Veteran Spouse Network

This June, we have programs covering everything from stress management and mental health support to nutrition and relationship wellness. Check the full calendar to find an event that fits your needs. Here are three highlights we want to share:

Healing PTSD Through Nutrition (June 3, 12 - 1 PM CT) - Learn how nutrition can support trauma recovery and mental wellness with Dr. Leslie Korn. You will explore practical dietary and herbal strategies to improve sleep, mood, digestion, and chronic pain management.

From Knowledge to Action: Responding to Su***de Risk (June 26, 1 - 3 PM CT) - Practice evidence-based tools to assess su***de risk, create safety plans, and respond confidently. This training helps you navigate real-world crisis situations to support those in need.

Real Talk: Life & Love with PTSD (June 11 & 30, 7 - 8 PM CT) - Connect with fellow spouses for mutual support in managing daily life. This session offers a welcoming space to share experiences and tools while partnering with someone facing PTSD and traumatic brain injury.

Explore our full calendar: https://na2.hubs.ly/H05NJ2P0

Looking through the new Military & Veteran Spouse Wellness Survey data feels a lot like holding up a mirror to the daily lives of our VSN community.

We want to share this data because putting actual numbers to our experiences helps take away the stigma around things like long job hunts or heavy caregiving loads. It reminds us that these are community-wide challenges, not personal failures.

According to the data, more than 75% of our community lives off-base, and most actually own their homes. We are deeply rooted in our local neighborhoods.

Two-thirds of spouses have higher ed degrees (and 1 in 3 have a Master's). We are highly educated, yet 1 in 8 are stuck job hunting. A gap that so many in our network live through every day.

On top of that, a quarter of the community is handling heavy caregiving duties during post-service transitions.

If any of this hits home, we're hosting loads of virtual VSN events for you, the veteran spouse community. Pull up a chair, and sign up through our events page if you're free: https://na2.hubs.ly/H05H27w0