How to Cultivate Holistic Wellness as a Military Spouse
Are you tired of feeling stressed, unfulfilled, and out of balance? If so, it might be time to embrace holistic wellness. Holistic wellness is generally defined as taking care of your mind, body, and soul together in order to achieve overall well-being. However, it...
Why Does Maternal Health Matter? My Personal Story Through Postpartum Depression
The Real Life Spouse Stories Series is part of InDependent’s Wellness Unfiltered™ program. It’s a platform for military spouses to share their struggles with tougher wellness topics. They’re sharing these stories to help with their healing, open up...
Day 3 – IWS23 Recap: Adult Children and Extended Family Relationships with Corie Weathers, LPC
Launching your child into adulthood Launching - I love that term. It immediately makes me think this is a positive movement forward. In this conversation, Corie expertly weaves a beautiful discussion into the adult relationships we, as military spouses, have or can...
Day 2 – IWS23 Recap: Parenting in Blended Families with Chaplain (LTC) Terrell Jones
I love military Chaplains. The number of times they have said the right thing or given my husband the perfect book that has pointed us in the right direction is too many to share. When I saw that Chaplain Jones would be speaking, I was excited to hear some profound...
Day 2 – IWS23 Recap: Holistic Care for Teens with Dr. Amber Mattingly
The forgotten age: I had never considered the pre-teen age as often left out or slotted into a different group entirely, but the truth hurts, and I realized Dr. Amber Mattingly was right. She beautifully opens us up to a world through a pre-teen’s eyes. She bends her...
Day 1 – IWS23 Recap: Cultivating Empathy in Early Childhood with Shermaine Perry-Knights
"I move a lot, and that's okay!" Listening to Shermaine, a military child and now an adult military child, gives us such deep insight into what military children go through and how parents can help their families along the way. As a mom who never moved as a...