by Webmaster | Mar 31, 2017
I, Joana Arcangel, am a peer with lived experience – meaning I identify with mental health recovery. At the Hacienda of Hope and through our organization, Project Return Peer Support Network, we utilize these experiences and focus on strength-building through a...
by Webmaster | Oct 17, 2016
These days I am learning how to cope with being older and needing to find time in my life to take good care of myself, to enjoy my extended family that includes children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and a wonderful group of close friends. If it were not for...
by Webmaster | Oct 12, 2016
I have been thinking about where WRAP came from. It is such fun to go back and visit those times. I had compiled my data, started giving workshops based on what I learned (even though a psychiatrist told me I could never lead a workshop) and even began writing a book...
by Webmaster | Oct 5, 2016
I sent out postcards to national, regional and local mental health agencies and organizations asking people to write or call me if they were willing to share their experiences. This was almost ten years before e-mail. E-mail and the Internet would have made this so...
by Webmaster | Oct 1, 2016
All my life, as I struggled with deep sadness, and sometimes-scary elation, I thought there was some way I could get this under control. I always had hope that there was a different way. But it wasn’t until I started reaching out to others who had similar life...
