Category: Health and Wellness
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Affirmation for the Weekend: Everything Shifts
Today’s Affirmation for the Weekend was contributed by, Communications Coordinator, Joshua Walters. Thanks Joshua!
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Sneak Preview: Yet Another Holiday Season
For more WRAP® support, visit PEERS’ WRAP® Program webpage, download the WRAP® app, and find out more about WRAP® online. By Portia Lee Greetings, Blessings and Happy October to you and yours. As this year plunges ahead we are on the threshold of yet another holiday season. One that comes with COVID-19 and it’s stipulations – social distancing, masks and…
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PEERS Perspectives: A Victory for Peer Support
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 Mental Health perspective is written by Program Evaluation Specialist Sarah Marxer A Victory for Peer Support Peers in California achieved a major victory on September 25,…
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Wellness Tools: Nana’s Advice
For more WRAP® support, visit PEERS’ WRAP® Program webpage, download the WRAP® app, and find out more about WRAP® online. By Joshua Walters I asked my grandmother, Nana, on the week of her 100th birthday if she had any secrets for getting older. All she said was that she takes it one day at a time. At that time Nana lived…
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WRAP® Affirmation for the Weekend: Just Like Me
Today’s WRAP® affirmation was contributed by Kenneth Kozi Arrington, Programs Outreach Coordinator. Thanks Kozi!
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WRAP Sneak Preview: Crisis Plan
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. CRISIS…
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PEERS Perspectives: An Open Letter to Alex Mandel
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 is written by Communications Coordinator Joshua Walters Alex, Whenever it seems like this country is going to hell, I think of you all the way…
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WRAP® Wellness Tools: Harvest Full Moon Meditation, Light Hope & Peace
For more WRAP® support, visit PEERS’ WRAP® Program webpage, download the WRAP® app, and find out more about WRAP® online. By Kenneth Kozi Arrington Using meditation as a wellness tool allows one to go within, quiet the mind and release tension, apprehension, and fear, as well as soothe one’s spirit. Meditation will also: Allow the connection between body and mind…
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WRAP Affirmation for the Weekend: Thinking
Today’s Affirmation for the Weekend was contributed by, Zakiya Johnson Thanks Zakiya!
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Male Menopause Mental Health Guild
You’ve probably heard of the menopause in women, but did you know men go through a similar hormonal change as they age? The male menopause, or andropause, is often triggered when men reach their 40s. In fact, as many as 30% of men can expect some sort of physical change to their bodies when they reach this…