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Summer is the time to try something new
In the last few years, summer has always been the time that my husband and I moved to a new place. This year, we moved in March, so we’re looking forward to enjoying our first summer here in New Mexico. Being in a new place this summer gives us the opportunity...
News 6 Mashup: May 17, 2021
Here are the top stories for the week of May 17, 2021, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
• DTS Slated for Replacement
• Military Health System Consolidating Health Information
• Women Struggling to Pass ACFT
• This Week in History
Where to Find Mental Health Support
The month of May is both Military Appreciation Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. That they both fall in the same month may be coincidental, but it is a totally appropriate pairing.
To truly appreciate former and present members of our military, we need to understand the mental health challenges they face.
Eating Disorders Among Men: You Are Not Alone
In the U.S. alone, there are 30 million people who have a diagnosed eating disorder. Ten million of those people identify as male (as of 2021). Eating Disorder professionals suspect that even more adult and teenage men have eating disorders than this, but stay silent. Are you one of these silent sufferers? Are you worried your male loved one might be?
PCS Empowerment: Beauty and Organization by List & File
It’s true. It’s that time again.
We’re coming up on PCS season in the military—that time of year when countless families all over the U.S. (and beyond) get ready to have their life packed up and moved (or if you’re brave, packing it yourself for a DITY). The PCS experience in and of itself can be an intense and even chaotic season of milspouse life, and we here at Army Wife Network have been there, done that—and will continue doing it “moving” forward (Yes, pun intended).
3 Things I Will Do This PCS Season
PCS Season is upon us, and as I write this, I have just completed my first real PCS with the Army. During my last move, I just packed what I could and flew to my duty station. Before that, the duty station was within driving distance, so I packed up myself and I drove. This time, however, I had the Army move me because driving from Alaska to Tennessee did not sound enjoyable to me.
How to Cope with Milspouse Anxiety
I have always considered myself to be a Type A personality. I have a penchant for schedules and details and a dislike of chaos and running late. The thought of missing a deadline at school or work is enough to send my heart racing. Lists and calendars bring me inner peace, while last-minute plans give me a stomachache. Some might say, kindly, that I am just a driven, focused woman. However, after more than 30 years of living and nearly a decade as a milspouse, I have to give credit for these behaviors to a different cause entirely.
Anxiety.
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