How often have you been asked ‘how are you feeling today’ and answered the question truthfully? We usually answer with a quick ‘I’m fine’ or ‘good’. However, the answer to this question can differ from person to person, especially amongst those who are suffering from prolonged mental health distress.
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PTSD Awareness: Supporting Our Heroes on the Home Front
When the brave men and women of our Armed Forces take the oath to defend our freedoms, they are committing their minds and bodies to protect our nation at all costs. For over eight million service members and veterans, the effects of war and service have led to PTSD, putting strains on their relationships, careers, and overall well-being. Understanding this impact on our military community and their families, Hope For The Warriors works each and every day to provide resources, programs, and services dedicated to improving the quality-of-life for all those with PTSD.
AWTR Show #902: Honeymoons, Hiccups, and Hope
For today’s Milspouse Empowerment Moment, Kathleen shares her journey to adopt a child. She likes to say this journey is filled with honeymoons, hiccups, and hope. Kathleen shares three reasons why military families make such great sportive parents.
Partnership Provides Path to Extra Income for Military Spouses
“We need some extra income.” It’s a phrase that has been uttered in most every military home at one time or another. It is usually followed by “how” and “where.” Hope For The Warriors and Milspo Academy powered by CareerDash are attempting to answer both the “how” and the “where” for the military spouse and caregiver community by creating a partnership to help in the search for meaningful education and employment opportunities.
How to Model Resilience For Your Children
Spring means many things to many people. Warmer weather. Flowers blooming. Allergies attacking. For military families, though, there’s a totally different meaning: it’s permanent change of station time, that time every April and May when we receive orders for our next duty station.
AWTR Show #891: NMFA + Bloom: Empowering the Military Teen
Military teens face many obstacles that include making friends, moving often, and enduring parental deployments. But perhaps the biggest challenge is the consequences of these obstacles and trying to maintain your mental health. There is a big community and support for military spouses and young military children, but there is a gap in the support when it comes to the military teen. Bloom saw this gap and set out on a mission of empowering the military teen.
AWTR Show #889: Sesame Street
Do you have young kids? Are you not sure of how to talk with them about the challenges of this military life? Don’t worry, because Sesame Street for Military Families is here for you.
AWTR Show #888: Preparing For Month of the Military Child
April is the month of the military child and that allows us to pay tribute to the resiliency of our military children. This month brings awareness to some things military children deal with mentally and to show our appreciation for what they do. So for this week’s Milspouse Empowerment Moment, Amber will give you some things you can do during this month to celebrate military children. She also shares resources for virtual events for military children.
AWTR Show #886: 5 Tips to Help Master Milspouse Motherhood
For this week’s MEM, Amanda B. is sharing her tips for how to master milspouse motherhood. Amanda reminds fellow milspouse mothers to not give into mom guilt.
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