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MWi diligently sources expert content and curates compelling weekly articles. This process takes into account a range of factors, including member surveys, community feedback, seasonal trends, health observances, and annual programs.

Sleep

Seven Nights a Year

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: Take a warm shower about 90 minutes before you want to be asleep. Warm, not cold, and at least…

When the Night Doesn’t Come Easy

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: If nightmares are disrupting your sleep, try this: the next time one wakes you, write it down in brief…

Understanding Sleep

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Reading Time: 2 Minutes MWi Hacks: Set a consistent wake time for the next seven days — your body clock will begin to reset itself…

Eat

What You Eat Affects How You Feel

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Reading time: 4 Minutes MWi Hack: This week, make one swap. Not a diet overhaul: one thing. Research on dietary change consistently shows that single-item…

How to Navigate a Summer Cookout with Diabetes, Hypertension, or Weight Goals

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: Before the next cookout, eat a normal meal or snack with protein and fiber. Show up fed, not starving.…

Can What You Eat Lower Your Cancer Risk?

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Reading time:  5 Minutes MWi Hack:  Add one plant-based food to every meal this week — beans, fruit, leafy greens, or whole grain — because…

Move

The 24-Hour Rule

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: The next time something hurts during training, don't make the call in the moment. Check it the next morning…

Exercise and Hydration in the Summer Months

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: Summer doesn’t suspend the training requirement. But military and veteran communities are conditioned to push through discomfort, and heat…

Movement During Transition: Building Structure When Everything Is Uncertain

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: Block a 20-minute movement window on your calendar every morning this week — not to get fit, but to…

Relate

You Don’t Have to Fix It

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Reading time: 4 Minutes MWi Hack: Before your term starts, spend ten minutes finding out whether your campus has a VA VITAL clinician. VITAL puts…

The Emotional Adjustment After Military Reunions

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: Before or just after a reunion, write down one expectation you had: what you thought it would feel like,…

The Person Who Stayed in Your Corner: Mentorship in Military Life

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: One thing to do this week- pick the one that fits: If someone shaped you: Write their name down.…

Identity

The Oath: A History

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Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: This week, read the oath aloud. The full text takes about 30 seconds. Most people who took it haven't…

Transition

Every PCS Is a Reset: What Military Moves Do to Families, and What Helps

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Reading time: 4 Minutes MWi Hack: Before your next PCS, or right now if you’re in the middle of one, write down three people at…