DoD BeThere Podcast

008: Military Spouse Career Building Resources

The Department of Defense knows how valuable military spouses are. So, when it comes to supporting your career goals within your mobile military life, the DoD has your back. In this episode of the DoD BeThere Podcast, we interview C. Eddy Mentzer, program manager for the Department of Defense’s Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program. He explains the intent behind a recent presidential executive order and shares some invaluable resources made just for you. You’ll wish you knew about these sooner! View transcript: http://www.betherepeersupport.org/wp-content/uploads/Podcast-Transcript-Military-Spouse-Career-Building-Resources.pdf

007: Building Connections in Your Military Community — Part 2

In part two of this two-part series of the DoD BeThere Podcast, we continue our conversation on building meaningful connections in your military community. This time, we meet Brittany, an Army Foreign Area Officer’s wife of nine years and a mom of two young boys (with one more on the way). Brittany reflects on her years as a military spouse, how she’s turned challenges into opportunities, and shares with us some of the ways she’s kept herself grounded with family and friends both old and new. View transcript: http://www.betherepeersupport.org/wp-content/uploads/Podcast-Transcript-Building-Connections-in-Your-Military-Community-Part-2.pdf

006: Building Connections in Your Military Community — Part 1

Making meaningful connections with people can be challenging for anyone. Add in the unique qualities of a military life, like PCSing every 18 months to three years, deployments and duty, and we understand the energy this takes, and the resilience needed to thrive. In part one of this two-part series of the DoD BeThere Podcast, we meet Kelli, a wife of a retired Marine, mom of six and a former military brat herself. Kelli shares her experience and teaches us the importance of finding and building community while in the military and how to make the best of it when connections aren’t so easy to find. View transcript: http://www.betherepeersupport.org/wp-content/uploads/podcasts-transcripts/Podcast-Transcript-Building-Connections-in-Your-Military-Community-Part-1.pdf

005: Back To College – Military Spouse Style

In this episode of the DoD BeThere Podcast, we interview Marine Corps spouse Kristi, a mom of two young kids, who decided to go back to school. Kristi shares with us how she overcame the time and money hurdles to get back to school as well as her experiences as an adult student. View transcript: http://www.betherepeersupport.org/wp-content/uploads/podcasts-transcripts/Podcast-Transcript-Back-to-College-Military-Spouse-Style.pdf

004: She Agreed to Do What? Surviving a “Digital Detox” – With Peer Specialist Shay

In this episode of the DoD BeThere Podcast, we follow up with Shay, a retired Air Force Intelligence Analyst and current BeThere Call Center Peer Specialist, who took our challenge to give up her smartphone, her computer, AND her TV for five days. The results of her “digital detox” show just how much we’ve come to rely on our devices and how sometimes they might actually be getting in our way! Join us as we discuss how this former 20-year Active-Duty Airman, wife and mom braved a break from her digital reliance and came out on top. Spoiler: She said she’d do it again. View Transcript: http://www.betherepeersupport.org/wp-content/uploads/podcasts-transcripts/Podcast_Transcript-She_Volunteered_to_Do_What-Surviving_a_Digital_Detox_with_Shay.pdf