by Kristen King | May 3, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
One of the things I love most about WRAP is that, even though I’ve been using it for almost 10 years, I’m still constantly learning about myself through this process. Last week, I shared with you one of my biggest life changes: Moving cross-country. The same day that...
by Kristen King | Apr 25, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
May 1 marks the first anniversary of the time my husband and I sold most of our stuff and moved our family cross-country to a town we’d visited only twice into a house we’d bought after only ever seeing it online because we decided to follow our dreams. It was the...
by Alan Marzilli | Apr 12, 2018 | Blog, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Aretha Franklin, known as the Queen of Soul, famously sang, “All I’m asking is for a little respect.” Feeling respected is an important part of wellness, and sometimes it takes a little self-advocacy to get that R-E-S-P-E-C-T. In fact, respect is often the main goal...
by Alan Marzilli | Apr 5, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
As a tool for supporting wellness and self-care, WRAP can help the rising number of people who care for older loved ones. People are living longer, even as rates of chronic disease are rising. More and more, older adults are aging in place, living alone or with family...
by Alan Marzilli | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
If you have a chronic physical condition, your doctor will most likely recommend some form of action plan. For example, physicians recommend that every person who has asthma have an action plan for maintaining healthy respiratory function and every person who has...
by Alan Marzilli | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, News, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
WRAP means something different to each person. Our website has a “WRAP is …” page, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. For some, WRAP helps with meeting important work or school goals. Others might use it to cope with past trauma. For every WRAP, there is a different...