The Unspoken Life of the Military Wife | Building community and connection for military spouses

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 Lettering by Katie. She makes super cute signs and ornaments and sells on Spouse-ly. Check our her products here Katie shares her military life so far, and man have the...

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 we just did our first DITY move this past summer.  Julia shares how Spouse Serve came to be and how they have grown and developed their planner for military spouses specifica...

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 Service Member's Civil Relief Act which enabled service members to establish a state of residency where they choose, which they are allowed to keep regardless of orders send...

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 Tricare to branch by branch rank cheat sheets. Sarah starts off telling us about her military life so far, how her blog came to be and the other items she makes that are b...

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, how sometimes just talking about it doesn't help. How to have grace with yourself as a parent to navigate these emotional eruptions while still managing your own emotions an...

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 about 4 major areas of concern: BAH/PCSing/TLE (all related to housing and moving for non military member ;) child care military spouse career assistance commissary fundi...

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! We start off with her military life so far and how she found herself being a travel agent, specializing in Disney vacations and the portability of the career as a mil spo...

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 background info on why I want to build this community, the issues that I have had as a 20 year mil spouse with starting over and feeling isolated. I lay out for you my vision on what I...

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 some time talking about Michelle's time as Ombudsman on her husband's ship during covid and a 9 month deployment. The mental stress of deployments and reintegration tha...

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 unnecessary? We dive into the 6 lies between you and success. Which are: 1- Everything matters equally 2- multitasking 3- A disciplined Life 4- Will power is always on will-ca...

 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 bookkeeper. Why do you need a bookkeeper? What can they help you track and do? I really enjoyed our conversation and I hope you do as well! Connect with Megan on Instagram! @numbers...

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 prevention month. I think most of us have heard the alarming statistic that 22 veterans take their lives everyday. It is absolutely heartbreaking. On todays show we are going to...

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 still break down the big gripes people have with it and give you my 2 cents! Short and sweet! I so appreciate you listening to the show! If you wouldn’t mind leaving a rating...

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! Thank you so much for your love and support! I will see you in season 2 in September! Check out our website ! Get your Washington State Bucket list HERE ! If you have ide...

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 military is a HUGE milestone and change, and I think Erin's podcast is a wealth of information! Erin shares her top issues she has seen or heard from military member...

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 finding everything over and over, and how to keep a positive outlook when arriving at a new duty station. We also talk about the dreaded word of "dependa". What it m...

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 because of not wanting to fall into the stereotypes. To deployments and reintegration and the challenges those put on a marriage.  We talk about having those tough conversations...

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 the month of July to connect you with other mil spouse podcasts so you know they are there, and what they talk about. Today I am talking to Natalie Gross and Andrea Scott w...

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 over and over and over. We talk about homeschooling 4 boys, why they chose to homeschool and what programs they used. We hit on the challenges of having an in person business, a...

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 and decision to get out of the military to start a family.  She shares her struggles with identity and bouncing from job to job until she found the right fit. I think we can all...

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 spouses, parents and friends. On todays episode, we are diving in The High Five Habit by Mel Robbins. I've read and listened to lots of her books and she knows how to...

Ever wondered just what the heck is an Instagram influencer? Me too! On todays show, I interview mil spouse, momma of 4, blogger and IG influencer Sandee Booth. We get into everything from their military career, how she started her blog, learning to monetize it and then the transition to IG influencer. I had zero clue what was involved in being an influencer and Sandee was gracious enough to walk...

If your kiddos aren't on summer break yet, it's quickly approaching! In today's episode I am sharing with you the process I used to create our summer plan. What do you like to do? What are your priorities? Ask your kiddos what THEY want to do! Local bucket list. I walk you through how I set up our schedule and ideas for keeping everyone happy and fulfilled! I so appreciate you liste...

I recorded this little mini episode last summer before I started the podcast, maybe is was foreshadowing of things to come?! Anyhoo, just a quick story about embracing the suck and looking for the small wins. Enjoy! I so appreciate you listening to the show! If you wouldn’t mind leaving a rating and review I would really appreciate it!! To get in touch with Alison with questions or potential topic...

We are coming up on prime PCS season. I wanted to focus this month of episodes to help you navigate your PCS like a champ. If you haven't already, check out episode 3, 5 and 7, which are a deep dive into a military move, DITY move and how to unpack like a boss! In todays episode I am simmering it all down into my top 10 tips with everything from prepping for movers to what to take on the road...