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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!
Life of a Military Wife: Answering the Top 10 Military Wife Questions
Being a military wife is not for the faint of heart. It takes a strong, independent woman to handle all the challenges that come with the territory. From constant moves to long deployments, military wives have to be ready for anything. And yet, despite all the difficulties, there is something incredibly rewarding about being a …
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How to Be More Flexible in Life as a Military Wife
You’re someone who likes to make plans. But you know (from personal experience) that life doesn’t always go as planned, especially not life as a military wife. So, you want to know how to be more flexible–with yourself, your schedule, the kids, the people around you, last-minute changes, differing personalities and opinions. Well, you’re in …
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Military Spouse Stress is Real: Here’s How to Feel Less Stressed
Do you feel stuck–like you’ll never be able to break free from the overwhelming pressures of military life? Is your stress escalating–like it gets more intense daily, and you don’t know how to slow it down? Do you want to know how to feel less stressed out, but you’re starting to wonder if it’s even …
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What is Resilience Coaching for Military Wives? 3 Ways a Resilience Coach Helps
Resilience. It’s often defined as the ability to bounce back from adversity. But I think it’s more than that. To me, resilience is the capacity to endure difficulties and setbacks while still maintaining a positive outlook and a sense of hope. But how do you do that, especially as a military wife dealing with a …
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How to Feel More Confident as a Military Wife, Mother, and Woman
You’re here because you’re looking for new ideas, thoughts, and ways to feel more confident. And I’m so glad you’re here because confidence feels amazing. And you deserve to feel amazing! Whether you’re looking for how to be a confident mom, how to be a confident wife, or how to be a confident woman–no matter …
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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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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.