Recent Blog Posts

Working in a high-stress environment requires the use of stress-management techniques to mitigate long-term adverse impacts on a service member’s body, mind, and relationships. One such strategy that you can use daily in your work with military families is mindfulness. The Mayo Clinic describes mindfulness as a meditation practice to increase awareness of yourself, and your feelings and emotions in the present moment without judgment. Mindfulness reduces stress by incorporating breathing methods to relax the body and mind.

Think of your kidneys as the bouncers at the trendiest club in your body. They decide who gets to stay in (the good stuff) and who gets kicked out (the waste). But if the bouncers stop doing their job, things go awry.

Consider the experiences of a military-connected teen: one day, they might be deeply rooted in a community, and the next, they are adapting to a new school system in a different state, simultaneously navigating new social dynamics and the emotional complexities of a parent’s deployment. These multifaceted experiences, while fostering significant adaptability, can also impact social and academic continuity.

This blog discusses support for parents children are impacted by or exhibiting problematic behaviors, such as bullying behaviors.

Breastfeeding is the process of feeding an infant with milk from the breasts. All post-pregnancy female mammals, including humans, undergo lactation, the production of milk from the mammary glands to feed a newborn (Capuco & Akers, 2009). Breast milk is produced naturally under the control of hormones.