Real stories of wellness in real life
Having Trouble Sleeping?
by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D There seems to be an epidemic of insomnia in our society. Do you have any of the following sleep problems? You sleep less than eight hours per night You sometimes don’t bother getting up in the morning You awaken often during the night You...
Medication Strategies and YOUR Wellness Choices
by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D Your wellness program may include the use of medications. Deciding to use medications is a personal decision that only you can make. Your decision should be based on the best information available from your health care providers and your...
Specific Wellness Tools
Every WRAP class that I participate in, I learn something that I didn’t know before, or I am reminded of something that I had long forgotten. Like a broken record (an ancient vinyl artifact used for recording and playing back music), I am always reminding classes where WRAP comes from and how the examples of Wellness Tools that we share with our classes came from groups of people just like the class they are in now. For years I have been saying that each class adds to the body of knowledge behind WRAP, and so from time to time I will share some of the tools that were introduced to me by participants in classes I have co-facilitated. Â
Life is a Chess Game
by Mardicus When I was about nine years old, I would watch my dad play chess with my uncles every weekend. At the time I never understood why he would never play a game with me, he would say, “Son, go find a friend and learn the game, and when you think you might have...
30 Ways to Afford Complimentary Healthcare
by "Rosalie" 30 WAYS TO AFFORD COMPLEMENTARY HEALTHCARE 1. Drop your TV service 2. Color your hair at home. 3. Go to a barbershop instead of a hair salon 4. Make coffee at home instead of buying it out 5. Renegotiate your car insurance premium 6. ...
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