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 | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
One of the Wellness Tools I use is what I call a Feelings Pyramid I have been using them for the past 5 years since the loss of my youngest daughter and found them to be a way of releasing these intense and overwhelming emotions. I use them because when I am in this... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Developmental Distinctions, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Post-Crisis Plan, Veterans, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
When I think about where WRAP came from, my thoughts go back in time, much further than I thought they would go. They go back in time to when I was a very little girl, eight years old, lonely and frightened, as a nurse with lots of keys unlocked numerous heavy doors,... 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... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Families, Key Concepts, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The Seeds of WRAP: This article was written by Mary Ellen Copeland in 1995, before WRAP was developed. The seeds of WRAP are clearly being formed through the gathering of the 5 Key Recovery Concepts: Hope, Personal Responsibility, Education, Self Advocacy, and...