by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 27, 2016 | Addictions, Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Mary Ellen Copeland Last week we started a journey down memory lane, you might say. As we grow older, memories feel soft around the edges, like fading photographs filled with people you no longer remember. This journey is different. It’s filled with memories of... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Dec 30, 2015 | Blog, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
By Gina Calhoun What we say is not always what others hear. Words and phrases can hold different meanings or interpretations for everyone, which is why active listening is so important. I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas . . . The Weather Outside is Frightful . . .... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Shery Mead In the last two brief articles we talked about Listening Differently as well as Listening for the Untold Story. In this article we’ll talk a bit about mutuality. Good questions are key in listening. But if you don’t share your own views and stories, the... by Mary Ellen Copeland | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Families, Post-Crisis Plan, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The last article I wrote on Listening Differently involved ‘listening from a position of not knowing.’ In this short piece I talked about listening with the intention of curiosity and wonder. In this next piece I’d like to focus on listening for the untold story which... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Post-Crisis Plan, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Listening Differently sounds strange to us. Most of us probably already know what it means to listen. You just don’t talk, rather you take in what the other person is saying… But is that all you do? Actually, even when you are not speaking you are communicating all...