Ruck up Buttercup is a podcast hosted by Deployed Love with Co-Hosts Sabrina Johannes and Ashley Brown. Join us in a fun conversation each month, about a different topic, and how it works into our lives as military spouses, military children, and friends.
On this episode of Ruck up Buttercup Sabrina and Ashley are joined by Moni Jefferson from My Ultimate PCS, The first and only Milspouse Lifestyle app that helps you simplify the way you move and live. She came onto tell us more about their amazing App that is free to download on both IOS and Android! And also provided us with some amazing knowledge and advice
We talked about her top 5 tips to a successful PCS:
1. Download My Ultimate PCS App
2. Give yourself Grace
3. Practice Self-Care
4. Research
5. Purge
She gave us a few really great moving hacks too that you are going to love to know before your next big move. Along with a fun discussion about what you don’t want to forget to bring with you if you can while you wait for movers to bring your household goods!! Some must hear advice!! But ultimately knowing that you are not alone in this crazy journey! And with a little organization and planning you will come out on top of this.

Mentioned in this Podcast:

My Ultimate PCS: http://www.myultimatepcs.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myultimatepcs
And to reach out to advertise or work with My Ultimate PCS email them at info@myultimatepcs.com

Co-Hosts of Ruck Up Buttercup:

Sabrina Johannes is the Executive Director of Deployed Love and a Veteran wife, has been stationed in Hawaii, Germany, Texas and now lives at Fort Bragg. Is a mother of 2, a fur baby owner, and currently homeschools her kids.
Ashley Brown is the Deployed Love Board Treasure and coordinator at Fort Bragg. She is our resident military brat and has been a military spouse for 10+ years. Ashley has 2 children and works full time for her family owned business located in NC as well as volunteers as the company SFRG leader for her husband’s unit.
You can find Deployed Love at: www.deployedlove.org 
On Facebook at: www.facebook.com/deployedlovesessions 
Our Blog: www.deployedlove.org/blog-1

Ruck up with My Ultimate PCS

Episdose 18: Girl Chat with Rebecca Kenny

On today's episode we introduce you to one of our Fort Bragg Coordinators helping get amazing and fun events out to the Deployed Love Family at Fort Bragg. She joins us today to tell us her story.

We plan to start bringing on new spouses each month to hear their stories and really help you relate to the military community. We all have different stories and we all overcome things in our own ways, so it is really interesting to see how that looks through other peoples eyes.

We chatted about the high-speed of Rebecca's first year and a half of Military Spouse life and the kinks that Covid has thrown in, but finding the silver lining and pressing on to become stronger. We also get to hear a lot about her own experience being an Airforce Veteran and how her career has shaped her relationship with her spouse as he joined the military.

Deployed Love: www.deployedlove.org
Ruck Up Buttercup: www.instagram.com/ruckupbuttercuppodcast

Want to join our show? Email us: ruckupbuttercup@gmail.com

Girl Chat: Overcoming Challenges

On Episode 19 of Ruck Up Buttercup, Sabrina Johannes, Ashley Brown, and Amanda Hughes chat about Finances.

Amanda tells us her story as she ventured into the military life on chance. And we all discussed the very little mentioned subject of finances. It's avoided, sometimes joked about, and very often misunderstood by those not in the military. But the struggle is real as we all discuss the times when being part of the military family was very difficult on our bank account.

As always we discuss a lot of things that are out there to help support the military family during financial struggles and also just learning to live within your means.

Resources Mentioned:

Military One Source: https://www.militaryonesource.mil/financial-legal/personal-finance/personal-finance-resources/

ACS Finances: https://www.armymwr.com/programs-and-services/personal-assistance/financial-readiness

MCCS Finances: https://www.usmc-mccs.org/topics/career/

AFAS Finances:https://afas.org/education-support/?gclid=CjwKCAjw8KmLBhB8EiwAQbqNoBR5gxOrPc0DxORPdijSniyBLtqlJUKQ01CbfIMB9IH7DB828e42cxoCA_cQAvD_BwE

Dave Ramsey:https://www.ramseysolutions.com/government/military

Deployed Love; www.deployedlove.org

Deployed Love Fort Sill: https://www.facebook.com/deployedlovefortsill

Ruck Up Buttercup: www.instagram.com/ruckupbuttercuppodcast

Girl Chat Military Finances

Season 2 Episode 1: Evie King Board President for InDependent

On today’s episode we are so excited to start a new year with Ruck Up Buttercup and Deployed Love! As we continue to grow as a non-profit we are looking for amazing leaders to join our team, check out the volunteer tab on our website www.deployedlove.org to see where we could use your help!

We were joined today by our wonderful guest Evie King, she is a fellow military spouse and the board president for InDependent which is a non-profit across the nation that provides resources and connection for military spouse to help them find and embrace their wellness. She chatted with us today about how just because there are well known and expected rules when it comes to wellness we have the choice to say no and choose and make ones that actually fit our families. We discussed a few of those specifically and how they either work or don’t work for our family. She also mentioned a really great event that InDependent hosts annually (this is their 7th year) for military spouses everywhere.

To learn more about InDependent you can find them at:

independentorg -Instagram
independentorg1- Facebook
www.In-Dependent.org – Website

InDependent Wellness Summit is March 7-11th and is free!! Check out their website for more details!

Where you can find us:

ruckupbuttercuppodcast-Instagram
deployedlovesessions-Facebook
www.deployedlove.org- Website

S2:E1 Wellness with Evie King and InDependent

Season 2 Episode 4: Sherry Motcheck

On today’s episode of Ruck up Buttercup we are taking on a new perspective of chatting with a military momma!! Sherry Motcheck is a mom to a soldier in the Army and a sailor in the Navy. She was brough into the military family pretty suddenly and with no warning. Her boys joined in college and she was thrown into being a military mom with no former military experience.
Sherry talks with us about the feelings involved in having your child join the military, and the lack of resources for military parents as far as feeling involved, and knowing what to expect. 

We also chat about what a relationship with a soldier can look like from a mom’s perspective and then how that changes when the military member gets married or has kids. This unique perspective allows you to learn how to not only best love your spouse but also how to learn to love you in laws. They love their kid, and you love their kid so how to best make that work.

We are really hoping from this episode you are able to look at the military life, and the military family from a new perspective and reach out to those more distant relationships and helping them to feel involved and supported as well. 

Check out Sherry’s book Remember the Lilies here: https://www.amazon.com/Remember-Lilies-Military-Journey-Learning

Reach out to her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smotcheck
Or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sherry.motcheck
Her website: www.sherrymotcheck.com

Find Ruck Up Buttercup: www.instagram.com/ruckuppodcast
Deployed Love: www.deployedlove.org

S2:E4 Sherry Motcheck Military Mom!

On today’s show we have a special show takeover. This is one of the recent episodes from The Spouse Angle Podcast. Natalie Gross is the host of the podcast and has a bunch of fantastic episodes bringing the news to military families from a military spouse perspective.

You can find her here: www.thespouseangle.com

She interviews nutritionist, dietician and Army spouse Kristen Noriega. She shares her best advice for getting through military life's toughest transitions without stress eating — or dieting — plus pro tips for buying healthy food on a tight budget.

You can find her here: https://kristennorieganutrition.com/

Season 3 Episode 7- Takeover Special by The Spouse Angle Podcast

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Season 3 Episode 7- Takeover Special by The Spouse Angle Podcast

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