Plant: A Military Spouse’s Guide to Cultivating Life

As a 20 year military spouse, Dr. Eugenia Gardner experienced frequent moves, separations, setbacks, and celebrations that all military families experience. PLANT: A Military Spouse’s Guide to Cultivating Life helps military spouses to begin implementing an action plan to create a bountiful life garden. Dr. Gardner shares her wealth of experiences through the peaks, valleys, storms and PCS(Permanent Change of Stations) to illustrate how embracing the PLANT concept will allow readers to achieve goals and enjoy a fulfilled life. The book highlights the importance of understanding values, goal-setting, and action planning to achieve goals, remain resilient and pursue personal and professional goals, experiences, and opportunities. Each section includes stepping stone activities and thoughtful questions that empower military spouses to leverage their talents, relationships, networks, and resources to achieve their goals. Dr. Gardner’s personal stories and proven research will undoubtedly help military spouses cultivate enriching life experiences, regardless of where in the world they are stationed.