Explore expert insights, real transformation stories, and practical tools designed to help you navigate transition, accelerate your growth, and thrive in your next chapter.
By Lindsay Cashin, SVP of Advancement & Strategic Partnerships at The COMMIT Foundation—April is the Month of the Military Child—a time to recognize a group that rarely asks for recognition, yet quietly carries more than most ever see. For my children, being a military child isn’t a chapter or a phase. It’s all they’ve ever […]
By Sommer Moon, COMMIT Executive Assistant – We often talk about military transition as if it only happens to the service member. But it changes everyone in the household—especially a partner or spouse. You’re moving through the same transition—but facing different challenges. The partnership has often undergone many smaller transitions over the course of its […]
By Kyle Johnston (COMMIT Fellow, Menlo Park Workshop 2025) When I decided to retire, I knew that I was retiring the sense of purpose that comes with putting on the uniform every morning. What we do matters, and when I put on my uniform for the last time next month, I know I will miss it. […]
Written by Adrianne Huls, Program Director & Spouse Program Coordinator – The COMMIT Foundation If you’ve ever spent a day fishing, you know that no two days on the water are ever the same. The wind shifts, the currents change, and the fish that were biting yesterday. They might be nowhere to be found today. […]
By: Gabriela Q. Bell, Founder & CEO Organized Q Mentoring at the COMMIT Foundation’s first in-person military spouse workshop in DC was an incredibly fulfilling experience. The COMMIT Foundation’s mission of providing service members, veterans, and their spouses with the information, confidence, and imagination to succeed was evident throughout the workshop. By helping these military […]
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed a troubling oversight that Stars and Stripes covered last week: the Pentagon is not adequately tracking the issues that Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel face when accessing the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), a program required for all service members leaving the military. According to the report, the […]
UGH! It happens all the time – we often hear about mental health as if it’s a distinct entity, something separate from our overall physical health. But the truth is, mental health is health—it’s an integral part of our physiological well-being, deeply connected to our bodies. The idea that we can have mental health without […]
Change is never easy. Sometimes the change is evolutional, occurring at a time-consuming pace. Sometimes the change is revelational, with a violence of action that surprises us all. However it occurs, one thing is certain: it will occur. Change is inevitable for all of us. We will all face some transition. Transition – the act […]
At The COMMIT Foundation, we believe that true transformation comes from more than just participation—it comes from deep, meaningful engagement. When we say we are a “high-touch, high-impact” organization, we’re not just talking about a tagline; we’re describing our commitment to those we serve, the community we are a part of, and the exceptional outcomes […]
“Hey JC, the ‘I’ in COMMIT is too big—what are you doing?” I was talking to Maria Hines, one of the spouses in our COMMIT Spouse Program, and she said something that really struck me:“When I write COMMIT, I make the ‘I’ bigger to remind myself that I am committing to something.” I loved that! […]
Like every organization, we have a mission statement at The COMMIT Foundation: The COMMIT Foundation empowers those who have served and their families to create purposeful and fulfilling transitions by providing personalized programs, resources, and the support of community. But we were inspired by Simon Sinek‘s concept of The Infinite Game — the idea that […]
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