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Dec. 12, 2022

Made to inspire with the bracelet queens of Charlie Madison Originals!

Continuing on with our holiday gift giving ideas, we chat today with Wendy Hively who is the founder and owner of Charlie Madison Originals. Wendy and her family served 20 years in the Navy before retiring back in 2007 but w…
Dec. 5, 2022

Coming into the New Year with intention

Happy New Year!! It seems crazy that its already 2023, but here we are! I wanted to share with you today some of the things I like to do to reflect on how the past year went and how I want next year to go. I tell you about a…
Dec. 5, 2022

Finding Joy Again Through Art with The Messy-ish Masterpiece creator and mil spouse Erin

Continuing with our mil spouse small business holiday series, we are talking to artist and creator Erin Hutton of The Messy-ish Masterpiece. If you love bright colors and the ocean, you will love her art! Erin shares with us…
Nov. 28, 2022

Shop small business with Air Force wife and owner of Love and Lettering by Katie

I really wanted to spotlight mil spouse businesses in early December to encourage you to shop "local" and support our fellow mil spouses. Today I'm sitting down with shop owner Katie who is company is called Love and Letteri…
Nov. 21, 2022

The Ultimate Planner with Spouse Serve CEO and Army wife Julia!

Today we are talking to Army wife Julia who is co-founder and CEO of Spouse Serve. We dive right into their military life moving with small kids and doing their first DITY or do it your self move and what we learned, because…
Nov. 14, 2022

Mil Spouse Residency....do I have to change every time I move?

Welcome! Today we are talking about establishing residency as a military spouse. It is a total pain in the butt to change your residency every time you move. I get it! The Military Spouses Residency Relief Act amended the Se…
Nov. 7, 2022

Tricare Basics with A Military Wife's Life blogger, Sarah

If you have been looking for a great resource for all things mil spouse related, you need to check out A Military Wife's Life blog! She has so many free resources and info on everything from military acronyms to navigating …
Oct. 31, 2022

Emotional Kids...what do you say when daddy is gone again?

Today I am getting really raw with you guys. I recorded todays episode in real time after an incredibly emotional morning with my daughter missing her daddy. I share with you the tools we have and do use to help her cope, ho…
Oct. 24, 2022

DoD updates in midst of really tough economic times for military families

If you didn't see it, on September 22, the DoD released a document titled: DoD Announces Immediate and Long-Term Actions to Help Strengthen the Economic Security and Stability of Service Members and Their Families They talk …
Oct. 17, 2022

Little Bit of Disney with travel agent and mil spouse Hannah Little!

Todays's show is timely, because I am spending this week in Orlando hitting all the Disney parks with my family! I sat down with Disney travel specialist and fellow mil spouse Hannah Little and we get into all things Disney!…
Oct. 10, 2022

Building the Mil Spouse Tribe

The first meeting of the Mil Spouse Tribe meets this Wednesday, October 12 at 10am EST and noon PST. If you are interested in joining us, email me: themilspousepodcast@gmail.com for access! I wanted to give a little backgrou…
Oct. 3, 2022

In the trenches with Navy wife and Lawyer Michelle Mance

It was my absolute pleasure to have fellow Navy spouse and lawyer Michelle Mance on the show today. Michelle shares her path to becoming a lawyer and navigating that over time and moves and deployments. We end up spending so…
Sept. 26, 2022

Using the power of The ONE Thing to supercharge your goals

This is a book club edition episode and we are talking about The ONE thing by Gary Keller. The ONE thing uses a very focused question of what is the ONE thing I can do such that by doing it everything else would be easier or…
Sept. 19, 2022

Why keeping track of your expenses as a business owner is crucial with mil spouse and bookkeeper Megan

Megan is a 13 year air force mil spouse. We dive first into how their career has progressed and her career development while navigating family and military life. Megan shares the difference between an accountant and a bookke…
Sept. 12, 2022

Service Dogs: How they are helping to save veterans lives

Today's show might seem a little random, but if you know me, you know I am a huge animal lover. Any excuse to talk about animals, I am going to take it! September is service dog appreciation month, it is also suicide prevent…
Sept. 5, 2022

I think this is a real marriage....Purple Hearts movie critique from a 20 year mil spouse

Welcome back to season 2!! On todays show we are talking about the much talked about Netflix movie Purple Hearts. There was a lot of buzz around this movie and I went into it very skeptical...but spoiler alert! I loved it! I…
Aug. 1, 2022

Season 1 Finale!

This is it! 32 Episodes in the bank and I need a break! But before I take one.... I'm going to share the Top 5 episodes of season 1, what to expect next season and the freebies and community I am working on building for you!…
July 25, 2022

Mil Spouse Podcast Spotlight: Life After The Uniform with Erin

Wrapping up our mil spouse podcast series, today I am talking to Erin who is the host of the Life After The Uniform podcast. Erin isn't a mil spouse, but is active reserves and I thought the topic of transitioning out of the…
July 18, 2022

Mil Spouse Podcast Spotlight: Military Wives Top Five with Sarah

Continuing our mil spouse podcast spotlight series, we are talking to the host of Military Wives Top Five host Sarah! Sarah is currently in the middle of a PCS and we talk about military movers vice DITY moves, the strain of…
July 11, 2022

Mil Spouse Podcast Spotlight: Moments with an M.E.O. with Britt

Continuing with our mil spouse podcast spotlights, I am talking this week to Britt who is the host of Moments with a MEO podcast. We get really personal on a lot of different topics, from wanting to hide being a mil spouse b…
July 4, 2022

Military Spouse Podcast Spotlights: The Spouse Angle Podcast with Natalie Gross and Andrea Scott

When I first started my podcast I couldn't find any other mil spouse podcasts! Since being in the space, I have discovered there are quite a few! Clearly we have a dissemination of information issue! I thought I would take t…
June 27, 2022

Mil Spouse Spotlight: PCSing your business with photographer Alison Bell!

As always, I am so excited to share this weeks episode with you! I am sitting down with Marine Corp wife, mom of 4 boys and family photographer Alison Bell. We get into all the things! We talk about moving a small business o…
June 20, 2022

Mil Spouse Spotlight: What the heck is a life coach?! with Kayla Lyon

I had such a blast talking today with fellow mil spouse Kayla Lyon! Kayla has such an interestingstory in that she was active duty navy for 6.5 years, her husband is also active duty. We talk about the tough conversations an…
June 13, 2022

Book Club: The High Five Habit by Mel Robbins

I've talked about on the show before how important I think personal development is. Being a mil spouse is not an easy job and anything we can do to understand ourselves better, in my opinion, is only going to make us better …