Why Veterans Are Dropping the d in PTSD
For years, I’ve listened to veterans talk about PTSD. I’ve heard the stories, the struggles, the victories, and the setbacks. ...
Charliemadison Labs: A New Resource for Women Building Businesses in Real Life
For more than a decade, CharlieMadison Originals has been known throughout the military spouse community for creating meaningful jewelry that ...
Boundaries Are Not a Rebellion. They’re a Survival Skill.
Somewhere along the way, boundaries got a bad reputation. They started to sound like rejection. Like distance. Like a quiet ...
Free Ray-Ban Meta AI Smart Glasses Are Coming to Blind Veterans Nationwide
Shared from GIJobs.com Meta and Veteran Organizations Launch One of the Largest Assistive Technology Donations Ever For many veterans living ...
How Do I Shut the Intrusive Thoughts Out to Start Healing?
People think healing starts when the pain disappears. It doesn’t. Healing starts the moment you stop letting every intrusive thought ...
Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Room: PTS
Nobody likes talking about it. We’ll slap inspirational quotes on social media. We’ll post reunion videos at airports. We’ll thank ...
The Quiet Identity Crisis of the “Supportive” Spouse
How “supportive” can become erasure if you don’t fill your own cup alongside it. “Supportive” is one of the first ...
What We Learned When the Military Almost Let Him Go
When the plan breaks, you find out what actually matters. There are chapters in military life that no one really ...
What I Wish I Would’ve Known for Our First European Trip with Kids
My family just returned from our first European city break with our two girls, ages 6 and 8. Up to ...
The Summer We Stopped Pretending We Were Fine
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that military spouses know intimately. It’s the kind where your nervous system becomes ...
It’s Not the Location – It’s the People You Meet Along the Way
Recently, a local mum asked me if I miss living in the United States. We’ve been stationed in England for ...
The Military Taught Me How to Survive Summer—Not Enjoy It
Five Ways to Romanticize Your Summer Survival For years, summer felt less like a season and more like a tactical ...
Military Kids Don’t Get “Easy” Summers
Five Ways to Support Your Military Kids Through PCS Season For many military kids, summer doesn’t mean relaxation. It means ...
What the MSOY Town Hall Reminded Me About Showing Up
Some rooms just have a different energy. You walk in and something shifts — the noise level, the posture of ...
Stop Waiting on Orders to Start Living
There's a conversation I've had more times than I can count. It usually starts with a sigh. The kind that ...
How Much Life Insurance Military Families Really Need
Sponsored USAA Life Insurance Company and USAA Life Insurance Company of New York “How much life insurance is enough?” is ...
The Military Raised You Too
When Hannah, our oldest, was five years old, she started kindergarten without her dad. That sentence sounds small when written ...
Top 5 Schools for Military Spouses Using Education Benefits
Military spouses often face a unique challenge when it comes to education: building a career while constantly adapting to moves, ...
