Real stories of wellness in real life
Listening Differently
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...
Getting Well: the Seeds of WRAP
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 Support, that are so obvious in these first steps of Mary Ellen’s road to recovery. You can see how she began using what we now call Wellness Tools, those tools that helped her through that difficult time, and how she began to observe the Early Warning Signs that told her she needed to take action before things got worse.
Peeling Apart the Onion; My Tool to Stay Alive
Linda Meyer is a NJ Certified Recovery Support Practitioner (CRSP), NJ Certified Adult/Older Adult Peer Specialist (CPS), and a Certified WRAP Facilitator. Linda is married and a Mom of 7 children and works in an urban hospital in Philadelphia facilitating WRAP workshops and WRAP transformation groups. Linda has also opened her own private motivational wellness center in NJ called “The Support Place; Where Hope Lives” offering individual support sessions and WRAP transformation group sessions.
WRAP Plan for Weight Management
Did you know WRAP can help you lose, gain, or maintain weight? You can use your WRAP to manage any aspect of your health, including weight management. These minis are actual WRAP Plans created for specific situations. They are compiled from WRAP workshops and...
Weighing in on WRAP
Creating a Wellness Toolbox for Weight Issues by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D WRAP can be easily adapted for use by people who have specific issues, or who are dealing with difficult decisions. In WRAP for Life we touch upon how it can be used to help you to lose weight...
WRAP Can Help
