Stepping off the Brow

They helped you get to know Navy families with encouraging stories; join the Stepping off the Brow hosts as they share their own. In this episode Chaplains Christina Mauntel (CVW-7) and Jeremy Selitto (NSA South Potomac) interview each other about their family dynamics and some of the challenges experienced in COVID.

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What do you do when someone’s struggles are no longer a secret? If they go in-patient for mental health, will their career be over? What happens to the dreams that brought them into the military? In the second part of his interview a Navy pilot shares with the Stepping off the Brow hosts about his experience getting help in-patient for suicide ideations, battling fears of stigma and shame and then coming back to work among his peers. Hear how he goes from a dangerous spiral to what he calls the “greatest feeling of my life”.

Have you ever tried to help someone in crisis? Did you feel overwhelmed just hearing how they were overwhelmed? Do only “the weak” experience a mental health crisis? What if you could sit down with a strong, healthy individual back from an overwhelming period? Join the Stepping off the Brow hosts as we talk with a Navy pilot who recounts the events and circumstances that led up to a dark and overwhelming place for him. You can push back against the stigma of help seeking as you learn from his struggle to do the same.   

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Here is one you don't want to miss. When you have a terminal illness what do you tell yourself to make it through the hard days? What are the range of emotions you and your family experience? How can you help your kids process something as heavy as a terminal illness? In Part 2 of this poignant and sometime silly interview, a Navy family shares how they are navigating the Navy life with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.

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How does a Sailor navigate a loved one’s serious illness and work requirements? How do you transition from a normal, going-with-the-flow life to staring down a life threatening disease?  In a refreshingly light but poignant episode, a CWO3 and his wife share their journey from early marriage to life with Multiple Sclerosis. They give the practical and sometimes messy ways they make it work in Part 1 of their Stepping off the Brow interview.  

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What are some of the trade offs single parents have to make as Sailors? What advice would a single parent Chief, who was a single parent early in her career, offer to single parents early in their career? Join us for Part 2 of our Stepping off the Brow interview with Chief Fire Controlman Aegis Gonzalez. This is a great episode for single parents to hear common struggles and leaders to hear how to support this group of Sailors.  You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Breaker, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and RadioPublic.

What do you get when you mix single parenting with a career as a Sailor? You get quite the challenge. How do you take care of your child, pay for childcare and fulfill the demands of this Navy life? Today’s episode is part one of our interview with FCA Chief Gonzalez. Listen in as she shares her story of coming in the Navy and her experience as a young petty officer and mother. We hope this episode gives other single parents strength for today and hope for tomorrow.

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How do you go from "steely-eyed, ready-to-run into a wall of bullets if needed" to someone ready to see the hope in others when they can’t? You start as a Master at Arms (e.g. Navy Police Officer) and then you fall in love with helping Sailors struggling with addiction. In this very first interview recorded for Stepping off the Brow we meet the infectious spirit of MA1 Reddix, who brings over ten years of insight, wisdom and positivity to a fun interview.   

Recommended app “COVID Coach”  

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What do you do when the world changes drastically but your severely exceptional family member needs consistency? What are some tips and resources a military family can use to make military life better?  How does a marriage stay grounded in the middle of so many added stressors? Join us today for part two of our conversation with LCDR Josh and Anne Earls of SUBRON SIX as they share what so many parents of exceptional family members experience to make service in the Navy work.  

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What is it like in the unique world of Navy families with exceptional family members? If we all have it hard to one degree or another, what would an EFMP family say about it? If everyone looks forward to parenting healthy kids, what do you do when your expectations get rocked? Join us today for part one of our conversation with LCDR Josh and Anne Earls of SUBRON SIX as they share what so many parents of exceptional family members experience to make service in the Navy work.

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