Ruck Up Buttercup

Ruck Up Buttercup: Intimacy, Communication, and Reintegration in Military Marriages In this episode of the Ruck Up Buttercup podcast, hosts Sabrina and Ashley delve into the intricacies of maintaining intimacy and relationships, particularly among military families. Joined by Dolly, an expert with 15 years of experience in the sex industry, the discussion covers the significance of sexual health a...

Building Community in the Last Frontier: Jillian Bloom's Rove Co. In this episode of Ruck Up Buttercup, the hosts welcome Jillian Bloom, founder of Rove Community (Rove Co.), to discuss the importance of community building, especially for military families in remote locations like Alaska. Jillian shares her journey of moving to Alaska, the challenges she faced, and the eventual creation of Rove Co...

In this episode of "Ruck Up Buttercup," guest host Janeen McChesney from the Veteran Wives Survival Guide discusses the unique journey of becoming a military spouse. She emphasizes the essential knowledge and skills needed to navigate military life effectively. The conversation then transitions to the distinct challenges and experiences of shifting from being an active-duty military spouse to a ve...

Season 4 Episode 11 Grace Bex. On this week’s episode of Ruck Up Buttercup we Grace Bex of Gracefully Fit LLC. An amazing trainer currently in the Fort Liberty region who works with mothers and military spouses to find their confidence in fitness. She gives us some amazing tips on how to build up your fitness brick by brick to reach your goals. We all know that military life likes to throw us curv...

Season 4 Episode 10 Motherhood On this week’s episode of Ruck Up Buttercup we are having a girl chat about our experiences in Motherhood. From babies, to preteen; from hilarious stories to tales of woe. Motherhood is the adventure of a lifetime. From the moment you realize you are pregnant and life is about to change, all the way through your kids being adults you will think about your kids non-st...

Season 4 Episode 9 Military Spouse Advocacy Network. On this week’s episode of Ruck Up Buttercup we speak with Verenice Castillo the Founder and CEO of Military Spouse Advocacy Network. She tells us her story of coming from a different country to having to adjust to being a US Military Spouse. She, like all of us, felt out of place, and pretty isolated, but realized that doesn’t have to be the cas...

Season 4 Episode 8 Fisher House Foundation On this week's episode of Ruck Up Buttercup we had the opportunity to speak with Mary Considine, the Chief of Staff for the Fisher House Foundation. She has been with this amazing organization for 20 years and has seen them grow from only a handful of houses to being on their journey to building the 100th house hopefully later this year. Fisher House Foun...

On this week’s episode of Ruck Up Buttercup we had Lauren Lomsdale from The Work From Home Milspo on the show. She told us all about the different things she offers through her website and programs. And we discuss how military spouses can get involved with working from home. Being able to work from home is an opportunity that not everyone has but as a military spouse is a career that actually fits...

On this week’s episode of Ruck Up Buttercup we are having a girl chat about what it means to slow down and honor the season of life you are in currently. Military life can be so hectic and there is always that “what’s next” mentality. But sometimes you really need to slow down, put your feet up and enjoy what you are doing now!! Find us Here: Website: www.deployedlove.org/podcast Facebook: www.fac...

Season 4 Episode 5 United Through Reading On this week's episode we are spot lighting a well known resource in the military community. United Through Reading; Vice President of Marketing and Communications. She spent this time with us explaining the amazing program of United Through Reading, where your service members can record themselves reading to you or your kids and then you are able to acces...

Season 4 Episode 4 The Organized Military Life On this week’s episode of Ruck Up Buttercup, we have the lovely Jana Arevalo from The Organized Military Life. She has grown a beautiful community for military families to find support, tips, and ideas on how to keep their military life organized. From blog articles about specific topics like PCS, and Decluttering, to Monthly calendars with Declutteri...

This week on Ruck Up Buttercup we had the lovely Tara Brown as a guest to give her perspective on living overseas with kids. We talk about school, living with different cultures, experiences your kids will have, as well as Travel Travel Travel. We hope that if you are considering moving overseas this will give you a better idea of what to expect, and answer any questions you may have. You are surr...

In this episode we are talking about a subject that is really hard to approach. We know that our military members need to have good mental health in order to most effectively complete the mission. However, the military also comes with many different types of trauma. From basic training to deployments each person experiences things that will affect how they portrait the world going forward. Unfortu...

So you hear our voices every episode, today we are answering questions about ourselves to let you get to know us better. From New Years goals to honest insight into how hard in your 30s it can be to endure a PCS and trying to make new friends!! We are so grateful for you all being part of the show over the last 3 years and we would love to get to know even more of you. If you would like to come on...

On this week's episode Sabrina and Ashley talk about how you can use technology as well as other great things to keep relationships strong when you aren't near each other. Building and keeping relationships in your life that are important to you while living the Military Life can often be challenging, but are worth the time and effort. You love these people and though you aren’t just down the stre...

On this episode we were joined by Hannah, she was so amazing to come on to our show and bring awareness to some minorities in the military community. Her family has experienced this first hand. As Jewish Members of the military community there are often hurdles and struggles that the average military member may not encounter. Hannah brought to light some of those challenges and how her and her spo...

On this week's episode we are joined with guest Gracie Burgess of Grace of a Military Child. She is the host of an amazing podcast that supports military families but telling the stories of military kids across the world. Her stories and program help to connect military kids with like minded people as well as allow them to hear other stories. This brings this beautiful sense of community to them....

This week's episode is a chill girl chat with Sabrina Johannes and Ashley Brown. Get your coffee and cozy up for this positive and uplifting episode. We sat down to talk about how to find your strength in waiting for separations to end. Deployments can be so hard on both spouses, and oftentimes during the holiday’s it will leave you in a really sad mood. We suggest some really great ways to make t...

We have been wanting to do an episode to include our dual military spouses for so many years, and it has been so hard to find a guest for this episode. We know just how busy those spouses are. This episode we were really lucky to have a dear friend of Sabrina’s on the show. Lynnette Plevris has lived the dual military life, and ultimately chose to give up her military career to benefit her family...

Today’s Episode we are joined by the amazing Sharita Knobloch from Mission: Milspouse. She is the executive director and has been with their organization for 10 years now. She is such an outstanding person within the military community and it was a complete honor to have the opportunity to chat with her. Ruck Up Buttercup is sponsored and supported by Deployed Love which was founded by our co-host...

Season 3 Episode 17 Finances On this week's episode we had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Courtney of Heroes Financial Coaching. She works regularly with Military and First Responders to help them get out of debt and budget their money to help them find financial stability. We all know that military members and families don’t make massive amounts of money. There are also always unplanned...

This week’s episode we talk about how it feels to go from military girlfriend to spouse. We talk about our weddings, the changes you endure, and the joys of being a military spouse. We talk about stigmas like “military relationships don’t last” and “you married him for the money”. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and spend some time with us as we chat about this much discussed military topic. Find Us H...

Welcome to this week's episode. Sabrina Johannes and Ashley Brown have special guest Heidi Dindial. Heidi is a former Volunteer with Deployed Love. She is also a veteran and now veteran spouse. She has joined us to share her recent experience with the process of outprocessing and moving into retirement from the military. She has hands-on experience and knowledge and some fantastic tips for how to...

Welcome to this week's episode. We have such an honest and interesting episode for you today. We have the amazing guest Kimberly Gold come on to chat with us about Positive Mindset and Habits. Kimberly is an amazing advocate for the community as well as supporting the military spouse. You will hear us start this episode out talking about her passion to help military spouses get jobs and really dec...

This week we are talking about Travel with Amber Korban from Amber Korban Travel Co. She has some great tips on how to plan your dream trip, or even a road trip home. We are here to encourage you to go see things, get out and explore your duty stations. As military spouses we tend to get stuck in the routine of spending our leave going back to see family where we grew up. This is great but if you...