In this military life, it can feel like you are always the one that has to adjust, laying your desires down for the greater cause. It can leave you feeling like you are the supporting actor in somebody else's story. I've felt my soul a little faded from putting myself last for the sake of the military, but I have also felt myself come back alive, find that zing from doing something I, myself, love.

Listen in for ideas on how you can do the same.

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We talk a lot about making it through hard things together. How when we know we're not alone, we can get through any day.

But sometimes it's hard to know how to actually get through a day. Like, logistically, physically, literally. If this is you, you might need this one simple habit that has helped me with this very thing.

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The constant instability of military life can make it feel like we are surviving, not thriving. When I live by the principles that I talk about in this episode, I am able to handle the hard of military life with more ease. Even within the hard of military life, it's possible to live in alignment with what I value, who I am, and what I love. It's still possible. Let me show you how.

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Here we are, looking at a whole year ahead of us- all of the possibility but also, as we know in the military, all of the curveballs that we can’t even anticipate- 

What kind of person do you want to be as you go through it? 

Maybe you’re like me wanting to be able to handle everything the military life tosses at you and not have it knock you off your feet every time something hard happens.

This episode is all about ways we build that strong center that can hold us up no matter what.

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It's our final week of the Advent series. Maybe things went exactly as you thought they would this Advent season, maybe none of that happened. It's okay. You're here now. God's love shows up here, too. This is the whole Christmas story.

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We hear a name of God a lot this time of year- Immanuel- and it means God with us. As a military wife, that means a lot to me to know that no matter what we go through, God is with us. And because we have seen what that looks like, we can go and be with others. 

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We military wives know what it's like to wait for someone. Waiting for him to come back home is intertwined with the hope of relief, the hope that things will be better when we are back together. I think knowing the feeling of anticipation, of waiting, can serve us well, here, in this season of Advent. Listen in.

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A lot of us are walking into Advent with a limp. A lot of us are exhausted, threadbare, needing rest. But it’s not like world events get put on pause to allow us to be still and pause to ponder the season of Advent. It’s not like units stop training, or a PCS is halted for a little bit. The military world just keeps on rolling. My hope is that over these next 4 Advent Tuesdays, these minutes that we have together are one little way, maybe the only way, you get to pause for a bit.

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I don’t know about you, but I can say it’s true for me- I’ve done the anxious, unsettled, panicky fear-driven posture toward military life and wondering what’s-next, and I’ve also done, or at least tried to do one that’s more rooted in trust. When you're waiting to hear where you're moving to next, waiting for orders, waiting for someone else to make a choice about your future, life can feel out of control. We talk all about how to handle that in this episode. Listen in. 

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Episode 4: Take Care of Your Own Self

No one ever told us how hard it would be to make friends as an adult. Throw in frequent moves and military life, and needing community but not having it is a common theme in military spouse life. It doesn't have to be. Showing up, being brave, and putting yourself out there is crucial. I'll show you how in this episode.

Mentioned in this episode: Episode 11, Believe You Have What You Need.

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