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Episodes

Feb. 26, 2024

Navigating Military Life Overseas: With Jana from The Organized Military Life

The podcast includes a conversation with Jana, an army spouse currently living in Madrid, Spain. She discusses her experience in navigating military life overseas along with the challenges encountered with constant moving in…
Feb. 19, 2024

DOD Skillbridge: Preparing for your military separation. What is it? How does it work? Are military spouses eligible?

DOD Skillbridge is an internship style program offered to transitioning service members in their last 180 days of service. We cover: - who is eligible -how it works -can military spouses use the program too? Find out all t…
Feb. 12, 2024

Do military spouses get TSA PreCheck for free?

Believe it or not, this is one of the most googled questions for military spouses! And the answer is NO, military spouses do not get TSA PreCheck for free. We talk about who does get it free, how you can get the fees waived …
Feb. 5, 2024

Military Moving: Full DITY update, 6 months out

We are about 6 months out from our 9th military move and second full DITY or do it yourself move. Honestly at this point its the mental load that is killing me. The awful in-between I call it where you have "soft" orders, no…
Jan. 29, 2024

PCS just around the corner....how do I decide between housing, renting off base or buying?

We are getting into all things housing today. One of the first things we look for when we get new orders is where are we going to live? We talk about the benefits of living on base but the downsides of long waitlists and poo…
Jan. 22, 2024

Mastering Money Mindset: Rich Dad, Poor Dad Insights

Today we are talking about the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kyosaki. I have to be honest, I thought this was a financial book for guys! But I promise you it isn’t! I am sharing with you my biggest take-aways from the bo…
Jan. 15, 2024

Military Travel Hacking: Taking advantage of waived annual fees and maximizing credit card points

Today we are talking to Chelsey who is a military travel card hacker. She has figured out how to use really high end credit cards, like the American Express Platinum card which has a really high annual fee, but it is waived …
Jan. 8, 2024

Talking to Strangers: How we get reading people SO wrong

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell was a fascinating listen on Audible. I thought I was going to learn how to talk to new people, which is a great skill to nurture as a military spouse. But what it turned out to be was…
Jan. 1, 2024

New Year, New Goals: Navigating Life as a Military Spouse

Happy New Year! The new year usually brings with it thoughts of the past year and goals for the next. We are going to talk about areas to check in on, how to make small achievable goals and set yourself up for success going …
Dec. 25, 2023

Celebrating 100 Episodes!! Looking back at the top episodes and contest announcement!

100 episodes! Whew! We go way back to episode 1 and talk about the trials and tribulations of starting a podcast. I walk you through the process from start to finish of producing and putting out an episode. We go through the…
Dec. 18, 2023

Navigating Command Functions as a Military Spouse

Today's episode is short and sweet! Command functions and military balls can be really stressful for mil spouses! What do you wear? How should I act? I'm so nervous! I share with you my best advice to navigating them. It rea…
Dec. 11, 2023

Holiday Travel Tips for Military Families

Today we are talking about holiday travel. Specifically if your family doesn’t live close by and you are getting pressure or guilt tripped into visiting over the holidays, when maybe that isn’t what you want to do. I highly …
Dec. 4, 2023

Thriving on the Homefront, a deployment hobby to successful business, with Navy Wife Emily

We are rounding out our Holiday Mil Spouse Shop series with Emily from Thriving Homefront. Emily is a Navy wife and mom of 2 littles who was looking for a little more after leaving her teaching career to stay home with their…
Nov. 27, 2023

There is a Purpose in your Path with fellow mil spouse and owner of Woman and Warrior Co, Ashlee

We are continuing our holiday mil spouse business spotlight today with Ashlee who wears all the hats at Woman and Warrior Co which is a mil spouse clothing line. Ashlee shares their very non traditional path to active duty. …
Nov. 20, 2023

Mil Spouse Business Holiday Spotlight with Hartnett Homefront creator and marine wife, Sheri

Continuing our mil spouse holiday business spotlight, today we are talking to Sheri from Hartnett Homefront. Sheri makes the most beautiful wood art! Sheri talks to us about her military life so far and navigating her nursin…
Nov. 13, 2023

Kick off your holiday shopping with mil spouse owned jewelry business The Dainty Forces Co

We are kicking off our mil spouse holiday business series today with the creator of The Dainty Forces jewelry line, Navy spouse Erin. Erin is currently stationed in Hawaii. We talked about being stationed there, and the best…
Nov. 6, 2023

We got orders! How I am prepping our military family for a full DITY or do it yourself move, 9 months out

Well, we finally got orders, and we are headed back to the PNW and the sub base Bangor. This will be our 9th military move and our 2nd full DITY or do it yourself move. I thought it would be helpful to share with you, in rea…
Oct. 30, 2023

Supporting our deployed troops with "boxes of home" from the non-profit organization Operation Turbo

Today we are talking with Dyan who is the founder and CEO of Operation Turbo. Operation Turbo is a 501c3 non-profit that sends “boxes of home” care packages to deployed service member with a focus on those that aren’t receiv…
Oct. 23, 2023

Moving a service based business with Blue Bee Designs founder and mil spouse Brittany

Today we are talking to interior designer Brittany, from Bleu Bee Designs. Brittany is what I call a “late in life” mil spouse, meaning she already had a home and career established before marrying into the military. Brittan…
Oct. 16, 2023

Believe It: Thriving Together - Empowering Military Spouses Through Entrepreneurship and Inspiration

I love sharing what I have been reading with you. Today we are talking about the book Believe It by Jamie Kern Lima. She is the founder and CEO of IT cosmetics. The company that was sold to L’oreal back in 2016 for 1.2 billi…
Oct. 9, 2023

Chapter 35 benefits, are you eligible? And the most important thing to know about the GI Bill

Learn about the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA) program. If you’re the child or spouse of a Veteran or service member who has died, is captured or missing, or has disabilities, you may be able to get …
Oct. 2, 2023

The nuts and bolts of homeschooling your military child. From curriculum to grading, we cover it all! With special guest and fellow podcaster Crystal

We are continuing our homeschooling discussion this week with the host of The Military Homeschool Podcast, Crystal. Crystal is an almost 25 year mil spouse veteran and has been in various stages of homeschooling her children…
Sept. 25, 2023

Is homeschooling the right choice for your military family? With special guest Natalie Mack

Today we have the honor to speak with 23 year homeschooling veteran Natalie Mack. Natalie and her husband felt the pull of is this the life we want for our kids? Running to school, working, picking up and being utterly exhau…
Sept. 18, 2023

Starting a service dog non-profit from the ground up with special guest Britnee Kinard

Buckle in! We are learning how our guest Britnee Kinard started a service dog training non-profit from the ground up. Britnee is back with us, be sure to check out episode 76, if you haven’t listened to that one yet, where …