Women Advocating for Children of Military Families
The current horrific re-enactments of violence that haunt our dreams and shatter our sense of security, no matter where we live, should be a wake-up call to how...
Category: Healthful Life Strategies
3 Steps for Honoring and Serving the Families of Veterans
In surveying the literature on war and its aftermath, including the literature on PTSD, there is virtually nothing about the families of veterans. The families ...
Resources for Families and Children of Veterans
There a lack of services for the families of veterans. The majority of existing, established services are aimed at veterans and even these, as has been proven, ...
How to Help War Veterans Struggling with Emotional Numbing
“There is quiet. The quiet when he was gone, away in Afghanistan. Or this new quiet, now, now that he is home.” — Amalie Flynn, Wife and War Silence has m...
Compassion for the Children of Veterans: How War Comes Home
When soldiers return home to their families with unresolved wartime experiences in tow, their children, whose sensory systems are porous, see and feel their una...
Respite: Positive and Proactive Recipes for Partners of Wounded Warriors
The simplest definition of respite is that it is an interval of rest or relief. For the partners and family members of veterans returning from war zones or area...
9 Ways to Strengthen Cognitive Function
How we function as we age is dependent on many factors both physical and mental. Age-related memory changes are a reality although the changes do not automatica...
6 Effects of Chronic Stress and Ways to Deal with It
Most people will experience stress at times—physical or mental or both. Generally, two kinds of stress are identified—acute and chronic. Acute stress results fr...
Consider 4 Basic Needs When Dealing with People in Distress
Where do we experience conflict? A cavalier sarcastic response might be, “Where don’t we experience conflict?” (Tweet this quote.) We find conflict everywhere—a...
The Health Benefits of Crossword Puzzles and Creativity
Recently we posted on the value of collaborative cruciverbalism—i.e., solving crossword puzzles with others is an effective tactic for developing creative think...