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Fighting for their Right to Fight: Women in the U.S. Military

    About this Episode In this episode, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee shares about her book, “A Few Good Women: America's Military Women from World War I to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan”. She reveals specific stories that were discussed with her in the interviews she conducted with Servicewomen from each...

Women in the Military: Special Contributions and Unique Challenges

About This Webinar: Women have made and continue to make special contributions to the military, however they also face unique challenges as service members. This webinar discusses those contributions as well as some of the challenges they face. Learning Objectives: Understand the demographics of women serving in the military Discover...

Helping Military Families Become More Resilient Through Various Transitions

  About this Episode This recording is of Jennifer Rea's blog Helping Military Families Become More Resilient Through Various Transitions.  Service members and their families face unique stressors in the various transitions they face (e.g., frequent moves). Through each transitional challenge, many military families are expected to maintain resilience all...

Today’s Military Spouses: Persevering Amidst Challenges and Barriers to Thrive in Various Educational and Career Contexts

About this Episode In this episode, Drs. Leandra Hernández and Jennifer Belding share what their edited book, “Military Spouses with Graduate Degrees: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Thriving amidst Uncertainty ” is all about. As fellow military spouses themselves and experts who study topics related to service members and their families, they...

A New Initiative: Families Tackling Tough Times Together

About this Episode: In this Let’s Talk Transitions! Podcast, I chat with Dr. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth. Shelley is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Purdue University and the Director of the Center for Families, as well as the Director for the Military Family Research...

Dual-Military Couples and Women in the Military: Balancing Career & Family

  About this Episode: In this Let’s Talk Transitions! Podcast, I chat with Dr. David Smith, former Navy pilot, current Associate Professor of Sociology, and a driven researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of gender, work and family issues. In this episode, our conversation centers on the topic of...

Transition GPS: Helping to Make Military Members and Their Families’ Lives Better

  About this Episode: In this Let’s Talk Transitions! podcast, Jenny Rea chats with Mr. Troy Field, a Personal Financial Manager at the Fleet and Family Support Center on board the Naval Air Station located in Meridian, Mississippi. Our conversation centers on the Transition Assistance Program, now titled, Transition GPS...

MoneyTalk: Managing the Financial Impact of COVID

COVID-19 reached American soil months ago and, for many people, mental and/or physical fatigue are palpable. Sheltering in place has gotten very “old” and weeks with a reduced (or no) income have thrown the finances of millions of households into a tailspin. Studies show that prolonged “paycheck to paycheck” living can sap mental bandwidth and stress mental health to the point that people are simply not fully functioning.

What can people do? The only thing that they can do. Create some semblance of a routine and focus on things that they can control. In this podcast episode, Dr. O’Neill and I discuss ways that personal financial managers and other helping professionals can help military families navigate change, loss, and uncertainty in this turbulent time.

Back to School: Special Needs & Social Distancing

In this webinar, we provide resources to service providers so they can help parents and caregivers work with teachers to address questions as they prepare for back to school for their loved one with special needs.