Family Resiliency Blog
Families Can Overcome PTSD; No One is Alone: One Spouse’s Story
By Andrea Carlile As I watched Tony Stark be overcome with anxiety and nightmares in Ironman 3, it reminded me of watching my husband experience similar symptoms after a second deployment. My thoughts drifted to how our heroes can crumble … Continue reading
The Beauty, Yes Beauty, of Moving
By Sharon Van Heest (This post also appeared on Military One Click.) The signs are everywhere. Signs that we’ve already lived here for a year. The time change and light into 8:00 pm. Humidity creeping into the endlessly bright forecast. … Continue reading
New Video on Youth Depression and Suicide Prevention Launches on National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
“Time to ACT” teaches young people about depression and offers vital intervention tools Childhood can be challenging enough, and the added stress of a mental health issue can make it even harder. Today, Thursday, May 9, is National Children’s Mental … Continue reading
The ABCs of Accessing Mental Health Care for Military Families
By Michelle Winning Military family members come in many forms. You could be a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or friend. Supporting a service member means that you are facing unique challenges that can be difficult and stressful. While stress is inevitable … Continue reading
Could Secondhand Drinking Be a Problem in Your Life?
By Lisa Frederiksen We are all familiar with the term secondhand smoke and how it refers to the negative effects someone experiences as a result of being exposed to another person’s cigarette smoke. However, we generally do not give as … Continue reading
The Military Spouse’s Job: Commander In Chief At Home
By Erin Rovak Henderschedt Every family has its challenges, of course, but the challenges that military families face are, most definitely, unique. Unlike people employed in other careers, a service man or woman has no choice but to put his or … Continue reading
Talking Sock Drawers and Tuna Curry: Coping With My Son’s Deployment
By Charli Prather, MSW LCSW OSW-C My son and I have a special language we share around the issue of deployment, and it involves his sock drawer. When a deployment is getting near, I ask him: “how many pairs of … Continue reading
Time, Talking and Preparation: Three Important Elements To a Good Homecoming
By Christine Leccese A Navy wife with four deployments under her belt, Danya Devine has come to know what works and what doesn’t when it comes to reintegration. She has some words of wisdom for other military families, especially those … Continue reading
A Key Ingredient in Military Friendships: Confidentiality
By Marjorie Morrison “Friendship is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” Muhammad Ali once said. So what does the term “friendship” really mean? I’ve always been … Continue reading
Resilient Marriage=Strong Marriage: Resiliency Training May Help Your Home Life Too
By Tracey Linegar Taylor We’ve all heard relationships take work. Military marriages are no different. In fact, because of the unique stressors these families face, like multiple moves, deployments and combat-related injuries, military marriages may take more work. So, how … Continue reading
