by Julie Tully | May 30, 2023 | Articles, Community, Mental, Personal Growth, Purpose
Let’s face it, modern military life is not easy. Especially for military spouses, faced with the unspoken belief that we should be grateful for our lifestyle and dutifully play the role of unpaid support staff. When it feels like life is just one thing after another,...
by Noralee Jones | May 17, 2023 | Articles, Body, Personal Growth, Purpose, Wellness Unfiltered
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 conversations so...
by Courtney Boyer | Dec 15, 2022 | Articles, Blog, Body, Mental, Mind, Personal Growth, Purpose, Self Care
Girl, you have got to set some better boundaries!” I heard the woman behind me tell her friend “I know, I know,” her friend said in agreement. “It’s just so hard sometimes.” “Boundaries” is one of those buzzwords. It seems to be the perfect answer for any issue....
by Jessica Wright | Nov 17, 2022 | Articles, Blog, Creative, Mental, Purpose, Self Care, Stress Relief
I grew up as an only child on a farm in Northwest Ohio, lost my mom when I was eleven, and I didn’t really start dating until my late twenties. Then I married my military husband in my early thirties. Suffice it to say, I’ve felt alone for quite a bit of my...
by Christina Tello | Nov 10, 2022 | Articles, Blog, Creative, Mind, Personal Growth, Purpose, Self Care, Stress Relief
The thoughts we think to ourselves and the words we write down hold just as much weight as the words we speak out loud. One of the ways writing can help is in coping with trauma. Trauma comes in all different forms, shapes, and sizes, and can affect our lives in...
by Kristin Cosmas | Aug 31, 2022 | Articles, Community, Family, PCS / Moving, Purpose
We were preparing for my daughter’s first day of Kindergarten at her new school. She was five years old and we had recently moved across the world to a new country. Our first few months had been spent acclimating ourselves to a different culture, public transit, and a...