by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Wellness Toolbox
by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D Here are some of the ideas others have shared with me that you can use to make this holiday the best that it can be: Send cards and e-mails to family members and friends, even those you have not seen or heard from in a long time Take a... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Developmental Distinctions, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
By Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD & Gina Calhoun Gina Calhoun, training director for the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery has worked with a group of amazing people with lived experience to develop WRAP for People with Developmental Distinctions. She has... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | 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 Toolbox
Today’s society is fast-past and on demand. As a result, the ability to relax is a crucial skill to learn. When used regularly as Wellness Tools, relaxation and stress reduction techniques have the potential to reduce and relieve stress and anxiety, in addition to... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Wellness Toolbox
I find that the “power of small changes” is enormous. That even on the most stressful day, if I develop or use wellness tools that are just little changes — like tea instead of coffee; driving a different way and paying attention to the difference... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The fall of the year is a time of change for many of us. One of the biggest life changes that happens in the fall for many people is going away to school or college for the first time. Or you may be moving or changing jobs. It has been widely observed that times of... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Key Concepts, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Abstract: This came about as a response to a very rich and intense discussion on Facebook about whether or not to include cutting oneself as a Wellness Tool in a group setting. There are controversial things that some people see as Wellness Tools for themselves, like...