by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Carol Bailey Floyd A few years ago, Otis Redfern experienced some devastating events in his life in a short period of time. In just under a year, he lost his home, his job, his marriage, and his will to live. After a serious, and almost successful, suicide... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Stressors & Triggers
by Deb Colvin My name is Deborah Colvin and I have suffered from depression, alcoholism, cocaine addiction, homelessness, and domestic violence. I never ever thought I could ever overcome these barriers in my life. Then one day a friend encouraged me to buy a book,... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I often find myself frustrated with the mental health and the medical health systems; systems that have often taught us that our first defense against a physical health, mental health, or life difficulty is reaching out to healthcare providers or some kind of invasive... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I first became aware of “mental illness” when I was eight years old. My mother began spending all of her time sitting in a rocking chair-rocking, crying, very frightened and unbearably sad. No one asked her why she was crying. No one took the time to sit... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Recovery Using Restorative Orthomolecular Medicine by Robert Sealey, BSc, CA Robert Sealey is the author of Finding Care for Depression, Mental Episodes & Brain Disorders. My symptoms recurred over 28 years: on-again off-again episodes of depression with anxiety,...