We get to meet so many different incredible people through all of our military assignments. Have there been friendships in your life that have been a constant thread for you no matter the time or distance? We talk about why this is so important!

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Happy 100 episodes! In this special episode, we talk about the question "If you could give your younger self who is just entering the military one piece of advice, what would that be?" So many of you sent in your own answers as well as hundreds of other spouses and so in this episode we talk about what is something you wish you had known as you began this journey in the military? Listen in for what you wish you had known too, or maybe some hard-won wisdom that might help you!

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The military life causes us to reckon with how much we don't know about our future when we're not the ones deciding our future. There's so much uncertainty with our spouses' jobs, assignments, moves, a world in crisis. But are we the only ones who can't see what's next? Here's what we do about it. Listen in. Find Sarah on Instagram! 

Military life asks so much of those who serve in it and marriages have to endure a lot of time apart. There's so many experiences we have without each other and it can be hard to bridge the gap. What if we could use the military life as a tool to push us closer together though rather than farther apart? Let's talk about it.

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If you pay attention to it, I bet you'll notice a lot of us using language around sinking: On a really hard day of a deployment, a text comes in: I'm drowning / Chatting with a friend at a park and she confesses: January sunk me / Talking with girlfriends over a group chat: We're all just trying to keep our heads above water. Well, I have some thoughts on how we might actually be able to stay afloat: It's by finding our balance. Listen in.

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What if we could be the type of people who saw someone going through something hard- and then did something about it? People have done that for me, and so now I know how to do that for others. That's the thing about living a hard life like the military life- you know what it's like to hurt so you can then be with others in their hurting. I have a really great way to show up for others this week- listen in.

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There are so many moments in the military life when you have hit capacity and have done absolutely all you can do. But because of the typical non-stop nature of military life- you have to do it again. Whether it's mothering, moving, or just making it through a day, we do all we can do and then we do it again.

If you're like me and need some encouragent in making it in this pace? Listen in. This episode is just for you.

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We weren't designed to live by the military's pace and standards and stoicism, and yet because of the nature of our life we tend to operate by it by default. What if there's another way to live within this exhausting pace? Because I think we are all exhausted right now. I have some thoughts about why, and what we can do about it.

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Here we are, at the beginning of something. A new assignment, a new deployment, a new school year, a new baby, a new job, re-integration, and on and on. In this military life, odds are that something has changed for you and you are maybe trying to figure out how to be you within this new normal. It has everything to do with knowing what is ahead of you and what you can do right now. Not 5 years ago, not next month, but right now. I'll tell you all about it. Listen in. 

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This is our last week of the summer series where we have been re-visiting some of my very favorite episodes of Keep Your Courage from the year. And so today, we experience this military life as one in which we live a life on behalf of others in so many ways. One surprising way I have experienced this? The power of this sisterhood of military wives and friends who show me what it looks like to live a life that is so brave and gritty that it has a ripple effect onto my own life. I need to see other women live this hard life well because it makes me believe that I can be it and become it, too. This all makes such a difference, I hope you'll listen and see. 

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Other episodes mentioned:

Episode 75: See a Hard Moment in a New Way