Ruck Up Buttercup

Welcome to the Military If you are reading this we here at Ruck Up Buttercup Sabrina Johannes and Ashley Brown hope that you have found us from a dear friend or a group on Facebook. We hope that if you are new to the military family that you soon find your tribe and are able to connect. We are both strong advocates that the sooner you put yourself out there the easier it will be. Being the new spo...

Season 3 Episode 11 Welcome back to one of our ever loved Girl Chats!! Sabrina and Ashley discuss this week, Hobbies. Finding something to keep you happy, busy, and find your identity is very important as a military spouse. We discuss some of our favorite hobbies, and why we love them. If you are a book lover you are going to love this episode as we are both avid book readers and dive deep into wh...

Season 3 Episode 10 Today we are joined by Carolyn Wilson. Carolyn is a veteran spouse, she was with her spouse through his entire army career, and through his transition of retiring. Throughout her long time within the military family she has experienced first hand many different situations that will come up. She took her experiences and chose to write a wonderful book called: The Trials and Trib...

On this Episode of Ruck Up Buttercup Podcast we had special guest Marie Mendez Reed on the show. Marie is the Founder of Moving with the Military as well as the non-profit Inspire Up. She is a military spouse of nearly 20 years and has so much great wisdom that she has obtained with her time as part of the military family. Her expertise lies heavily in helping military families find ways to afford...

Season 3 Episode 8 Reintegration. We have special guest Courtney Boyer on the show with us this month as we talk about Reintegration and how that can affect your relationship on an intimate level. Courtney is a Relationship and Sexual Expert and the Author of Not Tonight Honey: Why women actually don't want sex and what we can do about it. She gave some amazing ideas on how to make the awkward pha...

On today’s show we have a special show takeover. This is one of the recent episodes from The Spouse Angle Podcast. Natalie Gross is the host of the podcast and has a bunch of fantastic episodes bringing the news to military families from a military spouse perspective. You can find her here: www.thespouseangle.com She interviews nutritionist, dietician and Army spouse Kristen Noriega. She shares he...

Season 3 Episode 6 Military Kids Grow up So Fast Welcome to Episode 6 of this year's podcast!! We are so glad to have you here and to see that you are part of our community. This month as April being the month of the Military Child we wanted to end the month with a special episode paying tribute to the amazing people who make up the kids of the military community. We had a special guest of Chandel...

Season 3 Episode 5: We are talking all about the stereotypes and controversial subjects of being part of the military community. Covering “dependas”, Family Groups, and online bullying. This raw uncut episode really shows that there are so many things that will affect your life as a military spouse. Not everything is going to be smooth sailing. You are going to hit bumps. Not every group in the mi...

Season 3 Episode 4 Military Balls On this episode of Ruck Up Buttercup podcast hosts Sabrina Johannes, Ashley Brown and Kim Clagg were joined by the wonderful Selena Conmackie. And we talked all about Military Balls. We tell hilarious stories of our times attending 13 balls between the 4 of us!! Every single ball is going to be a new and fun experience. We provide information about how to dress, w...

Season 3 Episode 3: Relationships We bring you an episode all about the smaller topics of relationships! Just in time for Valentine's Day. We talk about it all from dealing with relatives, hobbies, communication and even weird/annoying habits. We have all been through the odd and the good things that relationships come with. We hope that you are able to enjoy the show and feel less alone as you go...

Season 3 Episode 2 Military Girlfriends Often the most overlooked demographic when thinking about the military community. Viewed as a temporary part of the community and not given the support they deserve, the Military Girlfriend/Boyfriend is a hard place to find yourself. We have on with us this week Kaitlyn Berger, a long term Airforce Girlfriend who lives with her Airmen, and they have been tog...

Season 3 Episode 1: Setting Goals Welcome back to Season 3 of Ruck Up Buttercup. We are starting the new season out with a Girl Chat about goal setting. Today we discussed our current goals, our words of the year, and why we make vision boards. As well as having some really great chats about setting reasonable goals that are more achievable and then setting new ones once you have reached those. Or...

On today's episode we are joined by Becky Hoy, the owner of Brave Crates and Joanna Guldin-Noll author of Jo, My Gosh. They have joined forces again this year for their 3rd annual Pillar: Digital Retreat for Deployment Countdowns. Listen to this episode to hear more about what to expect from this years retreat, from how to survive as an introvert, tips for teens, and tons of amazing clips to help...

On today's Girl Chat, Sabrina Johannes, Ashley Brown and Kim Clagg talk about the current challenges that their lives are undergoing. Military associated life throws so many curve balls and learning to still hit home runs can be so hard sometimes. It is okay to not be okay, it is okay to ask for help, or to step back and give yourself time and space. It is very important to listen to your body and...

Season 2 Episode 13: Homeschool in the Military. On today’s episode of Ruck up Buttercup we are chatting about homeschool. We have special Guest Crystal Neihoff the Host of The Military Homeschool Podcast. She came on to share her story, why she started a podcast and we talked about a lot of commonly asked questions that new to homeschool families are often curious about. If you have considered st...

On today's episode of Ruck Up Buttercup we are talking back to school! Grab a coffee and join our conversation as we talk about back to school with our kids. We have a variety of experiences from Ashley being a military kid who had to move every year to new schools, Kim has kids pre-k through High School and has dealt with a variety of different schools and IEP's. And Sabrina homeschools. So we ha...

Season 2 Episode 11: EFMP On today’s episode of Ruck up Buttercup we are chatting about EFMP. A topic that has come up a lot this year as we talk about PCS but also will continue to come up as the new school year begins with IEP’s. EFMP the Exceptional Family Member Program is set up by the military to provide additional services to families with members that need to be provided additional service...

Season 2 Episode 10: OCONUS PCS On today’s episode of Ruck up Buttercup we are chatting about Changing Tides, our summer informational series being discussed on Deployed Love on Facebook. Listen to meet Alyssa as she gives us some amazing tips on how being conscious of our surroundings, mostly our environments when we move from one location to another can help to build a more resilient family unit...

On today’s episode of Ruck up Buttercup we are chatting about Pcs, but mostly about PCS Oconus. A topic only talked about it seems when you are in the midst of a move away from the continental states. We all love the idea of living overseas and seeing the world, and why not, that isn’t something everyone get to do an doing that on the Military’s dime is amazing. Those moves however, come with a wh...

On today’s episode of Ruck up Buttercup we are with a few lovely ladies who are realtors and lenders from both the east coast, and the west coast. We have Beth Lee, Sarah Crandall, and Ayren Pfeifer on to help answer questions about how the housing market is affecting the military family, as well as how to best navigate purchasing or renting a home in this market. Step by step through the process...

On today's Girl Chat we asked you all what you thought were some topics not really talked about in the Military Community. You had amazing ideas that ranged from health care to foreign spouses. We try to touch on as many topics as we could and hope that you find this podcast not only educational but enlightening. Knowing that you are not alone in feeling unsupported in the military life at differe...

Welcome to the Ultimate Q&A and get to know our hosts! Sabrina Johannes is one of our co-hosts, she grew up in Colorado and graduated high school in Nebraska. A veteran wife, and mother of 2. She is the founder of Deployed Love, and currently lives in Pinehurst, NC. Ashley Brown is the other co-host of the podcast, she is our resident military child and grew up all over the country. An Army wife,...

On today’s episode of Ruck up Buttercup we are with a military spouse and mom of almost 3 Athens Pellegrino. Athens is a seasoned spouse who has encountered her share of military challenges. During her last pcs it was mid pandemic and the struggles of moving to a new community felt extra hard to take on. She was struggling with how to explain the feelings of PCS to her oldest who was old enough to...

Season 2 Episode 4: Sherry Motcheck On today’s episode of Ruck up Buttercup we are taking on a new perspective of chatting with a military momma!! Sherry Motcheck is a mom to a soldier in the Army and a sailor in the Navy. She was brough into the military family pretty suddenly and with no warning. Her boys joined in college and she was thrown into being a military mom with no former military expe...

Season 2 Episode 3 Dr Kendra Lowe On this episode we sat down and chatted with Dr Kendra Lowe who has over 21 years of experience and wears multiple hats within the military community. Veteran, Psychologist, CEO, Author and of course Military Spouse. She recently published a second book called: MilSpouse Strength. Her message touches on so many things that military spouses feel during their time s...