Category: Health and Wellness
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WRAP Affirmation for the Weekend: Keep the Ink Wet
Today’s Affirmation for the Weekend was contributed by, Communications Coordinator, Joshua Walters. Thanks Joshua!
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Peers Perspectives: SB803
PEERS Perspectives is a blog series that offers thoughts and reflections from our staff and community members on mental health, current events, and the ways they affect our lives. Today’s post on Bill SB803 is written by Communications Coordinator Joshua Walters California is not always part of the national conversation on peer support specialists because we…
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WRAP Wellness Tools: A Day at the Park
For more WRAP® support, visit PEERS’ WRAP® Program webpage, download the WRAP® app, and find out more about WRAP® online. By Portia Lee A Day in the Park Ongoing social distancing and the recent fires have me stuck inside. While inside I really miss the outdoors and being in nature. Yesterday, all by myself, I packed a lunch, grabbed a…
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WRAP Affirmation for the Weekend: Strong Go of Life
Today’s Affirmation for the Weekend was contributed by, Communications Coordinator, Joshua Walters. Thanks Joshua!
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WRAP® Sneak Preview: Values Clarification
PEERS is supporting you through your WRAP® journey with daily blog posts. On Wednesdays, we provide sneak previews of what you can expect when you join one of our ongoing WRAP® groups. This week’s sneak preview is a Values Clarification worksheet from PEERS Programs Outreach Coordinator and Advanced Level WRAP® Facilitator Kenneth Kozi Arrington. VALUES…
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PEERS Perspectives: Food as Medicine
By Leah Harris Food Insecurity, Mental Health, and the ‘Food as Medicine’ Movement in Alameda County. Did you know that consistent access to food is one of the most primary social determinants of not only physical health, but mental health as well? And with the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity is increasing in unprecedented ways, including…
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WRAP® Wellness Tools: Mellow Out Mix vs. Pick Me Up Playlist
For more WRAP® support, visit PEERS’ WRAP® Program webpage, download the WRAP® app, and find out more about WRAP® online. Wellness Tools Contributed by PEERS Office Coordinator Tasha Ceyan One of the wellness tools that I use is listening to music. Here are a few songs that I listen to: Mellow Out Mix: Turiya & Ramakrishna – Alice Coltrane Open…
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WRAP® Affirmations for the Weekend: This Weekend
Today’s WRAP® affirmation was contributed by Kenneth Kozi Arrington, Programs Outreach Coordinator. Thanks Kozi!
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WRAP® Sneak Preview: Stranger Things
For more WRAP® support, visit PEERS’ WRAP® Program webpage, download the WRAP® app, and find out more about WRAP® online. By Kenneth Kozi Arrington Hey! Pay Attention! Have you found yourself doing anything strange lately; I mean stranger than usual? For instance, have you tried to turn on or adjust the volume of your television with your cell phone…
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PEERS Perspectives: Why I Vote.
PEERS Perspectives is a blog series that offers thoughts and reflections from our staff and community members on mental health, current events, and the ways they affect our lives. Today’s post on voting is written by PEERS Interim Executive Director Jules Plumadore. I recently moved to a new apartment, and even before I was fully…