Meet Sarah L

02/07/22 • 48 min

Sarah Lenox is an active duty Army spouse, a mom, and an advocate with the armed forces housing advocates organization. Her husband, a paratrooper and almost three-year-old son, is stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Today Sarah will share her quite harrowing experience with MHPI housing. She shares some major struggles with MHPI and her involvement with AHFA.

Be sure to tune in to this episode as it's incredibly insightful as Sarah shares all that AHFA is doing to help make this better for our military community.

Highlights from today's episode:

About Sarah (1:14)
Moving in, chronic respiratory issues, and unanswered questions (2:26)
Trying to find answers, displacement, and reaching out to AHFA (11:28)
Suspicions were never confirmed, and problems affecting readiness (15:05)
Emotionally exhausted and feeling helpless (19:07)
AHFA advocate and how this nonprofit helps the military community (21:15)
AHFA advocates for more than environmental hazards (24:52)
Military housing being exempt from Evans Law (27:00)
PCS homelessness (28:52)
The end goal of AHFA (32:06)
The military community isn't siloed anymore with technology (35:21)
How can the military community help (36:53)
Rapid Fire (40:55)

Did you know about AHFA before today's episode? Have you had an experience like Sarah's? I would love to know! Join me on social and chat about it over the next four weeks.

Resources Mentioned

AFHA

Instagram

Facebook

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Be sure to tune in to this episode as it's incredibly insightful as Sarah shares all that AHFA is doing to help make this better for our military community.

Highlights from today's episode:

About Sarah (1:14)
Moving in, chronic respiratory issues, and unanswered questions (2:26)
Trying to find answers, displacement, and reaching out to AHFA (11:28)
Suspicions were never confirmed, and problems affecting readiness (15:05)
Emotionally exhausted and feeling helpless (19:07)
AHFA advocate and how this nonprofit helps the military community (21:15)
AHFA advocates for more than environmental hazards (24:52)
Military housing being exempt from Evans Law (27:00)
PCS homelessness (28:52)
The end goal of AHFA (32:06)
The military community isn't siloed anymore with technology (35:21)
How can the military community help (36:53)
Rapid Fire (40:55)

Did you know about AHFA before today's episode? Have you had an experience like Sarah's? I would love to know! Join me on social and chat about it over the next four weeks.

Resources Mentioned

AFHA

Instagram

Facebook

Previous Episode

Meet Elizabeth S Part 2

Today's episode is special as my husband takes the role of host, and I am the guest for this month.

Elizabeth Smith is an Air Force spouse, an account manager for a digital marketing company, a podcaster, and last but not least, a mother. Kyle and I have been married for eight years and have two amazing daughters. Today, we will talk about this past year, where we are now compared to where we were a year ago, the pandemic, and the loss of Kyle's dad.

Be sure to tune in to this episode as we give you a little peek into us and maybe learn something new about me.

Highlights from today with Kyle and I include:

Recap of this past year (1:24)
The transition back into full-time work (3:45)
Different generational pressures (8:24)
Big decisions and staying in the Air Force (13:04)
Hummingbird of passions (18:24)
Do the ads popping up on your phone come from listening to you? (24:59)
Self-care, work-life balance and challenges at home (27:36)
Losing Kyle's dad and the perspective from being a military spouse (33:38)
Rapid Fire (41:57)

This episode is truly a special one, such a fun opportunity to sit with Kyle for an hour uninterrupted and just chat. I loved it so much. Did you learn anything new? Did you enjoy having Kyle on as the host? I would love to know! Join me on social and chat about it over the next four weeks.

Next Episode

WAFs on Current Events

Today's episode is the first of a new collaboration journey that the American MilSpouse podcast is taking with Wives of the Air Force, or WAFs as they're affectionately known. If you think their voices sound familiar, you're right! They were on the podcast early last year. We will dive into how we have managed our mental health and some feedback that we've gotten from you.

Jen and Kirst are Air Force spouses, working moms, and the faces of @wivesoftheairforce. WAFs started as a blog meant to serve as a resource for Air Force spouses. Check out their first episode on The American MilSpouse linked below.

Be sure to tune in to this episode as Jen, Kirst, and I sit down and discuss current events, things going on in Ukraine, and what that's looked and felt like for us. You don't want to miss this special episode.

Highlights from today include: