10 Things I Learned from Deployment

10 Things I Learned from Deployment

This week I’m doing a solo episode about what I learned from deployment. I deployed to Afghanistan 10 years ago this month and am celebrating my experience by talking about the 10 things I learned from deployment. You can read the whole episode below or you can listen to the whole episode here. This post […]

Giving Back After Service to Find Healing

Giving Back After Service to Find Healing

How can you find yourself again after leaving the military? Giving back after service is the one key way I have found to help me transition. Nicole had a similar experience. Nicole Terwey is a Lieutenant and an Intelligence Officer in the Navy Reserves in Nashville, TN. She completed eight and a half years of […]

Processing Transitioning Out of the Military

Processing Transitioning Out of the Military

In episode 47 of the Women of the Military, I am sharing my experience of going through the stages of grief. I lost a part of myself when I transitioned out of the military. The more I learned and reflected on the process of transitioning out of the service I realized I had gone through […]

Overcoming Adversity in the Army

Overcoming Adversity in the Army

This episode was sponsored by . Is life insurance on your transition checklist? Contact Melissa at 844-514-LIFE. . is the term life insurance brokerage for military families!   Tiffany served in the Army for ten and a half years. While she was in the Army, she was a logistician and she deployed to Iraq twice. […]

Adversity in the Military

Adversity in the Military

My guest today is Teressa Boone. Teressa served 15 years in the U.S. Army. She faced adversity in the military. She was medically retired after being diagnosed with combat post-traumatic stress disorder. To begin her healing process, she created Amitza Media Independent – Am I, LLC, an accessible and online establishment to expose the personal […]

Surviving Military Sexual Trauma in the Navy

Surviving Military Sexual Trauma in the Navy

Episode 26: Surviving Military Sexual Trauma in the Navy Welcome to today’s episode of the Women of the Military Podcast. Today’s guest is Linsey Daley. Linsey joined the Navy in 2004 on a green card in order to see America and travel more. She served 14 years on active duty as a Hospital Corpsman for […]

In the Coast Guard Far From Home

In the Coast Guard Far From Home

In the Coast Guard Far From Home – Episode 21 Welcome to episode 21 of Women of the Military Podcast. Today’s guest is Tammy Barlet Listen to the full episode here. Tammy Barlet served in the Coast Guard for 8 years. As an Operation Specialist aboard the USCGC Chase (WHEC-718), traveling halfway around the world […]

Serving in the Coast Guard and Military Sexual Trauma

Serving in the Coast Guard and Military Sexual Trauma

Serving in the Coast Guard and Military Sexual Trauma – Episode 18 Ginny joined the Coast Guard at 18, she turned 19 while at boot camp. She was a chef, first stationed on a Cutter (a coast guard commissioned vessel) in San Diego. She also went to South and Central America doing drug and migrant […]

Effects of deployment on soldiers

Effects of deployment on soldiers

What are the effects of deployment on soldiers? Christian talks about how her deployment affects her life even today. Christina is an Army Veteran and an Air Force spouse currently stationed in Utah with her husband and two children, ages 6 and 5. Her love for writing has found a home on her blog Heart […]

Overcoming PTSD symptoms and what is next

Overcoming PTSD symptoms and what is next

Today’s guest is Annette Whittenberger. Listen to her story of overcoming PTSD symptoms. Annette is a military spouse, mother to two teenagers (one is in college), and veteran who served in the Army for over seventeen years as a Chemical officer including a deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. She retired and decided to trade in her […]