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Help yourself to better social and emotional health.
Wake up, Kick Ass, Repeat was created to help alleviate these significant concerns. This comprehensive and invaluable tool will help you accept the unique nature of military life, anticipate and persevere in the face of social-emotional setbacks, practice effective coping strategies, and learn to thrive on to new possibilities. Dr. Kendra has expertly woven research, personal anecdotes, powerful stories from other military spouses, as well as practical principals of Rational Behavioral Therapy to help individuals work through stressful situations while maintaining better emotional control. This is a must-have book for military and first responder spouses, their family members, professionals working with military and first responder families, as well as anyone seeking to find a way to help themselves to better social and emotional health. Dr. Kendra also includes thoughtful questions and exercises that any individual or group can put to immediate use.
Founder/Owner of Thrive On, LLC
Dr. Kendra Lowe, MSC, Ed.S., Ed.D., NCSP, LSSP
My path walked as a cadet at the Air Force Academy, an active duty service member, and now as a military spouse has given me a front row seat to some of the traumas, setbacks, successes, discrimination and celebrations that military families experience. The common bond of this lifestyle and its unique challenges has resulted in what Sheryl Sandberg, author of Option B, has coined as a “collective resilience.” Or, a way of life that allows a military spouse to come to grips with the adversities they face and keep moving forward.The more military spouses I met, the more I noticed a cycle of acceptance, resetting, and perseverance that this unique lifestyle calls a military spouse to manage.
UPDATE (December 10th, 2019) New Article on Book Release!
This is a must-have book for military spouses, their family members, and helping professionals working with military families as well as anyone seeking to find a way to help themselves to better social and emotional health. The practical principals of rational behavioral therapy will prepare you to work through stressful situations while maintaining better emotional control. Dr. Kendra also includes thoughtful questions and exercises that any individual or group can put to immediate use. https://www.militaryspouse.com/military-life/wake-up-kick-ass-repeat-military-spouse-life-cycle/
Military Spouse Stress is REAL
Drawing upon the ratings of more than 200 military spouses, the data suggests that at any given time, 27 percent of military spouses report significantly high levels of stress. Furthermore, of this group, 20 percent have a higher, more clinically significant, level of stress.
https://www.militaryspouse.com/military-life/5-ways-to-manage-military-spouse-stress/
Innovative Tool for Military Leaders
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick Lowe, 31st Rescue Squadron commander and his wife Dr. Kendra Lowe provide insight on how to mitigate military spouse stress at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 15, 2019. The concepts and perspectives derived from Dr. Lowe’s decade-long research, aims to provide command teams with an operational approach to combat the mission degrading effects of military spouse stress. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Daniel E. Fernandez) https://www.dvidshub.net/video/676833/spouse-stress-management-operational-approach
Journal of Family Studies, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate how an active duty member’s increased time away from home affects family stress as reported by the dependent spouse. Results revealed that extended time away from home can cause the dependent spouse to detach from the parent—child relationship. Mental health professionals and educators working within a community that supports the armed forces must be sensitive to the unique needs of military families during these times of transition. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271151839_Impact_of_military_deployment_on_family_relationships
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Military Spouse "ReSeT"
This book is a resounding call to stop and RESET the way we think about military spouse stress. It is intended to challenge how we think about the unique stressors military families face and to reflect upon the experiences of those who have gone through similar circumstances. More importantly, through this RESET, military spouses will gain tangible tools aimed at helping them cope with the unique challenges of military life.