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 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 Ellen Copeland | Feb 23, 2022 | Blog, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Programs & Groups, WRAP Publications & Events
Have you been given a dire prognosis about your future because you experience mental health issues? Have you been told medications are the only treatment and that your “symptoms” will persist throughout your life? I am concerned that the word about RECOVERY from...
by WRAP and Recovery Books | Apr 28, 2021 | Blog, Justice Involvement, News, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Lee and Dennis Horton with Introduction by Lynn A. Miller, M.H.Ed., WRAP Associate, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) Introduction, by Lynn Miller I met Lee and Dennis when I was the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Mental Health Advocate and...
by Joel Quass (a.k.a. Depression Is Not My Boss) | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
“What do I look like when I am well?” I had never asked myself this question. So, I waited for the group to share what they had written. I ended up copying many of their responses into my workbook. After all, I was with a group of my peers, all taking WRAP training...