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...
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 Noralee Jones | Aug 9, 2022 | Articles, Blog, Body, Mind, Occupational, PCS / Moving, Personal Growth, Self Care
I am tired. I am tired ALL THE TIME. Not the kind of tired that a Diet Coke would cure, but the kind of tired that does not even seem to go away. You may think it is because I have four kids under the age of eight. And you’re not really wrong. They do keep me very...
