by Heather Cobb | Mar 27, 2024 | Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Wellness Toolbox
By Heather Cobb, ALF WRAP Facilitator, Leeds, UK Heather wrote in to share some thoughts from her journaling after a recent WRAP seminar. Today is the first Sunday in March and the sun has reappeared. I get up to walk my dog through the fields nearby and my head is...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 23, 2022 | Blog, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Programs & Groups, WRAP Publications & Events
Have you been given a dire prognosis about your future because you experience mental health issues? Have you been told medications are the only treatment and that your “symptoms” will persist throughout your life? I am concerned that the word about RECOVERY from...
by WRAP and Recovery Books | Apr 28, 2021 | Blog, Justice Involvement, News, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Lee and Dennis Horton with Introduction by Lynn A. Miller, M.H.Ed., WRAP Associate, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) Introduction, by Lynn Miller I met Lee and Dennis when I was the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Mental Health Advocate and...
by Joel Quass (a.k.a. Depression Is Not My Boss) | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
“What do I look like when I am well?” I had never asked myself this question. So, I waited for the group to share what they had written. I ended up copying many of their responses into my workbook. After all, I was with a group of my peers, all taking WRAP training...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
This has been an interesting time in all of our lives. This time, this quarantine, the isolation, the pandemic—they are all things I’ve never experienced in my long life. Sure, my family was quarantined for a few weeks when my brother and sister had scarlet...