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Looking Through the Lens of Hope
In 1990, I had just finished filming a five-part video project on the Age of Exploration for Encyclopedia Britannica. When I learned that the 10th annual National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) convention would be held in Chicago, I grabbed a colleague and a...Why and How WRAP is Working for America’s Veterans
Many online resources that promote mental health recovery for veterans and their families reflect the influence of WRAP and the ethics and values it embraces. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) centers in Florida, California, Washington, D.C., Vermont, Ohio,...WRAP Gave Me a Story to Tell!
The tagline on my email says it all: “Be a hope receiver today to be a hope giver tomorrow.” But I didn’t always have hope. Far from it. From the time I was in high school in the early 1970s, all I wanted to do was die. I didn’t believe in suicide because of my faith,...WRAP Is an Approach to Life
WRAP is about so much more than mental health. Learning that I can take care of myself, rather than expecting doctors to “fix me,” has changed my life as a person with bipolar disorder. Learning that everyone is struggling with something and that WRAP can help them,...Live Life—Don’t Let Life Live You!
My life before WRAP, while I was learning WRAP, and now as I live WRAP has been amazing. I have traveled the world, met many fascinating people, and learned the gift of living life in wellness and recovery. Many years ago, I felt very hopeless, lost in the grips of...❤ Follow Us
