Confessions of A Military Spouse

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking about unit functions. They are breaking it down and talking about the good, the bad and the ugly of unit functions. With both Jenna and Candace having a lot of combined years experience in the military they have been to and experienced a lot of unit functions. They want to talk about why unit functions exist, why they are beneficial to go to, why they also suck at the same time and everything in between. Be sure to tune in to find out all about...

On our last episode, we promised we would do an episode all about ball etiquette and here we are! With the Marine Corps Ball season quickly approaching Jenna is seeing more and more spouses looking for advice and guidance when it comes to the ball. Jenna and Candace wanted to put a general guideline out there regarding what will get people talking at the ball and not in a good way, you won't want to miss this! --- Send in a voice message:...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are taking a newly released article from MilitarySpouse.com and discussing those topics amongst themselves. The article has 5 different topics that are relatively debatable in the military community and Jenna and Candace thought it would be fun to review those topics and give their opinions on each one. Be sure to tune in to find out which side of these topics each of them are on! Link to the article is here:...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking all about B-Billets and special duty assignments. Last episode Jenna shared her experiences on recruiting duty and gave the best advice she could on surviving such a hard duty assignment and today Candace is sharing their experiences of drill instructor life. From the highs to the lows and the good and the bad she's sharing it all. We are also offering any and all advice we can to make any B-Billet or special duty assignment as good as...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are taking a listener request and talking all about recruiting duty. Jenna and her husband were on recruiting duty for 3 years in St. Louis, MO and she has a lot to say about it and probably not in the context you would think. Be sure to tune in to hear all about the good, the bad and the ugly of recruiting duty as Jenna shares her recruiting duty experience and how she managed to survive the 3 years of what most call hell. --- Send in a voice message:...

Even though it's June, Jenna and Candace are still promoting Mental Health May. They have each taken turns to talk about their mental health struggles with you and what they have found to be effective in coping with those struggles. This week they are talking about the grieving process. They are talking about things they have learned while grieving, things they have observed others do to help grieve and giving helpful pieces of advice for anyone that is experiencing grief. --- Send in a...

For the entire month of May, Jenna and Candace are promoting Mental Health May. They are each taking their turns to talk about their mental health struggles with you and what they have found to be effective in coping with those struggles. Candace is sharing her story this week. She's talking about the loss of her twins and her mom and how she coped with those losses and how it has affected her. She is also sharing very valuable information for those who have a loved one dealing with a loss...

For the entire month of May, Jenna and Candace are promoting Mental Health May. They are each taking their turns to talk about their mental health struggles with you and what they have found to be effective in coping with those struggles. Jenna is sharing her story first with PMDD. She's talking about what PMDD is, how there isn't much help from traditional doctors out there and what she has found to be effective and helpful (and also not so helpful) in managing her PMDD. --- Send in a...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking all about marriage enrichment. The thought was prompted questioning what is marriage enrichment and what does it mean to you after seeing a post about a CREDO event. They stumble their way through about what CREDO actually stands for but provide some very informational points about enriching your marriage. They discuss things from date nights to full on trips and everything in between. --- Send in a voice message:...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace will be talking about how the word no, is a complete sentence. You may be wondering what exactly that means and how it can be a whole sentence but Jenna and Candace break it down. It took them years to figure it out and of course they're not perfect but they've definitely got a good start. Candace also shares her chilling experience from when she visited the Marine Corps museum and medal of honor wall. --- Send in a voice message:...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking about how they experience burnout and how many others can likely relate to them. They are talking about how to avoid burnout as much as possible, what you can do if you experience burnout and how to help others when they are experiencing burnout. There are many different ways we experience burnout so tune in to find out how you can relate. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking about living the military wife life. They are talking all about the struggles of military wife life and how to "embrace the suck". They are also talking about the great debate that the longer you are married, the easier the military wife life gets and exactly how they feel about that and if there is any truth to it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message Support this podcast:...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking about self care for spouses. Jenna and Candace know the military life can be stressful especially when you factor in being a mom so they have decided to talk about what self care TRULY means and how to make sure you are taking care of yourself.... in ways you may not have even considered. They are also talking about WHY self care is so important and not just for military spouses but for everyone, in general. --- Send in a voice message:...

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking all about deployments, trainings and everything in between. They are giving tips and tricks that help them survive when they their spouse is gone along with things that happen to military members when they are deployed. They are also talking about how to have open conversations and keep the line of communication open during the hard times. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message...

On this episode, Jenna is taking the questions from listeners and herself that she's complied over the weeks and asking Candace all the questions we're dying to hear the answers to. From balancing work and home life to navigating being a female marine working in a mostly male-dominated field, Candace answers it all. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message Support this podcast:...

On this episode, Jenna is revealing the big changes happening to the Confessions of a Military Spouse podcast by introducing the new co-host, Candace Gamez. On this episode, you will learn all about who Candace is, her role in the military and as a spouse, how she and Jenna met and how she will be so beneficial to you as a listener and the podcast as a whole! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message Support this podcast:...

On this episode, Jenna is talking about people experiencing not getting to be with loved ones during holidays and special events because of COVID and how that compares to every day life for military families. There are many similarities in the situations and she is sitting down to talk about them all. This is also the final episode for the 2020 year! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message Support this podcast:...

On this episode, Jenna is sitting down again with her husband and neighbors Shannon and Eric Gonzales to have the second "round table discussion". We are talking about the final 5 topics today with a 10 minute discussion max per topic. Be sure to tune in to hear all the the perspectives during this round table discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message Support this podcast:...

On this episode, Jenna is sitting down with her husband and neighbors Shannon and Eric Gonzales to have a "round table discussion". They have come up with 10 topics to talk about and are splitting it into 2 episodes. 5 topics each episode with a 10 minute discussion max per topic. Be sure to tune in to hear all the the perspectives during this round table discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message Support this podcast:...

On this episode, we are approaching the two year anniversary of Confessions of a Military Spouse and Jenna has two very special guests. Her husband, Dustin and her daughter, Ella. She is doing a question and answer type of interview asking about their experiences as being a military family/service member/child. This episode is a lot of fun and has a lot of good information. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessionsofamilspouse/message Support this...