Help! I'm a Military Spouse--I Want a Life Too!: How to Craft a Life for YOU as You Move with the Military (Paperback)

by Kathie Hightower (Author), Holly Scherer (Contributor)
Key Phrases: other military spouses, many military spouses, army spouse, Life Too, Fort Lewis, United States (more...)

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Review
"This great resource is full of practical advice, as well as real-world examples that will empower spouses to have lives of their own while supporting their partners in the military lifestyle." -- Ellie Kay, author of Heroes at Home: Help and Hope for America's Military Families --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
Often military spouses say: "I love my spouse, I’m super proud of — and support — my spouses’ service to our country…and still I struggle with how to make this military life work for me."

This book helps you learn how to make this life work for you as you support your spouse. This is not a book about being the perfect military spouse. It’s about what you can do to make this military life work well for you based on who you are as a unique individual. • Learn how to keep your energy and joy up, your stress down, and apply the research done on happiness to your very own unique military life. • Based on many years of interviews with spouses from all services, here’s how to go from surviving to thriving in this challenging but very enriching lifestyle.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (June 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419607103
• ISBN-13: 978-1419607103
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,077,746 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Self-help Book for Military Spouses, October 28, 2006

By	W. H. McDonald Jr. "The American Author Assoc... (Elk Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Authors Kathie Hightower and Holly Scherer have crafted a military family resource book that comes at a time when this kind of self-help literature is greatly needed. Their book "Help! I'm a Military Spouse - I want a Life Too" is the best book of its kind on the market today. There is no military spouse or family that could not use their book of advice. This book takes on real concerns and issues that face modern military families. Although this book deals mainly with issues related to female spouses (Only 6% of military spouses are male) I think some of the information contained could apply to both genders.

This book is about taking positive actions as a way to make the most out of the situations a spouse finds in the military environment. I would think that reading this book and taking one of their workshops (that they give throughout the country) would enable the reader to become more self-reliant and to gain more control over some other parts of their lives. (Obviously, military families have little control over huge parts of their lives - so in their own personal spheres of influences it becomes important to follow their heart and find all the possibilities where ever they may be.)

The book is written well by the authors who take us a journey of learning with antidotes and small personal comments from the authors to highlight some of the points being made in the book. This book is well edited and is laid out to make it easy for people looking for information.

This book is an upbeat, proactive approach to life and I fully endorse the message and advice they dispense through out the pages. This is a MWSA 5 Star Rated Book! It is a must buy book for all military families! There is much gold within these pages for spouses to find! This is best book of its genre - period!!!

MWSA's 2006 Silver Medal Award for Reference

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5.0 out of 5 stars Practical tips and a sense of humor - a very useful combination, November 5, 2005

By	Dorothy J. Wilhelm "Military wife, widow, mother" (Tacoma, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There has never before been a book like this for military spouses. Fifty years ago, as an Army bride, my husband presented me with a copy of a book called The Army Wife. It was full of such intimidating, impossible rules that I nearly hit him with it.
Now comes Help! I'm a Military Spouse just crammed full of help, encouragement and practical tips. Just a glance at a few of the hundreds of headings - "Start your Heart's Desire File" "Get Help for Your Dreams" "Ask for Help, Offer Help, Accept Help in these Challenging Times." All of these tell ou that here is a chance to stretch out and reach for a life that is uniquely your own while still living up to the challenges of a military life. Holly and Kathie, just one question. Where were you fifty years ago, when I needed you?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Help I'm a Military Spouse, September 30, 2005

By	margaret blackwell (Germantown, TN United States) - See all my reviews

Excellent Book for anyone-Military Spouse or someone who just wants or needs an action plan for their life. Personal accounts that make this book real life for everyone. Highly recommend!