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Aug 08

Seven Keys to Investing Resilience

By Kristen Jowers Health and Well-Being

Financial resilience is the ability of an individual or family to withstand events (e.g., job loss, medical emergency, car repairs) that impact their income and/or assets. These incidents are often costly and unexpected.

Aug 03

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Ten Strategies for Addressing Food Insecurity With Military Families

By Kristen Jowers Community Engagement

From college students to older adults, nutrition and food security has become a critical challenge facing American families. Nutrition and food security is exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, inflation, and other forces.

Aug 02

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Addressing Key Questions About Attachment

By Robyn Health and Well-Being

By Kelly Bost, Ph.D. and Samantha Iwinski, M.S. In the webinar, “Making the Journey Towards Healthy Attachment” we discuss in greater detail the following: What is attachment? Components of Attachment Attachment Behaviors Attachment Behavioral System Attachment Relationship Classifications of Attachment Patterns Secure Insecure Anxious/Resistant/Ambivalent Insecure Avoidant Disorganized Why is attachment...

Aug 01

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Stories of Sacrifice and Support: Addressing Food Insecurity in Military Families

By Maggie Lucas Military Service and Family Life

For the past few years, food insecurity has become a more prevalent issue faced by an increasing number of families across the nation. The second issue of OneOp’s PowerUp digital magazine explores the impact of food insecurity on military service members and their families and highlights the great impact various programs and professionals have made on ensuring military families are food secure.

Aug 01

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Can Service Members Play With FIRE?

By Kristen Jowers Community Engagement

FIRE is an acronym for Financial Independence (FI), Retire Early. FIRE enthusiasts live frugally and invest a large part of their income to reach a “walking away number” where they can leave a 9-to-5 job and live life on their own terms decades before traditional retirement age.

Jul 31

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Helping Parents Through Youth Problem Behaviors

By Kalin Goble Military Service and Family Life

Adults, and parents/caregivers specifically, are the key to youth developing empathy, compassion, and positive social behaviors and responses. Read through a few guidelines for offering support to parents/caregivers whose youth are experiencing (or impacted by) problem behaviors.

Jul 27

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Back-to-School Strategies for Parents/Caregivers of Children with Special Needs

By Rachel Brauner Military Service and Family Life

As your child prepares to embark on a new academic year, this time can bring on a unique set of challenges and considerations. However, with proper planning, open communication, and a supportive approach, you can help pave the way for your children to experience a successful and enriching educational journey.

Jul 26

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What is the Impact of Food Insecurity on Chronic Diseases?

By Bethany Daugherty Health and Well-Being

Food insecurity can contribute to a low intake of nutritionally adequate foods that meet individuals’ dietary recommendations (Gundersen & Ziliak, 2015).

Jul 26

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Becoming a Strong Collaborative Communicator to Support Military-Connected Students

By Robyn Community Engagement

Understanding how to be a strong communicator is an essential skill when developing effective family-to-professional and professional-to-professional partnerships. Each one of us has a style when we communicate, and sometimes, that style may not align with our communicative intention. Knowing your communication style and the process in which you communicate may assist with enhancing feelings of mutual respect and create an environment where shared decision making can occur.

Jul 25

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Dangers of Leaving Money in Payment Apps

By Kristen Jowers Health and Well-Being

You pay for the meal and your friends quickly transfer their portion via a payment app to you and call it even. You leave the money in the app for the next time you need it. You can probably think of other ways that you and your clients routinely use payment apps in every day exchanges of goods and services. These types of peer-to-peer transactions are made fast, easy, and convenient with the use of payment apps. However, holding money in payment apps indefinitely has drawbacks that you will want to make your clients aware of.