by Ken | Oct 31, 2024 | Blog, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP
By Ken, WRAP community member from Japan I’m Ken, and I’d like to share my personal recovery journey with you. From a young age, I struggled with feeling different and isolated. School was challenging, and I faced bullying. To cope, I often told myself that the person...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Aug 5, 2024 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, WRAP Publications & Events
I am absolutely delighted with the new WRAP Facilitator Manual, Updated Edition. Hooray! And to hear that it is available without charge to people who are current with their WRAP Facilitator Trainings, Recertifications, and Refreshers is fantastic. As you likely know,...
by Wren Cobb | Jun 27, 2024 | Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Wellbeing
By Wren Cobb, Certified WRAP Facilitator I believe in wellness and recovery because I have personally intentionally identified and implemented the key recovery concepts of hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy, and support in my journey and have...
by Carol Bailey Floyd | Apr 24, 2024 | Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, Key Concepts, Wellness Toolbox
[Editor’s note] What are the things that make YOU feel well, happy, calm, peaceful, joyful, relaxed, and all the other good feelings? You probably have a list of favorite go-to activities, songs, and relaxation techniques for improving your mood and staying...
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 Jaffe | Feb 28, 2024 | Blog, Elements of WRAP
Mary Jaffe, WRAP Publisher I’ve decided that the calendar is the only place where the extra 24 hours of 2024 will occur on a single day in February. Instead, I’m “gifting” those hours to myself to be distributed throughout the year for my wellness. Rather than a...