by Jana Wanner, Guest Contributor As someone who suffers from anxiety, I know it can be difficult to be married into the military lifestyle. The millions of unknown possibilities … [Read more...]
How to Carve Out Time for Yourself When You Have No Time
If you are anything like me your days are packed with stuff from the moment you wake up until you fall asleep - work, meetings, networking events, lunch with friends, volunteering, taking care of … [Read more...]
How to Get in the Swing of Healthy Eating During Deployment
When our service members are gone, us military spouses do one of 2 things: We either eat chocolate and junk food while drinking our wine or we decide to eat healthy. Honestly, I’ve done both and … [Read more...]
8 Races You Want to Add to Your Bucket List
Running seems to be sweeping through the military spouse community. Between those who were already runners before the military life and those who joined through running clubs, like Stroller … [Read more...]
15 Must-Have Apps for Every Day of Your Military Life
by Sylvia Salas Brown, Guest Contributor Imagine yourself on Day One. Whether you are a brand-spanking new military spouse or a seasoned military spouse who just did another PCS and your HHGs have … [Read more...]
3 Ways You’re Stressing Yourself Out (and How to Stop the Madness)
Have you ever wondered if you are stressing yourself out? I know I'm guilty. I've been known to maintain a ridiculously relentless pace of 110% enforced on me, by me. Here are 3 things I know I'm … [Read more...]
How to Stay Sane When You Are Insanely Busy
by Melissa Schoonover, Guest Contributor Alarm. Lunches. Work. Kids. Dog. Spouse. Activities. Weekend. Repeat. When you signed up to become a military spouse, you found that on top of keeping … [Read more...]
How to Embrace Nights of Nothingness
Now that summer is in full force, life seems to be on hyperdrive. At least, it feels like that for me. I have several volunteer commitments coming up, trips planned with my husband before a TDY and a … [Read more...]
Don’t Let Separation, Deployment Just Happen to You
by Maggie Phillips, Guest Contributor “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Allow me to share a tale of two separations. Let’s start with the separation that was the best of … [Read more...]
Learning to Love Your Alone Time
Ever since I was a small child, I have thrived on having time to myself. I would always rather read a book by myself than go to a party with all my friends. This is a trait that I've had to learn to … [Read more...]