Mary Ellen Copeland’s work in the Key

Concepts of WRAP states,

“You can get well and stay well for long periods of

time.”

It is wonderful for me to have WRAP as a way of life that encourages me to be

proactive about challenges by creating Action Plans and developing self

awareness.

Mary Ellen Copeland in WRAP states, “sometimes it is

about taking back control you have

lost.”

I am in charge!

In WRAP means setting personal goals & working toward meeting them by:

• Chronic Illness Commonalities• Online Support and Social Networking• Fighting Back and Organizing against your

disease• WRAP Support groups are a mutual learning

experience that encourage us to get together and support each other based on good values and ethics.

• Exercise• Food Log• Mindful Eating

•Health Coaching•Tai Chi •Reiki

•Clean Healthy Teeth kills sweet cravings, so

does water!

•Nutrient Dense Diet•Positive Thinking

•Mixing 75% water with 25% juice

• Gratefulness for Food, Body, and Life

• Don’t rely completely on quick fixes through

technology

• Redefine Normal for U

• Set realistic goals

• I don’t have to accept not feeling well and I won’t stop trying till I do

How I am when I feel well

Things I need to do everyday to stay well

• Check Blood Sugar

• Eat at least three balanced meals

• Snack on healthy foods

• Exercise 20 minutes before and after work

• Be grateful for my life

Things I might choose to do occasionally to stay well:

Read about success stories with diabetesGo On a Diabetes fundraising Walk

• Caffeine

• Junk Food

• Poor food options

• Food Effects Mood

• Failed diets and exercise programs

Hunger

Nausea High or Low Blood Sugars

• My wife can’t wake me up

•Starvation and The Niagara Effect

•Eyes rolling back into my head

•High Hemoglobin ha1c count

• Diabetic Emergencies

• New Symptoms and Challenges

• Picking up the pieces

• Not giving up

• The power of expectations

“If you don’t find time for wellness sooner or later you will have to find time for illness.” -

Edward Stanley

Resources• An online community of people whose lives have been touched

by Diabetes run by the Diabetes Hands Foundation:http://www.tudiabetes.org

• WRAP Around The World: http://wraparoundtheworld.com • Pew Internet and American Life study:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/technology/25disable.html?hpw

• Copeland Center www.copelandcenter.com • Eric’s WRAP Corner http://ericswrapcorner.wordpress.com/• Available at www.mhrecovery.com

– The Worry Control Workbook by Mary Ellen Copepland– Fibromyalgia & Chronic Myofascial Pain by Mary Ellen Copeland