When life is busy, it’s easy to forget the importance of looking after yourself. Your mental wellbeing is key for both you and your family. As a serving member of the military, or a military family supporting a serving loved one, life can often seem uncertain or overwhelming. In this blog, we’ve put together some useful resources to help you access information to support you and your family when you might need it.

Are you feeling worried or looking for support with an upcoming deployment, change in financial situation, or planning for a change in career? Our new resources page has a wide range of useful documents and information to support you and your family. Find the full list of resources here.

Support is available if you need it

Everyone has days when they feel overwhelmed, worried, or fed up. But if you regularly struggle with your mental health, it may be time to reach out for support. You can find a great range of books for adults here.

Different support is available depending on whether you are a friend or family member looking to support a loved one, if you’re currently serving or if you are a veteran (have served a day or more and no longer in the services). There are lots of useful links and resources from the Mental Health Foundation here.

Breathing exercises and wellbeing tips to try at home or on deployment

Feeling stressed or overwhelmed and want to try some techniques to help yourself and your family at home? The NHS has some valuable resources and tips to help support your wellbeing and help you and your family deal with stress or worry. These include:

• NHS top tips for wellbeing
• Try these breathing exercises to help you feel more relaxed and reduce your stress levels

Our NFF team have a lived experience of life in the military and offering support to families when they need it most. From sharing useful resources to connecting families with organisations and charities to support specific needs, we make it our mission to support families to thrive in their communities of choice.