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The Military Wife Blog
Welcome to my military wife blog, where I share practical tips, heartfelt truths, personal stories, and actionable steps to help you thrive as a military wife. Whether you want to know how to survive deployment, where to find military wife support, the truth about intimacy after deployment, or tips for navigating life as a military mom, you’ve come to the right place. No topic is off-limits! Dive into articles about how to be resilient, ways to overcome spouse deployment depression, and more to improve your experience as a military wife.
It’s not often someone can say, “I know what you’re going through,” and mean it. But I do. I know what it’s like when your spouse is gone all the time. I know the pain of feeling disconnected from your husband while he’s away and home. I know the struggle of waiting to get pregnant because of a deployment, being pregnant during deployment, and losing a baby. I know it’s hard watching your kids struggle with their dad being gone and fearing for his safety. I know what it’s like to feel alone, scared, and overwhelmed with everything that comes with being a military wife. I also know how to make the most of military wife life and thrive during deployments, and I talk about it all in my military wife blog. Enjoy!
How to Stop Being Offended So Easily and Live an Empowered Military Wife Life
Are you tired of getting offended? Are you ready to live a life where you don’t take things so personally? Where you don’t allow what other people say and do affect what you believe about yourself? As a military wife, you already have so much on your plate. You don’t need the added weight of …
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The Military Wife’s Guide to How to Have More Energy
Raise your hand if you would love to have more energy. *Raises hand.* Energy is amazing. It allows us to do more things, create more things, and be the military wife, mom, friend, co-worker, boss, or neighbor we want to be. Energy is a valuable resource, like time and money. And when we have energy, …
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Hey Military Mom: Here’s How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids
I know I called this blog post how to stop yelling at your kids, but if I’m being honest, that isn’t very realistic in my experience as a military mom. A more realistic title would be: How to yell at your kids a lot less. It’s not as exciting or catchy as “how to stop …
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How to Deal with Deployment Separation and Keep Your Marriage Strong While He’s Gone
Whether you’re preparing for your first deployment or are in the middle of one right now, you might be wondering how to deal with deployment separation. Being separated from the person you love for months, even years at a time can be so hard. Thinking about how much you miss them hurts, but not thinking …
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5 Deployment Reintegration Tips for Military Wives When Your Spouse Returns
Are you counting down the days? The days until your spouse returns from deployment and you’re finally reunited? I’ve been there! I know the anticipation, the excitement, and the relief. But I also know some other, more complicated and confusing, feelings slip in there too. So, if you’re also feeling nervousness, anxiousness, worry, stress or …
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How to Take Care of Yourself to Avoid Becoming an Unhappy Military Wife
Military wife life comes with some unique challenges, from coping with deployments to dealing with the day-to-day stresses of life in the military. Fortunately, over the past 15 years (and after A LOT of trial and error), I’ve discovered how to take care of myself to avoid becoming an unhappy military wife. Want to know …
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Goal Setting for Military Wives: 6 Truths to Help You Accomplish Big Things
Have you set a goal you want to achieve so that you can feel a certain way? If so, you need to know this: You don’t need to accomplish a goal to feel how you want to feel; you can feel that way now. In fact, working on goals from a place of want rather …
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6 Military Spouse Mental Health Tips to Feel Better Today
Being a military wife is not for the faint of heart, and your mental health can quickly take the brunt of it, especially during deployments and trainings. What challenges do military spouses face? Just take a moment to read through these statistics that shed some light on military spouse mental health: 88% of military spouses …
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How to Make Yourself a Priority as a Military Wife (and Mom)
As a military wife, there will be times you feel like you are always putting others first. You take care of your family, home, and husband—and unfortunately, it often feels like it needs to be at the expense of taking care of yourself. As women, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make …
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5 Time Management Tips for Military Wives You Haven’t Tried Yet
Time is one of our most precious resources. However, if you’re the spouse of a service member, you know how tough it can be to manage your time. Between work, family, and taking care of your home alone at times, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Throughout my experience as a military wife and life coach, …
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Are You Ready to Build Resilience & Thrive as a Military Wife?
I am so excited to journey with you as your Military Wife Life Coach and help you move into a better place emotionally and mentally to face the challenges that come with military wife life confidently.