancock | Jul 7, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Growing up, I was a big dreamer: college, marriage, family, career. I was enthusiastic, active, and driven. I didn’t let the anxiety I began experiencing when I was roughly nine, the depression I began experiencing when I was 14, or the hypomania which started at age...
by Kristen King | Jun 29, 2018 | Addictions, Blog, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
One of my favorite things about the WRAP community is the sharing and mutual support that happens here. I particularly enjoy reading comments on the WRAP Facebook page, where WRAPpers from around the world share their ideas and experiences. In May, I shared my own...
by Kristen King | May 31, 2018 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Families, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Do you ever feel like the universe is trying to tell you something? That’s been me for the last several weeks. It seems like there are “signs” everywhere, and they’re all pointing to one thing: my cell phone. As recently as the beginning of this week, there was even a...
by Amanda Aykanian | May 23, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, News, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, WRAP Publications & Events
Our last few newsletters have announced changes to WRAP’s branding and content updates to key resources. We have refreshed our visual identity, which includes a new logo and a look and feel that will extend through our books and other materials. We are updating...
by Darby Penney | May 17, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, For Facilitators, Key Concepts, News, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
Wellness Recovery Action Plan, known in the WRAP community as the Red Book, was recently revised, 20 years after it was first published. This involved a challenging balancing act: preserving WRAP’s essential structure, its key recovery concepts, and its values and...
by Mary Jaffe | May 17, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, News, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
Drumroll, please! After weeks of previews and months of hard work, I’m delighted to reveal the new WRAP visual identity and our first new book release. Visual Identity Meet the new WRAP logo. This logo combines the key colors of the WRAP family of books, along with...