Tag: self care
I Found Myself In A Rut, and Back Out Again
It’s easy, a little too easy, to get bogged down with the day-to-day aspects of life and fall into a rut. Sometimes just getting...
I’m Dirty and I Know It
The other day my daughter came into our room to wake me up for the day and greeted me by saying, "Mommy, you forgot...
Adjusting Your Parenting When Your Spouse Comes Home
Like many military spouses, my husband traveled frequently when our first daughter was born.
Often when he would come home, our daughter would treat him like a...
The Struggle to Choose Joy
We’ve been at our new duty station for a little over seven months now, so we have passed the “adjustment period” of a typical...
Stop the Cycle of Comparison: Choosing Joy Over Jealousy
Have you felt it before? It’s that sinking feeling of annoyance and “why not me” when you see “#blessed” in a friend’s picture from...
Setting the Tone: Choosing Optimism
We've all been there. It's PCS time, and we miss the things we left behind. We miss the familiarity of knowing where all our...
January Book Club Questions
If you are like us, you are finally getting back into what is normal life after the holidays. Between the holiday parties, school events, days...
6 Life Hacks for a New Year
Welcome to another brand new year. This season is ripe with reflection and resolutions. Everyone I know is eager to wipe the slate clean...
5 Resolutions Military Spouses SHOULD Make This Year
It’s a new year, and many of us are making new goals and resolutions for 2018. I’m a planner, and I love to make...
How to Get a Free Christmas Care Package Through Support Military...
Christmas is quickly approaching, and if you're anything like me then you're now entering panic mode.
Between Christmas shopping and budgeting and planning a holiday...
Cognitive Restructuring for the Military Spouse: How to Turn Your...
Ever feel like you’re on a merry-go-round of negativity? Like your gut reactions line up a liiiiittle too well with Debbie Downer?
Then you might...
15 Signs The PT Test is Approaching
Once or twice a year it happens; the required military Physical Fitness Test (PT Test). And we all know when it's approaching, don't we?...