Hearts & Stripes

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Hearts & Stripes episodes

  • EP080 Pillar Deployment Retreat Replay

    We are taking a little break here at Hearts & Stripes podcast to wrap up some exciting Military Marriage Day planning, but don't worry!  We have you covered with a fun replay series where you can there from me, Bree Carroll as I collaborate on other amazing #milspouse platforms.  

    Today's replay is from the Pillar Deployment Retreat in 2020.  I had the opportunity to speak on the Power of Relationships during your deployment season.  Here is what I discuss:

     - There are 3 relationships you need to be intentional about. #1 Your relationship with yourself. #2 Your marriage relationship. #3 Your relationship with everyone else.

    - How you handle each relationship will either positively or negatively impact your deployment season.

    - #1 Your relationship with self: You have power of choice.  Use it to take care of you mental, physical and emotional needs.

    - #2 Your marriage relationship: Deployments are a great opportunity to build on your relationship by thinking outside the box, using effective communication and bringing new intentionality to how you care for one another.

    - #3 Your relationship with everyone else: Be cautious of how much power are you giving others in this season. 

    - The CARE Method for your deployment season: 

    Carefully Consider if the relationship is charging you up or depleting your energy

    Asses the Foundation as to if the relationship is mutually beneficial

    Reinforce the Structure by either building the relationship or creating a boundary for it

    Engage + Trust the help that is offered to you and listen to yourself

     
     

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here at www.militarymarriageday.com !

    Resource: Join us in the Hearts & Stripes Facebook Group. We are in the middle of a four week challenge discussing identity.  It's not too late to be a part.

     

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

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    18 min
  • EP079 MMD Summit

    Have you been on the fence about attending the Military Marriage Day Summit?  Is this your first time hearing about the newest holiday in the Armed Forces?  No worries!  I've got you covered.  Today we will break down:

    - What Military Marriage Day (MMD) is and why it was created.

    - Why MMD could not be a typical holiday.

    - Details on the two day MMD Summit & tickets.

    - Overview of our MMD Speakers, which include Courtney Boyer, Maxine & Ken Reyes, Tory Donato, Corie Weathers and your truly, Bree Carroll.

     

    Heart Track: Anyone by Justin Bieber
     

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here at www.militarymarriageday.com!

    Resource: Join us in the Hearts & Stripes Facebook Group. We are in the middle of a four week challenge discussing identity.  It's not too late to be a part.

     

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

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    27 min
  • EP078 Summoned

    Welcome to Hearts & Stripes podcast!  In today's heart to heart we have the opportunity to talk with Bible teacher and military missionary, Megan B. Brown.  Lean in as she shares her military marriage story is one of love and salvation.  When a deployment scare shook her, she learned to rely on the Word of God and started the journey to becoming the Bible teacher she is today.  Now, we get the inside scoop on her latest book, Summoned, and discover a message that is for all.

    MEGAN B. BROWN is a seasoned military spouse, mother, Bible teacher, and military missionary with Cru Military. She is passionate about sharing the gospel of Jesus to the active-duty military community in hopes of kickstarting restoration and revival. A graduate of Moody Bible Institute with a degree in Ministry Leadership, Megan lives in south Mississippi with her husband, MSgt Keith Brown, U. S. Air Force, and their four energetic children. 

    Book:  Summoned: Answering a Call to the Impossible: An 8-Week Study of Esther (Moody Publishers)


    WIN 1 of 5 copies of Summoned by emailing me directly at [email protected]!

    Heart Track: Build My Life by the Housefires
     

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here at www.militarymarriageday.com!

    Resource: Join us in the Hearts & Stripes Facebook Group. We are in the middle of a four week challenge discussing identity.  It's not too late to be a part.

     

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

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    Connect with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsbreecarroll

    31 min
  • EP077 Lifestyle

    Welcome to Hearts & Stripes podcast!  Today we are thinking through what our marriage lifestyle can be.  With summer vacation and time off with federal holidays, this is an ideal time to think and dream with your spouse.  This episode will help guide you through this conversation of your ideal lifestyle as you consider it individually (your wants, your needs, your day, etc.) and collectively as a service couple.  A lifestyle is simply defined as "the way a person lives their life".  Here are the questions to building up to your ideal lifestyle:

    1. What does your ideal day look like?

    2. What does your ideal week look like?

    3. What does your ideal month look like?

    4. How does this inform your ideal lifestyle?  What is your ideal lifestyle? 

     

    Heart Track: Golden by Jill Scott
     

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here at www.militarymarriageday.com!

    Resource: Join us in the Hearts & Stripes Facebook Group. We are in the middle of a four week challenge discussing identity.  It's not too late to be a part.

     

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

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    Connect with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsbreecarroll

    18 min
  • EP076 Juneteenth Military Family Town Hall

    This past weekend we celebrated Juneteenth and it’s inaugural year as a federal holiday.  As the 2020-2921 Armed Forces Insurance Air Force Spouse of the Year, I’ve hosted the Military Family Town Hall on race & the military family for two consecutive years.  In 2020 this forum was hosted due to the racial tension that peaked at the murder of George Floyd.  Today , a year later, you will hear a segment from the 2021 town hall with perspectives from my family.  Joining my is my husband, Capt Donovan Carroll and my brother-in-law, Lt Col Kendrick Carroll.  

    Discussion: What have we learned?

    Resource: Join us in the Hearts & Stripes Facebook Group. We are in the middle of a four week challenge discussing identity.  It's not too late to be a part.
     
    Heart Track: What’s Going On by Marvin Gay
     

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here!!

     

    Watch the full Juneteenth Military Family Town Hall on race! 


    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

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    24 min
  • EP075 Surrender

    Surrender!  We are breaking down the meaning of this word and how we can apply it in our marriage.  What does it look like to go with the flow in your marriage?  Does your current season require you to surrender?  In this episode we challenge you to think through these questions and the definition of surrender.

    In this Heart to Heart we discuss:

     
    The act of surrender.
    1.  to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand
    • It’s Required: Sometimes you’re relationship or circumstance requires surrender.
    2.  to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another
    • It’s Agreeable: Agreeing in favor of your spouse is not a bad thing (Best interest & big picture)
    3.  to give (oneself) up into the power of another especially as a prisoner
    • It’s Strategic: What are you avoiding feeling captive of? (Prisoner of someone else’s good idea. Is this a good strategic move?
    4.  to give (oneself) over to something (such as an influence)
    • It’s Key: Surrender as an act of faith. (What is life creating through you that you may be resisting?)
    Kute Blackson, author of The Magic of Surrender stated “Surrender is the password to greatness, freedom and the next level.”
     
    Resource: Join us in the Hearts & Stripes Facebook Group. We are in the middle of a four week challenge discussing identity.  It's not too late to be a part.
     
    Heart Track: Surrender by Flame & V. Rose
     

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here!!

     

    Juneteenth Military Family Town Hall on race! 

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

    Connects with us on IG https://www.instagram.com/itsbreecarroll/

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    23 min
  • EP074 The Resilient Marriage with Theresa Alexis

    Welcome to Hearts & Stripes podcast!  This show is all about strengthening military marriages and we are excited to talk about resiliency in marriage with our guest Theresa Alexis.  She shares her hilarious #milmarriage story  and gets real about the ups and downs of relationships. Listen to her message on how to have resiliency in marriage and why it’s important. 

    Theresa Alexis, known as The Military Bride Strategist™️, is a Marine Corps vet and CEO of Theresa Alexis, LLC a training and consulting firm that educates and equips military couples, families, and singles both in the United States and overseas, so that they will be mission ready and mission capable in order to create resilience while excelling at home and in their career.


    Connect with Theresa: 

    www.theresaalexis.com

    www.Facebook.com/TheresaAlexisSpeaks

    www.Instagram.com/TheresaAlexisSpeaks

    TikTok: TheresaAlexisSpeaks; Clubhouse & Twitter: TAlexisSpeaks


    Heart Track:

    Never Would Have Made It by Marvin Sapp

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here!!

     

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

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    39 min
  • EP073 Memorial Day Salute

    Today we honor our service members that made the ultimate sacrifice.  On this Memorial Day, we are thrilled to share the story of one Gold Star spouse, Krista Simpson Anderson.  She graciously shared her story during the 2020 Military Marriage Day virtual celebration.  

     

    Krista Simpson Anderson is the wife of active duty Green Beret MSG Gus Anderson and the Gold Star spouse of Green Beret SSG Michael H. Simpson who passed away on 1 May 2013 from wounds sustained in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Eastern Afghanistan. She is the mother of two boys, Michael and Gabriel. Krista co-founded The Unquiet Professional in 2013, providing healthy and empowering opportunities to Gold Star and Surviving families, Veterans and their families. She is the Gold Star Liaison for the Green Beret Foundation, is a member of the speakers board for Folds of Honor, sits on the board for Gold Star Sailing

    Foundation and Raise for Rowyn and is a member of the Army’s Survivor Advisory Working Group. Krista is currently the Military Spouse Ambassador for Army Emergency Relief and is co-authoring a book, Her Ruck: The emotional backpack of military wives.

    In This Episode:

    • Today, pause to honor our fallen service members and Gold Star Families on Memorial Day
  • Staying close while apart through communication, writing and a shared faith
  • Use therapy help improve your life and marriage relationship
  • Take time away for just the two of you
  •  The deep sadness of a Gold Star spouse 
  • Surviving with the help of God and learning how to forgive those that caused the loss, love self and feel worthy of love again 
  • Love may feel differently after loss, but that doesn't mean it's not real.  
  • Being intentional about loving her present spouse, while honoring the souse she lost
  • Act on your love
  • Military marriages take work, but because of the challenges can yield an stronger relationship
  • Never forget why you fell in love  

    • The Unquiet Professional - https://www.theunquietprofessional.org/

    Virtual Memorial Mile - https://www.theunquietprofessional.org/tupmile/

     

    No Heart Track for this episode.  Let it be our moment of silence to honor those that are gone, but never forgotten.

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here!!

     

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

    Connects with us on IG https://www.instagram.com/itsbreecarroll/

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    16 min
  • EP072 Real Talk with Rachel Luna

    We are having real talk today with Girl Confidence herself, Rachel Luna.  Rachel discusses how she navigated her mil to mil marriage, as well as lessons learned from life and marriage.  Rachel is  a Certified Master Coach, International Speaker, Forbes rated Top 11 Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs to Follow on Instagram (@GirlConfident) + Chief Confidence Creator.  She is a proud  Marine Corps veteran and is here with us to share her heart.

    On this Heart to Heart we discuss:

    • Mil to mil doesn't have to be "hard".  She encourages us to reframe our mindset on what hard  means to us and how rising to a challenge can be fun.
  • Rachel suffered from identity loss when she separated and became a milspouse and mom. Thinking that she possibly wouldn't have the opportunity to be a mom, when it became her primary role she struggled.  Rachel learned to surrender the emotional attachment and embrace her present season.
  • We, in the military community, get the gift of learning how to be agile, nimble and flexible.
  • We need to put our own oxygen mask on first.  Realizing that we can cross the same finish line and want the same things, but you may be in different points on the race.  If the finish line still looks the same, its okay for one person t be sprinting or in different lanes.   (This echoes Ep. 71 Different Seasons, take a listen!) 
  • Communicate your needs, wants and desires to your spouse.
  • Comparison is the thief of joy.
  • "They need me" went from a feeling of dread to one of joy when Rachel received perspective after she successfully beat breast cancer.  She encourages us to find the joy in your present works & journey.
  • Finding joy in the midst of uncertainty & in little moments.
  • Strengthen yourself mentally, emotionally & spiritually to be .  Condition yourself.  What would it look like to do things with intention to run the race we desire and be able to care your family. 

    • Rachel's Podcast : Permission to Offend

    RachelLuna.biz

    Today's Heart Track:  All I Do is Win By DJ Khaled

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    Military Marriage Day Summit info here!!

     

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

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    36 min
  • EP071 Different Seasons

    Have you ever felt like you and your spouse are in completely different seasons of life?  You may be unsure and feeling stagnant, while they are seeing a lot of huge wins personally and professionally.  If this is you our discussion on Different Seasons is one that you need to turn up the volume.

     

    The 4 Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall

     

    Bree's advise & message to our Hearts & Stripes listeners:

    • It is okay for you to be in a different season as your spouse.
  • Honor them and the season they are in.  Their journey may not look like yours.
  • Over communicate and offer to help

    • Today's Heart Track:  Seasons of Love by Pentatonix

    Listen to our Heart Tracks II playlist on Spotify

     

    To get even more on Hearts & Stripes podcast, resources, coaching and more head to https://breecarroll.com/

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    23 min

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