Wellness Toolbox Posts
by Sarah Hancock | Jul 7, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Growing up, I was a big dreamer: college, marriage, family, career. I was enthusiastic, active, and driven. I didn’t let the anxiety I began experiencing when I was roughly nine, the depression I began experiencing when I was 14, or the hypomania which started at age...
by Kristen King | Jun 29, 2018 | Addictions, Blog, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
One of my favorite things about the WRAP community is the sharing and mutual support that happens here. I particularly enjoy reading comments on the WRAP Facebook page, where WRAPpers from around the world share their ideas and experiences. In May, I shared my own...
by Kristen King | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
We’re ushering in the final days of spring and the beginning of summer here in Colorado, USA, and finally getting a break from the frigid temperatures that come with, well, three out of four seasons in the high country of the Rocky Mountains. After a year in my new...
by Darby Penney | May 17, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, For Facilitators, Key Concepts, News, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
Wellness Recovery Action Plan, known in the WRAP community as the Red Book, was recently revised, 20 years after it was first published. This involved a challenging balancing act: preserving WRAP’s essential structure, its key recovery concepts, and its values and...
by Mary Jaffe | May 17, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, News, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
Drumroll, please! After weeks of previews and months of hard work, I’m delighted to reveal the new WRAP visual identity and our first new book release. Visual Identity Meet the new WRAP logo. This logo combines the key colors of the WRAP family of books, along with...
by Katie Wilson | May 10, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, For Facilitators, Implementation & Evidence, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
I always learn a lot from co-facilitating WRAP groups and being in rooms with other WRAP Facilitators and people gathering to enhance their own wellness through connection and self-discovery. One experience that I’ll never forget is a time when another WRAP...