Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
How Can the Military Health System Help Me Through My Pregnancy?
Get advice from our military health experts, DHA. If you are facing a pregnancy, DHA is there to help guide you through military insurance and services.
5 Books to Help Kids With Deployment
Deployment is hard for most family members, but especially your kids. Military life comes with many challenges: changing schools, moving from place to place, saying goodbye to everyone they know, and starting over. These make being a military kid harder to deal with. It isn’t something they decided for themselves—it was chosen for them. As the parent, we have to teach our children how to deal with this type of stress. But the most stressful and hardest moment for most family members is deployment—especially for children. Fortunately, there are many books great for reading to children that can help with understanding and coping with deployment.
New Year, Same You—With Style
Every year, like clockwork, we start planning our New Year’s resolutions. We vow to have more gym time, drink more water, read a few extra books, and possibly curb the usage of a certain four-letter word.
Personally, I have several resolutions spinning around in my mind—my list keeps getting longer every day. I want to work on getting healthier for a possible addition to our family (wow, did I just say that out loud?). I’d also like to be more present for my family as we gear up for a possible deployment—to cherish the moments we have together.
How to Thrive as an Introverted Milspouse
My husband and I are opposites in so many ways, but most noticeably when it comes to the introverted vs. extroverted rankings.
Phil’s extroversion has played well into his military career. One time, he was staying in the barracks at Fort McCoy where there were open-bay toilets. He said he sat so close to the next man on the toilet that he could read his newspaper and joke around while each man did his “business.”
I’m still horrified!
Running is 60% Mental, 40% Physical
We have reached the end of another year.
Throughout the year I have offered training tips and profiles of athletes from a variety of backgrounds. There are many training programs, but how do you know which one is right for you? To be honest you don’t know. There is no magic program just like there is no magic diet program.
Everything will begin with you and what it is that you want.
Stop Comparing
Comparison is a thief.
It is destructive.
It can almost be classified as self harm when we compare our lives to those we envy.
Promoting Positive PCS Energy
It’s that time of year again! When “the lists” are sent out by branch managers to our service members with location and job options for an impending PCS move. Five months from now, our family will embark on yet another PCS (also known as “Arnett Adventure”) to add to our family historical chronicles.
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