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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 Be More Confident in Yourself as a Military Wife, Mother, and Woman

    How to Be More Confident in Yourself as a Military Wife, Mother, and Woman

    You’re here because you want to know how to be more confident in yourself. 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…

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  • How to Stop Being Offended So Easily and Live an Empowered Military Wife Life

    How to Stop Being Offended So Easily and Live an Empowered Military Wife Life

    Are you wondering how to be less 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…

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  • The Military Wife’s Guide to How to Have More Energy Throughout the Day

    The Military Wife’s Guide to How to Have More Energy Throughout the Day

    Raise your hand if you would love to know how to have more energy throughout the day. *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…

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  • Hey Military Mom: Here’s How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids When Angry

    Hey Military Mom: Here’s How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids When Angry

    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 Avoid Marriage Problems After Deployment

    How to Deal with Deployment Separation and Avoid Marriage Problems After Deployment

    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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  • Prepare for Reintegration After Deployment with 5 Tips for Military Wives

    Prepare for Reintegration After Deployment with 5 Tips for Military Wives

    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, when it comes to reintegration after deployment. So, if you’re…

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  • Feeling Like an Unhappy Military Wife? Transform Your Life!

    Feeling Like an Unhappy Military Wife? Transform Your Life!

    Do you ever feel like an unhappy military wife? If so, you’re not alone. 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…

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  • What’s Goal Setting, and Why Is It Important for Military Wives?

    What’s Goal Setting, and Why Is It Important for Military Wives?

    You’ve probably heard that setting S.M.A.R.T. goals is the key to accomplishing big things. But what’s goal setting, really? And why is it so important for military wives to set and achieve goals? While there are numerous goal-setting exercises and strategies, the power it setting goals is knowing this: You don’t need to accomplish a…

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  • 6 Military Spouse Mental Health Tips to Feel Better Today

    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: Do you relate to…

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  • How to Make Yourself a Priority as a Military Wife (and Mom)

    How to Make Yourself a Priority as a Military Wife (and Mom)

    Do you feel like you’re always putting others first and want to know how to make yourself a priority? As a military wife, 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…

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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.