As Told By TA

It's been a long first season, and time to wrap it up! In this two-part Season 1: Finale, I detail the serious health issues and hospitalizations that have been plaguing my lungs and breast and mental toughness over the last 8 weeks. It's been a wild and painful ride, and I'm ready to share my story and explain what might be next for me physically and mentally. Now facing a medical separation, what's next? What's really going on with my health? Am I crazy? Ya'll have been asking, and I'm ready to tell all and I'm not too short of breath doing it. Note: again this is a two part story, make sure to listen to Part 1 first!

Can you believe ATBTA has been out almost a whole year? In this two-part Season 1: Finale, I detail the serious health issues and hospitalizations that have been plaguing my lungs and breast and mental toughness the last 7 weeks. It's been a wild and painful ride, and I'm happy to share my story and explain what might be next for me physically and mentally. Will I be able to stay in the Army? Am I dying? Am I crazy? Ya'll have been asking, and I'm ready to tell all without being too short of breath doing it. Note: again this is a two part story, look out for part 2 coming tomorrow! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mamas really are the best! At least mine is. After six days at the Blanchfield Army Community Hospital on Fort Campbell, special guest “Peg” (my mother) helps share a little bit of the lighter sides of my third episode of a collapsed lung and post op shenanigans. From helping me when I choked on bacon, and then a green bean, to exercising her flirting muscle… and making sure she was all caught up on the Googling of my surgeon… Peg tells all. And she is an absolute hoot. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Taylor Anne is back on the mic, after a short break, and this time with a Monday mini on goal setting and how it helps build resiliency. Listen as TA shares what's new in her professional life, and how the 7-step process of goal setting can help her AND you gain control in stressful and unpredictable times. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I've been on Active Duty as a 68W Army Combat Medic of 9 years and tweeted my opinion about FRAGO 5, which triggered an outcry from military members across Twitter. The use of a GOMOR seemed redundant to me for those who refused the vaccine. But who TF am I to share my opinion? If I tweeted support for it, it would have been no problem, and probably liked and retweeted. Instead, I was basically told to shut up. I wasn't allowed to have an opinion. Alright. So anyway, in the episode you might learn a thing or two about the history of vaccines, like their predecessor (inoculation), and how immunizing troops against life threatening diseases has played a major role in Force Health Protection in every single American conflict including the American Revolution. Woah there I said “Revolution”, something I've also been warned against. Some thoughts and opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States, the Army, or my unit. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

August was a lot for a lot of us. The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is tomorrow- and I'm so tired of the term, “woke”. https://jmvfh.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/jmvfh-2020-0006. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Military service is hard + parenting is hard = it's hard, I recommend wine. Join me as I share my ups and downs with transitioning my kids to school this year while serving in the Army, and share a story of the time childcare failed me when an in-home care provider breastfed my baby boy. Yikes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Semi-Finals for Ms. Veteran America 2021 are officially complete as of Sunday, and now we wait to hear who makes Finals! Join me as I bring my experience with this round, how talent and interview went, and from our special guest (and also a Semi-Finalist) Heather Dugas as we chat about our journey so far and how our unique strengths make us better as a team with a common goal of raising awareness and advocating for women veteran issues like homelessness (dare I use one of my fave buzzwords: SYNERGY!). Msveteranamerica.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Have you heard that I have been selected as a Semi-Finalist competing for Ms. Veteran America 2021? What is that about right?! Find out in this week's episode. Link to White Paper: https://www.finalsaluteinc.org/uploaded/files/WhitePaper-Revised_070319b.pdf?direct=1 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

You can't control every situation or circumstance in life, and you definitely can't control other people (even though some of you try). You CAN control your response however, every single time. Don't believe me? Listen to this episode and learn how to avoid common pitfalls in thinking. If you think this doesn't apply to you, you definitely need to listen! This week's Monday Mini is a bit longer than other weeks, but the information is audio gold. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I'm totally guilty of making a mountain out of a mole hill, are you? One little thing might set me off into a spiral of emotions that leave me helpless or prevent me from taking purposeful action. Thank the Lord we have a skill for that! Listen up as I provide a skill learned once on how to stop it in its tracks and move forward with a plan. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The month of May is all about Mental Health Awareness and with that I bring you another Monday mini on resiliency. Press play and listen to my analogous explanation on eggs and bouncing back, and how overcooking them causes them to crumble. Shoutout to CSM Curry for inspiring this episode with a short and sweet tweet last week on stoicism vs. resiliency. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Usually on Mondays I have to dig deep for that positive mindset, and I know I'm not alone. For most of us we have to be very intentional about seeking this positive outlook! So listen up as I explain how I do that as well as how I encourage others to do the same. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Why do some of you guys continue to throw shade when a woman proves to be as capable (and sometimes more so) as you? Is it the ego? Can you not? Listen to former US Army Captain Hilary Thomas talk to me about her experience while going through these rigorous Army schools (Ranger + Sapper) and earning both tabs as a total boss babe of a woman. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The explanation of how the SFC who sexually assaulted, not only me but his own commander, got to stay in the Army. I also discuss my proposals made to LTG Kurilla (back in February) for the XVIIIth Airborne Corps SHARP Challenge. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Now's your chance to hear directly from me what exactly happened last year when I was sexually assaulted by a senior military leader in my unit. I recommend listening at a faster speed, because this story is completely unscripted. And if someone wants to count the number of times I say the word “like”, and call me out on it on Instagram... *like*, I totally get it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app