by Mary Jaffe | Sep 24, 2020 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, News, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
For many of us, it’s back-to-school season for our kids (or for ourselves, if we are teachers or students), whether that means on-campus learning, virtual classrooms, hybrid learning, or homeschooling. For others, fall brings back memories of school and may spark the...
by Joel Quass (a.k.a. Depression Is Not My Boss) | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
“What do I look like when I am well?” I had never asked myself this question. So, I waited for the group to share what they had written. I ended up copying many of their responses into my workbook. After all, I was with a group of my peers, all taking WRAP training...
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 Thomas Cole | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Sample WRAP Plans, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I’m here to give you a taste of how I combined my WRAP and my bullet journal (bujo for short). What is a bujo? The bullet journal (bujo) was created by Ryder Carroll. A bujo is a cross between a planner, diary, notebook, to do list, scrapbook and sketchbook. Why do I...
by Kristen King | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog, Children & Teens, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
October 2019 is Bullying Prevention Month in the United States. We all know the statistics about bullying and how harmful bullying and intolerance can be. Bullying hurts the person who is being bullied, the bully themself, and witnesses to the bullying. It can have...
by Kristen King | Oct 9, 2019 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Families, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
October 10, 2019, is World Mental Health Day. This international observance is meant to raise awareness of challenges faced by people around the world and remind us of things we can do to support our own emotional well-being as well as to support others in our lives....