Dealing Well With Deployment with Jen McDonald | Ep. 582
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Calling all military spouses AND frequent travelers: Do not miss this bonus episode! Today we're thrilled to have Jen McDonald of Milspouse Matters join us on the podcast. Jen is full of wisdom and warmth as well as practical tips and advice on how to weather a marriage separated by distance and the unique challenges of military life. Tune in and be encouraged by her story!
Episode highlights include:
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The parts of military life that Jen was NOT prepared for
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The realities of deployment and reintegration
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Practical things that helped her marriage stay connected during deployment
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
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Find Jen on Facebook, Instagram and on Twitter (X)
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Get Jen's Amazon bestselling book: You Are Not Alone: Encouragement for the Heart of a Military Spouse
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And her new book Milspouse Matters: Sharing Strength Through Our Stories
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She also has several Military Spouse Resources on her site (including the The 5-Day Deployment Devotional and deployment resources for families and kids). Jen has graciously offered our listeners 10% off when you use the code marriage10 at checkout! (Discount available through 12/31/23.)
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Resources for kids / families:
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Military OneSource (info and support for families)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.9 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. |
| 0:13.4 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:17.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:21.8 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. Well, then, welcome to the Lost of Marriage podcast. |
| 0:46.4 | Thank you so much for saying yes and being here today. |
| 0:49.4 | I'm excited about this. |
| 0:50.6 | I know it's going to help so many people. |
| 0:52.4 | So thanks for being here. |
| 0:54.6 | Oh, well, thank you so much for having me. It is absolutely my privilege, my honor. I just think the work |
| 0:59.9 | you're doing is so incredible. So I was very honored to even be asked to come on. So thank you for |
| 1:04.6 | having me. Well, thank you. And today is also a big day for you, the day we're recording. |
| 1:09.1 | Your newest book comes out. And this is launch day. And tell us just a little bit for you, the day we're recording, your newest book comes out. And this is launch day. |
| 1:13.1 | And tell us just a little bit about it. Well, it is an exciting day. It is called Mill Spouse Matters, |
| 1:20.4 | sharing strength through our stories. And it's sharing stories of military spouses across the |
| 1:25.1 | generations' widows from the Korean and Vietnam era that I was |
| 1:28.3 | privileged to interview at the Air Force Enlisted Village where they live. And then modern day spouses, |
| 1:33.1 | so about 17 different stories and then a whole lot of my own story. So kind of a behind the scenes |
| 1:38.6 | peek into military life. And the goal is to strengthen and courage, give hope to today's military |
| 1:44.1 | spouse that they can do it to. |
| 1:45.9 | They're not alone. |
| 1:46.9 | And so many of the experiences we share are so similar across the generations. |
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