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Sleep
Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: Take the Sleep Check-up at veterantraining.va.gov/sleep. It is a five-minute questionnaire built by VA sleep specialists that screens for…
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…
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…
Eat
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…
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.…
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
MWi Hack Decide what your worst-day version looks like, and put it on the calendar like an appointment. Not the good-day workout. The one you…
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…
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…
Relate
Reading time: 5 Minutes MWi Hack: Take VA S.A.V.E. training this week. It is free, it runs online, and it is open to anyone. You…
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,…
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
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
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…