Jode’s WRAP Story

by | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics

Although I was introduced to WRAP in 2000 and wrote my first plan, it wasn’t until I became a WRAP facilitator and really starting using and knowing the importance of having a plan.  In 2006 I was hospitalized for what was initially thought to be a stroke because my...
Delayed Arrival at Desired Destination

Delayed Arrival at Desired Destination

by | 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...
Reducing Anxiety through Personal Responsibility and Mindfulness

Reducing Anxiety through Personal Responsibility and Mindfulness

by | May 31, 2018 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Families, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics

Do you ever feel like the universe is trying to tell you something? That’s been me for the last several weeks. It seems like there are “signs” everywhere, and they’re all pointing to one thing: my cell phone. As recently as the beginning of this week, there was even a...
Leaving Space to Be Creative

Leaving Space to Be Creative

by | May 10, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, For Facilitators, Implementation & Evidence, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events

I always learn a lot from co-facilitating WRAP groups and being in rooms with other WRAP Facilitators and people gathering to enhance their own wellness through connection and self-discovery. One experience that I’ll never forget is a time when another WRAP...