109.Finding Connection, Community & Her mission to help other Defence Couples

In this week's podcast episode, I talk to Air Force Spouse Elise about making defence life work for her, connection, community and her passion to help other defence couples navigate challenges through strong communication.

Elise and I also talk about;

• How she met her Defence Member by chance at the races
• Forming a great friendship and both getting busy with their careers
• Losing touch and then eventually reconnecting and deciding to be together
• Getting engaged, married and having a baby all in a few years
• The reality of Defence life and getting comfortable with being solo a lot
• Deployment challenges and refusing to accept surface-level communication
• The isolation of working from home, solo parenting and the impact on her mental health
• Deciding not to miss out on life just because her Husband wasn't home
• How connecting with the Defence community had an unexpected and positive impact
• Finding support and friendship with people who GOT IT
• The frustration she felt knowing her career would always come second
• The importance of finding a way for her career to work with defence life
• Deciding to start a business to help defence couples better communicate
• Why her online program Partners Elsewhere is about prevention to avoid crisis
• Partnering with a Psychologist to help defence couples build strong foundations
• How her program helps defence couples to understand what each other is feeling
• Why the program aims to make the defence members transition home after separation easier and the flow on
• How to get your defence member on board with giving the program a go

To find out more about Elise's business PE Health and her specific online program for Defence Couples called Partners Elsewhere Military Relationship Program click on the link below.

https://www.pehealth.org/military-couples

For those interested in signing up for the program Elise is offering the MWL Community a 50% off discount code for the first 100 couples to sign up to the Partners Elsewhere Military Relationship Program. Use code MWL50

*Code starts 11/11/21

Ready to join the MWL community? Click through the link to get connected xx www.militarywifelife.com.au