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Learning to Love The Way Your Brain Works During Deployment
Your brain is your superpower. It cares about you so much and wants to help you survive and thrive. As military wives, one of the most beneficial and productive things we can do for ourselves (and our loved ones) is learn how our brains function. Managing your...
March Brave Crate- Domestic Goddess💃
Everything Inside of the March Brave Crate!!! Whoever said military spouses should find ways to "stay busy" during deployment must have forgotten that outside of all the extra life tasks that come with our countdowns, we still have to take care of the every day...
How to Get Past the Mid-Deployment Cooking Slump
Are you sick of feeding other humans or maybe just sick of feeding yourself? Are the tiny humans you're feeding are super picky? Are you sick of your recipes? It can be challenging to just cook for one or two when you're used to cooking for more. You might be sick of...
February Brave Crate- Love Thyself❤️
Everything Inside of the February Brave Crate!!! Whether we like it or not- cupid IS coming. While the world around us is fixated on hearts, candy and flowers, those of us on the home front can find ourselves feeling a little left out of the Valentine...
16 Ways Deployments Are Like Pregnancies
I have found that people who are not in the military struggle to connect and relate with you when you are experiencing a deployment. They have desire to and it would benefit you as well if they could understand better, but what we go through is a pretty foreign...
January Brave Crate- Inspired & Energized ⭐️
Everything Inside of the January Brave Crate!!! New Year, New You, Same Deployment Countdown! For many the start of a new year feels like a chance for new beginnings- but it can be tough to get into that "fresh start" feeling when you're still counting the days...
Try Tackling Deployment Pain Points Instead of Making New Year’s Resolutions
Not a fan of making New Year's Resolutions? Particularly during deployment? Well try focusing on and tacking specific deployment pain points instead. This method is all about bite sized pieces. We usually fell like we have to start all of our goals for the year in...
December Brave Crate- Comfort & Joy 🎄
Everything Inside of the DECEMBER Brave Crate!!! Snowflakes, Sparkle and Shimmering Lights- the holiday season can be a beautiful time to connect with friends and family and appreciate all of the love that surrounds us. For those of us counting down deployment,...
4 Tips For Including Your Deployed Service Member In Your Holiday Celebrations
No matter when your partner deploys, there will be celebrations that they miss out on. Knowing this, we can think ahead and prepare for ways we can include our deployed partner in these celebrations where we have to be physically apart: 1. Spend Time on Memory Lane...
November Brave Crate- Fall Feels 🍁
Everything Inside of the November Brave Crate!!! Hay rides, corn mazes, pumpkin spice and Thanksgiving plans- Fall is certainly here, but when you're counting down on the home side of a deployment it can be easy to feel like this is just another season to check...
How to Feel Like You Have More to Give Even During Deployment
One of the most universally experienced struggles during a deployment is there not being enough of you to accomplish all that is required...running out of energy or steam or drive or desire before the day is over. We have lots of terms for describing this problem:...
October Brave Crate- Sweet Dreams 😴
Everything Inside of the October Brave Crate!!! If I had to name one thing that is the hardest for me during deployment countdowns, it would easily be "sleep." When you're used to curling up each night with the person you love, transitioning to a season of solo...
