by Trenda Hedges | Sep 28, 2023 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Trauma, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
By Trenda Hedges, Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator I believe wholeheartedly in HOPE and NO LIMITS to recovery! I didn’t always believe this. It seemed I was born into limits. I was limited by poverty, by substance use, and by the stigma that came from living in a very...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Sep 14, 2023 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, News, Wellbeing
By Mary Ellen Copeland, one of WRAP’s originators Note: Neal Shifman, President, CEO, and Founder of Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) passed away on August 28. Mary Ellen Copeland entrusted Neal and his company to carry on the WRAP legacy after she...
by Sarah Farmer | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Mental Health, Trauma, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
By Sarah Farmer, Certified WRAP Facilitator Sometimes life sucks, no matter how well you live your WRAP or prepare for a potential crisis. A recent accident brought this reality home and left me feeling like I’d lost control of my life. After 35+ years of hard work...
by Sonja Workman | Aug 17, 2023 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
By Sonja Workman, Certified WRAP Facilitator Shortly before I was introduced to WRAP, I was in a barren land. It was dry and dusty, which left me feeling parched and empty. Walking in, withered, to my first WRAP Facilitator training session, I sat in my seat expecting...
by Lee Horton and Dennis Horton | Jul 27, 2023 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Justice Involvement, Mental Health, Wellbeing, WRAP Programs & Groups
By Lee Horton and Dennis Horton We firmly stand for using the safety agreement in Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) seminars. Allow us to introduce ourselves: Lee Horton and Dennis Horton. We are individuals who spent 28 years in prison for a crime we did not...
by Megan Dolbin | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog, Daily Plan, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
By Megan Dolbin, Certified WRAP Facilitator, Step By Step I’m Megan, a psychiatric rehabilitation supervisor for Step By Step. Our organization provides community support services to children and adults with intellectual disabilities, and mental health and autism...