Problem-solving is more than fixing what’s broken—it’s a core skill for staying calm, thinking clearly, and adapting when challenges show up at work or in training. This blog breaks down the difference between everyday and professional problem-solving, offers simple reflection and practice tools, and shares strategies for providers to teach these skills in ways that build confidence and resilience over time.
Collective action doesn’t rise or fall on org charts or agreements—it depends on the invisible infrastructure of trust. Drawing on our Practicing Connection podcast series, this blog post explores five dimensions of trust that shape whether people feel they belong, speak honestly, follow through, care for one another, and honor local wisdom. Strengthening these everyday foundations can make collaboration in support of military and veteran families more sustainable and more effective.
Nutrition and sleep are more connected than you might think. In this blog, we explore how what we eat can influence how we sleep — and how sleep patterns, in turn, affect dietary choices and overall health. It’s a bidirectional relationship with meaningful implications for wellbeing.
Military spouses face frequent relocations, systemic barriers, and emotional strain, making career growth challenging. This post explores how cognitive information processing (CIP) theory offers an evidence-based framework for addressing both the practical and psychological dimensions of career decision-making. By integrating structure, self-knowledge, and emotional awareness, CIP provides career practitioners with tools to better support military spouses in building agency and clarity amid ongoing change.
Financial secrecy, whether it’s hidden debt, undisclosed spending, or secret savings, can be a source of conflict in relationships, creating rifts that spill into financial and therapeutic counseling sessions. When couples avoid discussing money or start keeping financial secrets, the consequences can have ripple effects in other areas of their relationship. What drives these behaviors, and how can service providers help couples navigate financial secrecy?
Employment challenges faced by military spouses can significantly affect mental health, with research showing higher rates of depressive symptoms among those who are unemployed or underemployed. This blog explores how frequent relocations, military-related stress, and barriers to employment intersect—and highlights resources that can help support spouses’ well-being.
Teamwork is about more than working with others; it’s about building cooperation, trust, and shared responsibility. When you can reliably contribute to a team, you build confidence. That confidence helps you bounce back from challenges. In other words, strong teamwork supports resilience. In many workplaces, jobs aren’t done alone. Employers look for people who can collaborate, share tasks, communicate differences, and support each other. In this blog, learn how you can boost collaboration and teamwork in the workplace.
Moving on average every 2-3 years, military kids face change quite often (DOD, 2023). These changes are often familiar, yet uniquely challenging. One of these often familiar changes is military family relocation to a new military installation, a new community, and a new school. Changes like these lead to the disruption of established friendships and can also affect academic progress.
Some purchases are considered “big ticket,” meaning they cost more than a single paycheck. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2025), service members often borrow more, put less down, pay higher APRs, and take longer loan terms than the general population. Explore ten tips to guide service members through the car-buying process.
This post-webinar recap highlights a recent session focused on expanding global talent by improving employment opportunities for foreign-born and OCONUS military spouses. Participants—including service providers, career counselors, and community leaders—examined the unique challenges these spouses encounter and explored practical, locally informed strategies to address them. The discussion emphasized how strong partnerships and accessible resources are essential to helping spouses build meaningful, sustainable careers.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Number 2023-48770-41333.
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