Engage. Educate. Encourage. EMPOWER.
We all know how awkward some events can be where you have to talk to people you don’t know. Well for this week’s Milspouse Empowerment Moment, Kathleen has some tips for icebreakers that melt the awkwardness. These icebreakers work whether you are the host or some even work if you are just the attendee. Here’s to your next event being less awkward!
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If you’re new to the SFRG Advisor position, welcome! It’s gonna be a wild and crazy ride. But one that hopefully brings families, spouses, and soldiers closer together.
I’m still new to this position, not even a year yet. But I have already gotten some great advice from other SFRG advisors. This advice has helped me greatly. Hopefully, these can help you as well.
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I tend to write a lot about leadership. Maybe it’s because it’s in my DNA? Or maybe because I’m extremely fascinated by the intricacies of effective and non-effective leadership. But, my gut tells me that it is because I am genuinely invested in the growth and development of leaders, especially among our military spouse network.
About half of the family programs that I’ve been exposed to in the Army for the past 15 years have been volunteer-led. ACS (Army Community Service), Soldier and Family Programs, and a slew of other beautiful resources the Army provides are on the chopping block as they are not being used.
One organization that I’ve always been actively involved in is the Soldier and Family Readiness Group, now known as SFRGs, but formerly referred to as Family Readiness Groups, or FRGs.
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For those of you who’ve experienced myriad successful and not-so-successful Family Readiness Groups (FRGS) throughout your military journey, don’t fret because this is totally the norm!
Do you use your past experiences to enhance or hinder expectations of your current FRG, or would you rather sit this one out and focus your energy elsewhere?
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Family Readiness Groups can be such a wonderful asset to military spouse life. It can be a great place to connect, meet people, and receive important information about all things mission-based.
Unfortunately, all it takes is one rough FRG experience to make military spouses a bit hesitant or skeptical to participate. (It certainly follows the concept of “One bad apple ruins the bunch.”)
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I have alluded, in previous blog posts, to the Family Readiness Group and how much I believe in the purpose and mission of the FRG (feel free to insert your branch equivalent here).
The FRG is such a powerful, useful resource for so many different aspects of military life, but I fear that we’re forgetting why this organization is so important in our military spouse life.
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I don’t know about you, but I love personality tests. From psychological analyzations to buzzfeed quizzes to decipher what kind of cake I am, I’m all about it. And none are as intriguing to me as the Myers-Briggs personality test.
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You’ve probably heard one of the following about the FRG:
“They’re full of bickering, back-stabbing women who will use their husband’s rank against you.”
“It’ll be a waste of your time and energy.”
“Don’t join or you’ll be sucked into doing a bunch of stuff you don’t want to do.”
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