by Noralee Jones | Mar 12, 2024 | Articles, IWS23, Personal Growth, Self Care
The InDependent Wellness Summit is our free, annual online event for all military and first responder spouses – past, present, and future. Learn more about the program here. We’re already halfway through the InDependent Wellness Summit recaps, and there’s...
by Sykora Zabel-Karr | Jan 30, 2024 | Articles, Blog, Mental, Mind, Personal Growth, Self Care
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...
by Alecia Ritzema | Jul 21, 2023 | Articles, Mental, PCS / Moving, Retirement, Self Care
After long-distance dating while my husband was stationed OCONUS during our early years and four moves in the first five years of marriage, it would be easy to think that handling transitions is a breeze for me. You’d probably assume I’m a professional in...
by Michelle Ann | Feb 16, 2023 | Articles, Blog, Body, Self Care
A proactive healthy lifestyle as a military family is living each day making good eating decisions, staying active, and having a positive mindset. There are so many little things military families can do on a daily basis to be proactive healthy military families. It...
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...