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Military Life

41.Army Spouse life & a cancer diagnosis while on deployment

Feb 27, 2020

This week on the Podcast I talk to Army spouse Bec about what it's like to post in and out of the same few locations while juggling mum and work life, separation and deployments. Bec also talks about the day she was told her Husband, who was just a few weeks into a deployment overseas, had been diagnosed with Cancer and...

40.Defence Community Organisation-Who they are and What they provide

Feb 20, 2020

This week on the Podcast I talk to Shayne Vining, Deputy Director of National Operations at the Defence Community Organisation to get the low down on what DCO do and when and why we should access information and support from them. We touch on the broad range of programs and services focusing on the 24 hour Defence...

39.Letting go of resentment and a bad first deployment experience

Feb 13, 2020

This week on the Podcast I talk to spouse Anastasia about how she brushed off a bad first deployment. Anastasia talks about how she started to resent her military person and felt she didn't cope with the 6 month separation very well. She became depressed and really felt like she was in a holding pattern while her...

38. Spouse life & moving your business across the country

Feb 5, 2020

This week on the Podcast I talk to Jess about the pros and cons of working for yourself when you're a Military spouse. Setting up your own business is often an appealing option to a lot of us due to the nature of the Defence lifestyle and needing to be able to take your work with you from state to state. Jess lets us in...