It is possible that right about now, you could be threadbare and exhausted, not quite sure how it's all going to work out- let alone if you have the stamina or grit to do the work building a life in a new place requires. I get it, I've been there. Don't give up.
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Keep Your Courage
by Sarah Sandifer
For the military wives who are overwhelmed, who are exhausted, who are lonely or scared or stressed, who keep going but sometimes need to be reminded how, exactly, to keep going. Consider this podcast your weekly reminder: You're not alone and you're gonna make it. Sarah Sandifer guides you into a way of living military life where you keep your courage no matter what, so that even in the chaos you have a strong center that holds.
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It's true that sometimes we have to keep going. Unless, of course, we can't. Sometimes we need to say yes to things, but there are times that we need to say no. This might be an assignment where you need to be different than before- say no to things that don't serve you for this time. It might be ex…
In military world, we feel the chaos and transition of the PCS season whether we are the ones moving or not. There is such a rhythm of change this life that even if we are the ones staying, in many ways we still feel the newness of having to start over when our people had to move. I have found these…
During times of complete military chaos like PCS season, I want to walk around with a poster board exclaiming "Do you see me and everything I'm having to do?!" We go through so much during a move but it is so much more than just changing location from one place to another. If you're in the middle of…
In a lifestyle like the military when everyone else around you is living a similar pace- and chaos!- it's easy to not notice how very much you carry as it all just blends together. But every little bit of it adds up to the making of our lives, the beautiful and the hard parts of it. If you need a re…
Place is a main character in our story in the military life - as it changes frequently when either we have to change places, friends are leaving to change places, or Daddy might be going to a different place for a time. Maybe today you need the reminder that though pcs season can make us feel especi…
A special summer season dedicated to the ones PCSing with the miltary. No matter if this is your first move or your tenth, this is a special level of stress in this military life that can take us to the end of ourselves. If you're feeling a little untethered today, not really belonging to one place …
This time of year, you might be aware that this season is supposed to be the season of hope, peace, joy, and love... but you can't quite see it. Even in the dark seasons, there's a way to get through. Listen in.
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Chances are that you might be entering the holiday season already weary. Maybe you just moved and the dust is still settling. Maybe you have a new job or a new baby or a new life rhythm and it's hard to imagine how you're going to keep going... and yet you must. How do you begin a season when you're…
It's so easy to see whatever on-ramping season you're in right now as the transitional period you have to live in in order to get you to THAT place in your life when it feels more settled or you have your group of friends or the baby is a little bit older or you find that elusive work/life balance a…
Sometimes life feels like you're in the middle of the miracle. And then sometimes it feels like you got walloped by a curveball. What do you even do with that? Listen in, we talk all about it.
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Sometimes it can feel like nobody understands the toll that the military life takes- the uncertainty, the demands from constant interruptions, how many people need us but we need to keep going even when our own heart is broken.
If you feel alone, unseen, like maybe no one understands what it's real…
One of the most common experiences I hear from military wives is best summarized with "I'm just trying to get through today." Not all, but so much of military life is lived in those threadbare places- overwhelmed from a move, exhausted in the middle of a deployment, stressed from finding work or par…
I bet I'm not the only one where my life doesn't necessarily look the way I thought it would or fit in a neat and tidy box. There's so much about military life that forces us into creativity- to look at something in a new way to see how it has actually been serving us or how we have been serving oth…
There's so many seasons of life, and especially in military life, when stressors aren't necessarily going to disappear. We can't exactly control any of that. But there are some things we can control, and today's episode might give you something you need to make it through your next stressful moment.…
If proximity builds connection, what do we do when so much of our military marriage is spent not in proximity to each other? Is it still possible to to have a strong connection and marriage? I fully believe it does, and I want you to experience it, too.
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It's not always easy or simple to build community and I know how it feels if it's been lonely and hard. But I have found my save-my-life girls by showing up again and again with the determined belief that my girls are out there. Let's talk about making friends in the military life.
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