by Deb Werner | Sep 20, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Families, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Last week, I shared a letter to my 13-year-old self, reflecting on the lessons I had learned to help me build resiliency and co-create a life I love and am proud of. My pitch used to include “I have low self-esteem, and I am proud of it because I used to have no...
by Deb Werner | Sep 13, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Families, Mental Health, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
“If you could go back in time and share advice with your 13-year-old self, what would you say?” The question irked me at first. I didn’t want to think about my 13-year-old self, filled with feelings of self-hatred, fright, intense aloneness. I didn’t want to remember...
by WRAP and Recovery Books | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
When I started using WRAP, which was like ten years ago, I knew I had found something that was unique and very helpful. It was what I had been searching for when I was rummaging thru all those self help books that really led no where and it was easy to understand and... by WRAP and Recovery Books | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The WRAP Program saved my life! This is not a dramatic statement. It really did. I did not go to the hospital for severe psychosis for 6 years now. I used to go every 8 months. Since I was 43 years old (in 2001) to 2008, I was in the hospital. I took the WRAP course 3... by WRAP and Recovery Books | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I don’t have a personal story to send you but I do have a professional one! I work for a non for profit agency and I’m the program case manager. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan is used in many departments through out our agency. I was first introduced to the WRAP... by WRAP and Recovery Books | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
WRAP has changed my life from an endless circle of mental illness to some concrete stable days. I spent 12 years in counseling, and volunteering at a mental health drop-in center. My days were filled with medical and mental health appointments. I heard about WRAP and...