by AHP Digital Team | Aug 1, 2024 | Children & Teens, Mental Health, Wellbeing
Reprinted from the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) Missouri newsletter with permission. Check out the awesome TikTok video showing what goes into these toolkits! At NAMI Missouri we know kids absorb more when they’re engaged in what they’re...
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 Sarah Hancock | Jul 7, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Growing up, I was a big dreamer: college, marriage, family, career. I was enthusiastic, active, and driven. I didn’t let the anxiety I began experiencing when I was roughly nine, the depression I began experiencing when I was 14, or the hypomania which started at age...
by Alan Marzilli | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Families, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Last week, we talked about how the change in seasons—longer or shorter days and increased or decreased physical activity—can have a major influence on our moods and how WRAP can help. This week, we’re focusing on the question “What about those of us who live with...
by Alan Marzilli | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Early Warning Signs, Families, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Many people look forward to a change in seasons. So much is happening. We experience the change in weather, hours of daylight, and vegetation. But the transition is not always an easy one. Changes in seasons often bring major changes—the beginning or end of a school...