SeaWaves

SeaWaves 🌊 SEA WAVES is a national nonprofit supporting service members, veterans, and families with eating disorders & suicide prevention.

We provide education, advocacy, and resources to fill the gap in military mental health. 🌊

Need a light; Be a light.

As we close out Mental Health Awareness Month and National Military Appreciation Month, we want to share something incre...
05/31/2026

As we close out Mental Health Awareness Month and National Military Appreciation Month, we want to share something incredibly special.

This is open letter written by an active-duty Navy Sailor who courageously chose to share her experience navigating military culture, mental health, and an eating disorder.

This letter offers something powerful: perspective.

It sheds light on how weight standards, fitness culture, food access, stress, and stigma can impact service members who are struggling in silence. It is a call for greater understanding, education, and compassion so that leaders are better equipped to recognize warning signs and support those in their care.

One passage that particularly stood out to us:

“Mental illness is isolating, and knowing that other people are willing to learn helps it feel less lonely.”

Because behind every uniform is a human being.

Because readiness includes mental health.

And because eating disorder prevention is su***de prevention.

Read the full letter here:
https://www.sea-waves.org/resources/an-open-letter-to-military-leadership-what-one-sailor-wishes-you-knew-about-mental-health-and-eating-disorders

If you are struggling, SEA WAVES is here to help:
https://www.sea-waves.org/contact-us

Interested in bringing eating disorder awareness and prevention training to your command or organization?
Learn more about MEDAL™:
https://www.sea-waves.org/medal

Need a Light; Be a Light.

🎉 WOMEN VETERANS, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU! 💙Put on your favorite cozy pajamas, grab a veteran sister, and join us for an eve...
05/29/2026

🎉 WOMEN VETERANS, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU! 💙

Put on your favorite cozy pajamas, grab a veteran sister, and join us for an evening of connection, self-care, laughter, and community as we celebrate together!

Join SeaWaves and Totally Psyched for:
✨ Need a Sister; Be a Sister ✨
🎵 80s Pajama Pizza Party! 🎵
🗓 Thursday, June 11
🕔 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Totally Psyched, Winter Garden, FL
Your evening includes:
🍕 Pizza and snacks
🕯️ Make your own candle
🌿 Create your own rollerball essential oil blend
🧂 Salt room access
🎁 Free giveaways
💙 Connection with fellow women veterans

This event is part of the nationwide Need a Light; Be a Light movement and our Need a Sister; Be a Sister buddy check campaign, encouraging women veterans across the country to reconnect, check in, and remind each other that no one has to carry life’s challenges alone.

Come with a veteran sister or come by yourself. Either way, you’ll leave with new connections, a few laughs, and a few new sisters!
A huge thank you to Totally Psyched for hosting us and creating a space where mental health, wellness, and community come together in such a welcoming way.

⚠️ Space is limited to the first 25 women veterans who register. Event is completely FREE!
Register Here: https://givebutter.com/need-a-sister-be-a-sister-80s...

Because sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is simply show up for each other.
Need a Light; Be a Light. 💙
Need a Sister; Be a Sister. 💙

We’re honored to join the Community Veteran Wellness & Resource Fair on Saturday, May 30 in Orlando, Florida alongside o...
05/29/2026

We’re honored to join the Community Veteran Wellness & Resource Fair on Saturday, May 30 in Orlando, Florida alongside organizations committed to serving those who served. 🇺🇸

At SEA WAVES, we believe wellness includes the conversations too often left out — the hidden struggles behind performance, perfectionism, trauma, isolation, and silence.

We’ll be there to provide education, resources, connection, and support for service members, veterans, and families navigating eating disorders, mental health challenges, and the invisible wounds that can impact readiness, relationships, and recovery.

Because healing does not happen in isolation. And no one should have to navigate these storms alone.

If you’re in the area, we hope you’ll stop by, connect with the community, and learn more about the resources available to support your journey.

📍 AMVET Post 30 315
Ferguson Drive Orlando, FL 32805 🗓 Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ 10 AM – 1 PM

Need a Light; Be a Light. 🌊

Mental Health Awareness Month reminds us that not every struggle can be seen from the outside.Some of the people hurting...
05/28/2026

Mental Health Awareness Month reminds us that not every struggle can be seen from the outside.

Some of the people hurting the most are still showing up every day—going to work, caring for others, leading teams, smiling in photos, and trying their best to carry what no one else can see.

If you are navigating something heavy right now, we want you to hear this clearly:
You are not alone.
Your pain matters.
And you do not have to carry it silently.

Whether someone is struggling with an eating disorder, depression, anxiety, trauma, burnout, or thoughts they haven’t spoken out loud yet, connection and support can make a difference.

Sometimes healing begins with one conversation.
One person checking in.
One moment of honesty.
One reminder that someone cares.

At SEA WAVES, we believe awareness matters because people matter.

Need a light; Be a light. 🌊

Meet the SEA WAVES team 🌊This mission doesn’t move forward without the people behind it, and we are incredibly grateful ...
05/27/2026

Meet the SEA WAVES team 🌊

This mission doesn’t move forward without the people behind it, and we are incredibly grateful for the leaders who choose to stand in this work with us.

Strong impact starts behind the scenes.

Sashawana Palmer-Urio helps turn vision into structure—building the systems that allow SEA WAVES to grow, scale, and serve more of the military community.

Because meaningful work needs a strong foundation.

Need a light; Be a light. 🌊

Need a Light; Be a Light 💙This week, we’re launching the Illuminate and Connect Veteran Buddy Check Challenge.The challe...
05/26/2026

Need a Light; Be a Light 💙

This week, we’re launching the Illuminate and Connect Veteran Buddy Check Challenge.

The challenge is simple:
Reach out to someone.
Send the text.
Make the call.
Invite someone to coffee.
Ask how they’re really doing.

Too many in our military and veteran communities are struggling in silence, and despite all of the conversations around su***de prevention, we are still losing far too many people.

So we’re going back to something simple but powerful: Connection. A buddy check doesn’t have to be complicated.

Sometimes the smallest act of showing up can remind someone they are not alone.

We’re challenging veterans, service members, military families, organizations, and supporters to participate over the next several weeks by:

💙 Checking in on someone
💙 Posting your “light”
💙 Sharing messages of support and connection
💙 Helping us leave no one in the dark What does your light look like? 🕯️🔦📱

For many in our military and veteran community, Memorial Day is not just a long weekend.It is remembrance carried quietl...
05/25/2026

For many in our military and veteran community, Memorial Day is not just a long weekend.

It is remembrance carried quietly.
It is the names we still carry in our hearts.
The voices we still hear.
The empty seats.
The shipmates, brothers, sisters, and friends who never made it home to tell their stories.

This day holds grief, gratitude, pride, love, and reflection all at once.

At SEA WAVES, we honor the fallen not only by remembering their sacrifice, but by continuing to show up for one another here at home. By checking in. By carrying the mission forward. By refusing to let anyone struggle alone in silence.

Today, we remember those who gave everything in service to this country.
And we honor them by choosing connection, compassion, and community.
Their legacy lives on in every life we continue to fight for.

All gave some. Some gave all.

Need a light; Be a light. 🌊

05/22/2026

What if the strongest person in your unit is struggling the most?

The one everyone relies on.
The one who keeps showing up no matter what.
The one who looks disciplined, motivated, and high-performing from the outside.

In military culture, strength is often expected.
But sometimes, the pressure to maintain that image keeps people silent about what they’re really experiencing.

Eating disorders do not discriminate by rank, gender, position, or fitness level.
And many of the individuals struggling the most become experts at hiding it behind routine, performance, perfectionism, and overtraining.

What may appear to be “dedication” on the surface can sometimes be survival underneath.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we encourage every leader, peer, family member, and community to remember:

Checking on people matters.
Creating safe conversations matters.
Reducing stigma matters.

Because you never truly know what someone may be carrying beneath the surface.

Need a light; Be a light. 🌊

The military is designed to build resilience, discipline, and strength.But sometimes, the same systems that help people ...
05/21/2026

The military is designed to build resilience, discipline, and strength.

But sometimes, the same systems that help people succeed can also create environments where struggle stays hidden.

Perfectionism becomes pressure.
Standards become identity.
Control becomes coping.
And stigma keeps people silent.

This is one reason eating disorders are often considered high-risk—but low visibility—within military populations.

The behaviors that may signal concern are often the same behaviors praised in military culture:

• Overtraining
• Extreme discipline
• Ignoring physical limits
• Pushing through exhaustion

From the outside, it can look like commitment and excellence.

On the inside, it may be someone trying to survive silently.

When we better understand the environment, we create opportunities for earlier recognition, stronger support, and better outcomes.

Awareness matters because you cannot protect what you do not see.

Please save or share this post to help expand awareness within military and veteran communities.

Need a light; Be a light. 🌊

Meet the SEA WAVES team 🌊This mission doesn’t move forward without the people behind it, and we are incredibly grateful ...
05/20/2026

Meet the SEA WAVES team 🌊

This mission doesn’t move forward without the people behind it, and we are incredibly grateful for the leaders who choose to stand in this work with us.

Jordan Jennings helps shape how SEA WAVES shows up, bringing strategy, storytelling, and intention to the conversations we’re working to change.

Because awareness starts with being seen—and understood.

Need a light; Be a light. 🌊

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Winter Garden, TX
34787

Telephone

+19036892837

Website

https://givebutter.com/bealight77, https://linktr.ee/SEAWAVESORG

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