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OPSEC reminder and talking to your kids about handling stress and big emotions.  SPONSOR: www.dependadoggear.com has St. Patrick's day and Easter bandana's coming! Check them out on Facebook and Instagram @dependadoggear 

Lets talk about how to navigate the holidays as a military family.  Sponsors: www.dependadoggear.com Handmade bandanas and leashes for your pets!

Talking with Kevin who is a retired Marine and current Stay at Home Dad, who's wife is active duty Navy.  Kevin has seen every angle of deployments and we dive into that, and LEGOS! Kevin runs a business www.betterbrickstores.com so check out his store and support a military family business! Show sponsors: Dependa Dog Gear www.dependadoggear.com  New bandanas coming out for Valentines day!

Ideas on how to handle deployments as a spouse.  Sponsor: www.dependadoggear.com Dependa Dog Gear offers small batch unique bandanas for your pet! Check them out today. 

Great conversation with Keith Hayden about the importance of having hobbies as a military spouse, the importance of being vulnerable, and being willing to have difficult conversations with your significant other.  SPONSOR INFO: www.dependadoggear.com - unique small batch bandanas and other accessories for your pet.  Keith's Social Media Contacts:  https://keithhayden.net/ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-h-62b98049/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRLtV5pqNYG0zYn040Kl-Fg YouTube (music) - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFDpXYTamav0J08w7QYN4WpycFmwmijrB Twitter (auther info) - https://twitter.com/kh_author Twitter (language learning) -  https://twitter.com/KH_waytolang Podcast (Cereus & Limnic) - https://keithhayden.net/claudiobookpodcast/ Novel website - https://keithhayden.net/cereus-limnic-novel/

Sponsor: Dependa Dog Gear - shop www.dependadoggear.com for small batch, limited run bandanas for your pet! Michael Peters has a lot of experience planning his own families budget and retirement needs, so he decided to further that knowledge and is on his way to becoming a certified Financial Counselor. He was a recipient of the 2021 FINRA Foundation Fellowship to work towards that goal. Michael is a lifelong military dependant, and has been a military spouse for 12yrs. Michael strives to make the traditional spouses clubs more inclusive and diverse, even organizing to have an All-Abilities playground built at a previous duty station. Michaels efforts landed him as a Military Spouse of the Year, an honor voted on my fellow military spouses and other military connected families. He is also an avid writer about the things he is passionate about. Here is one example of his writing: https://in-dependent.org/blog/find-your-way-as-a-male-military-spouse  

Sponsor info: www.dependadoggear.com Dependa Dog Gear has awesome bandanas to outfit your pup!  Todays show is about my opinion of Multi-Level Marketing and the "Boss B*" mentality.  Also I go over what I think may be a better option for some military spouses instead of the MLM world. 

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The Professional Depends view on PCSing. A couple of tricks we have learned and hopefully something useful you can take away.

Talking with Mark about spouse stuff. How spouses are perceived and how spouses can be more involved, especially male spouses.

Talking with Heather Campbell, super spouse. Registered Dietitian and so much more.

Interview with Jason Wysong, on top of being an amazing photographer, he's just an all around hell of a guy. Check out his photography page www.facebook.com/beardguyphotography Also we talk about beard oil, the best beard products on the market come from Alaska. www.permafrostbeards.com , owned by Army Veteran Nick Adkins, is the best stuff I have ever used. Go check out the site, use Code: TPD to save some bucks!

Trying something new. These should get better as I get more recorded. Hope you enjoy! Episode 2 coming soon! (different first guest than as described in this episode)