More Than a Milspouse | mindset, clarity, work-life balance, create a purpose-fueled life as a military spouse, Milspouse Mastermind

Christine Hinrichs | Military Spouse Mindset Coach, Clarity Coach, Military Life & Business Coach•www.milspousemastermind.com

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(Formerly The Milspouse Mastermind Show). The go to podcast for military spouses who want to live with more meaning and less overwhelm!

Have you ever felt stuck, lonely, overwhelmed, frustrated or unfulfilled as a military spouse?
Are you tired of putting your own dreams, goals and plans on hold; waiting for some future season to build a life you love?
Do you sometimes feel like you’ve lost sight of who you are and what you have to offer?

More Than a Milspouse is here to empower you to GET UNSTUCK, CRAFT A LIFE WITH PURPOSE, and show you that YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR TOMORROW TO CHASE YOUR DREAMS.

In this podcast, we dig into all things military spouse life, from the mind and growth work that has to happen in order for you to completely get unstuck and feel fulfilled every single day – YES, IT’S POSSIBLE – to practically navigating the unpredictability of military life.

Through honest conversations and expert interviews, we’ll help you set goals, combat stress and anxiety, incorporate self-care as a military spouse, boost your mental and emotional health, and prioritize what matters most, so that you can pursue your life, career and business dreams (with more joy and less overwhelm as a military family).

👋 Hi, I’m Christine, a seasoned military spouse, marketing strategist, mom of three, and coffee connoisseur. I am all-too-familiar with the challenges that come with frequent moves, deployments, TDYs and trying to balance military life with your own dreams and passions.

After four moves and three babies in four years, I became an accidental stay at home mom. I began a journey to find myself again and figure out how to love the life I was actually living, rather than the one I had imagined for myself.

If there’s one thing I want you to know, it’s this: You were made for more! More than the managing of schedules, keeping up with kiddos and holding down the home front.

YOU have something uniquely valuable to offer, and when you pursue the things that light your heart on fire, you trade frustration for FULFILLMENT and isolation for IDENTITY, CONNECTION, and a life of IMPACT.

I’m here to help you thrive as a military spouse, get clarity on what fuels and fills you, and give you practical tools and strategies to craft a life of MEANING and PURPOSE today.

Whether you are an Army spouse, an Air Force spouse, a Marine spouse, a Navy spouse, Coast Guard spouse, or a Space Force spouse, this is the podcast for you!

Friend, it’s time to reclaim your life and dreams and discover who you are meant to be because together we can change the world!

LET’S DO IT!

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Episodes

250. You Don't Have to Wait to Live with Purpose with Brittany Boccher

Welcome back to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — where we’re exploring how to live with more meaning and less overwhelm using the Clarity Compass as our guide. Over the past nine episodes, we’ve talked about caring for yourself and building strong relationships. But there’s one final — and foundational — focus area we’re digging into this week: your purpose . Living with purpose isn’t about waiting for the perfect time or location. It’s about discovering what matters to you, aligning your cho...

Aug 12, 2025•50 min

249. "You're Not Bad With Money. You Just Need a New Mindset" with Janine Mix

Welcome to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — where we’re taking intentional steps to reset your life one focus area at a time using the Clarity Compass , our free self-assessment tool designed for military spouses. Think you're just "bad with money"? Think again. In this episode, Janine Mix—author of Buy the Damn Coffee and host of the Permission to Prosper podcast—shares her journey from $120k in debt to financial freedom by 33. We talk about money shame, breaking generational patterns, and h...

Aug 05, 2025•51 min

248. Making Friends as a Milspouse with Megan B Brown

Welcome back to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — where we’re taking intentional steps to reset your life one focus area at a time using the Clarity Compass , our free self-assessment tool designed for military spouses. This week, we’re diving into one of the most important — and often most challenging — areas of military life: friendships. Making friends as a military spouse isn’t always easy, especially when you’re constantly moving, solo parenting, or just plain exhausted. But authentic com...

Jul 29, 2025•40 min

247. Helping Military Kids Thrive Through Change with Dr. Julia Priftis

Welcome back to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — where we’re taking intentional steps to reset your life one focus area at a time using the Clarity Compass , our free self-assessment tool designed for military spouses. In this episode, I’m chatting with Dr. Julia Priftis about one of the most important challenges military families face: building strong, healthy relationships with our kids amid all the moves, deployments, and uncertainty. If you’re a military spouse wondering how to help your ...

Jul 22, 2025•44 min

246. Keeping Love Alive in Military Life with Dr. Lindsay Cavanaugh

Welcome back to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — a special collection of episodes designed to help you make small, intentional shifts that lead to big transformation. Each week, we’re digging into one of the 10 key focus areas from the Clarity Compass, a free life assessment tool available inside the Milspouse Transformation Guide. This week, we’re talking about a vital, but often strained, part of military life: your relationship with your spouse or significant other. To help us navigate thi...

Jul 15, 2025•49 min

245. Is it a House or a Home?

Welcome back to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — where we’re diving into small, strategic shifts that help military spouses trade overwhelm for meaning and create a life that truly excites them. Each week, we’re exploring one of the 10 focus areas of the Clarity Compass, a free life assessment tool included in the Milspouse Transformation Guide. These conversations are designed to help you reset your rhythm and realign with what matters most, while navigating the uncertainty of military life....

Jul 08, 2025•29 min

244. Why Spiritual Health Matters Too with Dr. Sharita Knobloch

Welcome back to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series, where we’re exploring small, powerful shifts military spouses can make to live with more meaning and less overwhelm. Each week, we’re unpacking one of the 10 focus areas of the Clarity Compass — a free life assessment tool inside the Milspouse Transformation Guide. These conversations are designed to help you reset, refocus, and create a life that truly excites you. This week, we’re diving into an area of wellness we don’t talk about nearly enou...

Jul 01, 2025•52 min

243. Fueling Your Body as a Milspouse with Heather Campbell

Welcome back to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — a podcast series designed to help you make simple, strategic shifts that lead to a more meaningful, purpose-fueled life. Each week, we’re exploring one of the 10 focus areas of the Clarity Compass, a free life assessment tool inside the Milspouse Transformation Guide. It’s all about making empowered changes that help you live with more energy and less overwhelm. This week, we’re focusing on physical health and discussing one of the most foundat...

Jun 24, 2025•48 min

242. Milspouse Mental Health Matters with Evie King of InDependent

Welcome back to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — a season-long journey designed to help you make small, meaningful shifts that lead to major transformation. Each week, we’re exploring one of the 10 focus areas of the Clarity Compass, a free life assessment tool inside the Milspouse Transformation Guide. These episodes are all about helping you create a life with more meaning and less overwhelm, one simple step at a time. In this episode, we’re shining a light on something we don’t talk about ...

Jun 17, 2025•54 min

241. Permission to Pause as a Military Spouse with Chrissie Kenaston

This summer, we're hitting reset together with the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — a special collection of episodes designed to help you make small but powerful shifts that can lead to major transformation in your life. Each week, we're diving into one of the 10 focus areas of the Clarity Compass, a free life assessment tool and your go-to resource for creating a more fulfilling, purpose-fueled life. In this episode, we’re starting with the foundation: rest. I’m joined by military spouse, entrep...

Jun 10, 2025•43 min

240. Are You Ready for a Summer Reset?

Welcome to the Milspouse Summer Reset Series — a collection of intentional conversations designed to help you reflect, realign, and reset your life one small shift at a time. In this kickoff episode, I’m introducing the updated Clarity Compass (formerly known as the Growth Wheel) and walking you through how it can help you reconnect with who you are, uncover what matters most, and start making meaningful progress — even in the middle of a PCS, deployment, or challenging season. This isn’t about ...

Jun 03, 2025•16 min

239. How to Rebuild Communication in a Military Marriage (Without Therapy) with Linda Schwefel

Feeling disconnected from your spouse? Military life can strain even the strongest marriages, but rebuilding communication doesn’t have to mean going to therapy. In this episode, I’m joined by Linda Schwefel of Discover Yourself, who shares how the Insights Discovery profile can help you better understand yourself and your spouse, improve communication, and reconnect with intention. We explore how small shifts in awareness can lead to big breakthroughs in your relationship—no counseling couch re...

May 22, 2025•44 min

238. Turning Pain into Purpose with 2025 AFI Washington, DC National Guard Spouse of the Year Nicole Gebhardt

Trigger Warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual abuse, rape, miscarriage, addiction, and suicide. In this powerful and deeply moving episode, I sit down with Nicole B. Gebhardt—author, speaker, transformational coach, and military spouse—as she shares her personal journey through trauma, loss, addiction, and healing. Nicole opens up about how she turned unimaginable pain into purpose, and how she now helps others—especially military spouses—do the same. Nicole holds a Master’s in Human...

May 13, 2025•32 min

237. Feeling Stretched Thin? A Gift for You This Military Spouse Appreciation Day

If you’ve been feeling stretched thin, constantly “on,” or stuck in survival mode… I see you. And on this Military Spouse Appreciation Day, I don’t just want to say thank you—I want to give you something that helps you breathe again. So I created a bonus episode for you. In this episode, we chat about what’s really going on in your body and mind when you feel overwhelmed or disconnected—and how to start calming the chaos from the inside out. We talk about the role your nervous system plays in st...

May 09, 2025•25 min

236. The PCS Chaos Is Real: What You Can Control This Summer

If you're moving this summer, you already know: it’s not business as usual. Major changes to the PCS system are leaving many families stuck between bad options. So what do you do when you can’t change the situation? In this episode, I walk you through what’s happening, why it matters, and how to care for your mental and emotional health with a simple 5-step process to shift your focus and regain peace. Better Together, Christine MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E Frank...

May 06, 2025•26 min

235. Fill Your Cup in 30 Days: A Simple Start to Self Care for Milspouses

In this episode, we’re getting real about the stress and mental load so many military spouses carry—especially during busy or solo parenting seasons. Often, the first thing we let go of is taking care of ourselves . We explore the hidden beliefs that keep us stuck in self-neglect, even when we know we need to fill our own cup. You'll learn why guilt, busyness, and limiting stories might be holding you back—and how to shift that narrative. Plus, I’m sharing the simple yet powerful 30-Day Fill You...

Apr 29, 2025•26 min

234. Mentorship, Mission, and the Milspouse Who Wouldn’t Quit With Verenice Castillo

Buckle up for this one! This conversation is one that you will want to return to more than once. I sit down with Verenice Castillo, founder and CEO of the Military Spouse Advocacy Network, to talk about the 10-year anniversary of MSAN and what it took to build an organization that has positively impacted the lives of thousands of military spouses. Verenice shares her story of starting with nothing but passion and a desire to help, and how that led to a decade of impact through mentorship, mental...

Apr 22, 2025•48 min

233. The Power of "What's Possible?" for Military Spouses

In this episode, I’m sharing a behind-the-scenes look at a powerful mindset shift that’s changed the way I’m approaching this next season of my life—especially in the face of unexpected transitions and constant change. We’re diving into one simple but transformative question: What’s possible? From moving duty stations and letting go of expectations to stepping into a coaching certification that wasn’t even on my radar, I walk you through how asking this question helped me shift from frustration ...

Apr 16, 2025•25 min

232. My Top 10 Books of 2024

Every year I love to do a recap of my favorite books that I’ve read throughout the year. This year the recap almost didn’t happen between my daughter’s accident and me losing my voice. But I was determined to make it happen for two important reasons…which I’ll share inside today’s episode. Wishing you the best possible ending to your year. I’ll see you next year! Better Together, Christine MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE My Top 10 Book List, 2020 Edition Episode 52: Top 10 books of 2021 Episode 86: Ho...

Dec 30, 2024•28 min

231. 3 Game-Changing Financial Tips for Military Spouses with The Budget Besties

Surprise! It’s a Christmas show take-over. I’m completely handing over the reins of this week’s episode to Shana Roberson & Vanessa Porten, long-time friends of the show and hosts of the Financial Coaching for Women podcast. You first heard them here in episode 129. They are talking about what you can do to financially set yourself up for success in the new year (and reduce the anxiety and stress you feel about money). I’ll be back with you again next week. Better Together, Christine Connect...

Dec 26, 2024•22 min

230. "Just Do It." Making the Most of Your Military Spouse Life with Bonnie Conrad

We’re almost at the end of 2024. It’s a great time for reflection and for looking ahead to the new year. But how you enter the new year matters. We can enter a new year thinking about all the things that will prevent us from going after our goals and dreams, or we can focus on what’s possible for us, and how to make progress towards creating a life that matters to us. Today’s conversation is about making the most of your military spouse life. I chat with milspouse Bonnie Conrad about building a ...

Dec 19, 2024•33 min

229. Loneliness is a Problem for Military Spouses. What’s the Solution? with Crystal Bettenhausen-Bubulka, LCSW, MSG

Deployments. Frequent moves. Working from home. Lack of childcare. Trying to get established in a new city. There are numerous reasons military spouses struggle with loneliness. Join me for a conversation with licensed clinical social worker and military spouse Crystal Bettenhausen-Bubulka, LCSW, MSG about loneliness, connection, and why it’s time to rethink our connections as military spouses. Learn why social health is just as important as our mental and physical health, and what actions we ca...

Dec 04, 2024•53 min

228. Let's Chat About Gratitude and the Brain

Gratitude. We’re told it’s a good thing to do. We even have a holiday in the United States built around it. But, if we're being honest, sometimes gratitude feels a little bit cliché. Sometimes life is tough. The medical diagnosis. The marriage difficulties. The financial strain and insecurity. The explosive family dynamics. Politics. All of it. Sometimes, the last thing you feel like doing is “being grateful.” So today we’re unpacking the concept of gratitude. What exactly is it? Is it really th...

Nov 26, 2024•12 min

227. Hacking Habit Change as a Milspouse

Most of us know what it’s like to want to change something about our lives, and yet we fail to do it. Or we start…but then fall off the wagon. We go to the gym…for a few weeks. We eat better…until we go on vacation. We vow to drink more water. We vow to stop wasting so much time on social media. And then we think…I’ll do it tomorrow, next week, next month. We rely on willpower and motivation to make change happen. Which works for a little while…until it doesn’t. So are we doomed to repeat the sa...

Nov 21, 2024•32 min

226. Lacking Confidence? How to Change Your Self-Image as a Military Spouse

It’s much easier to feel confident when you have a record of success. When you KNOW that you can get results, and others surround you with affirmation, you walk more confidently, you talk confidently, and it’s easy to believe in yourself. But what about when you don’t have a proven record of success? What about when you’ve applied for job after job, but no one is calling you for an interview? What about when no one giving you positive feedback? Or the only feedback you’re getting is disapproval ...

Nov 12, 2024•22 min

225. Balancing Entrepreneurship, Parenthood, and Life as a Military Spouse with Emilie Schario

You know it’s possible to pursue your dreams as a military spouse. But what does that look like practically? What does that look like as a mom of littles? Or as a CEO? That’s what this week’s guest is here to chat with us about. Meet Emilie Schario, a military spouse, mom of two, and the CEO and co-founder of Turbine, a financial software company solving inventory problems for businesses. Emilie knows firsthand the complexities of navigating military life while pursuing entrepreneurial aspiratio...

Nov 05, 2024•30 min

224. I Didn't Sign Up For This, Part 2: Military Spouses and the Reality of War

No one wants to think about war and global conflict and what that means for military spouses and their families. And yet, it’s a part of “what we signed up for.” This week, I’m sharing about an amazing opportunity I had before we left Hawaii, and what I learned that will help us all better prepare for and navigate this military lifestyle. Better Together, Christine RESOURCES Work With Me Join The Free Community Free Clarity Workshop What Matters Most Worksheet Clarity Course Leave a Show Review ...

Oct 28, 2024•23 min

223. I Didn't Sign Up For This, Part 1: How Does it Feel To Be a Military Spouse?

How does it feel to be a military spouse? Often what we expected…and what life actually looks like are not the same. But regardless of whether “you knew what you signed up for” this episode is meant to encourage you on what can sometimes be a discouraging journey. Plus, you’ll get to hear a never-before-shared excerpt from my Grandma’s memoir about life as a military spouse in the 1940s. You, my friend, are more than just a milspouse. Let’s make the most of this life! Better Together, Christine ...

Oct 23, 2024•25 min

222. How To Increase Your Results, Lower Your Stress, Build Confidence and Feel Better

How would your life change if each day you performed up to your full potential? That’s the question posed in a book I recently read, and the topic of today’s conversation. Today’s episode is about helping you increase your results, lower your stress, become more confident, and live the life you are truly capable of living as a military spouse by doing one simple thing. Want to know what it is? Then let’s chat! Better Together, Christine MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Join The Free Community RESOURCES...

Oct 08, 2024•24 min

221. Setting Veterans and Military Spouses Up for Success with Dog Tag Inc CEO Meghan Ogilve

There are many different ways to serve. For some of us, it's signing up for active duty. For others of us, it's being married to someone who is serving. And for others, like today's guest, it's serving those who serve and their families. All of it is service. Today's conversation is about entrepreneurship, it's about finding your path to purpose, it's about navigating change, and it's about how we step into our full purpose and potential without burning ourselves out in the process. I can’t wait...

Sep 27, 2024•49 min

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