Military Mom Talk Radio

Film producer Jeff Worthington joins Sandra and Robin to update everyone on the iHistory Project WW2 Project. Open to teens, ages 12-18, the iHistory Project invites students to create a video interviewing a World War 2 veteran. Videos will be submitted to the YouTube contest channel, and winning videos could be included in an upcoming documentary being produced by Jeff. For more information, visit www.ihistoryprojectww2.org.

This week, Sandra’s and Robin’s guest is Debbie Gregory of MilitaryConnection.com. Debbie has compiled an all-inclusive website packed with resources for all military personnel, veterans, and military families. MilitaryConnection.com serves a gambit of needs and directs military families to answers otherwise difficult to find. The site is dynamic in that information is always being updated and added to. For more information visit www.militaryconnection.com

Sandra and Robin welcomed Melissa Seligman and Chris Piper who have recently collaborated on a children’s book titled A Heart Apart. The book offers military children a vehicle to express their feelings and emotions stemming from a family member being deployed. Melissa also authored a very hear-felt book titled The Day After He Left for Iraq. For details on both ladies, their mission, and their books, visit www.herwarhervoice.com. To order A Heart Apart, visit www.lifecaptured.com.

Sandra and Tina welcome Sue Lynch from There & Back Again, a re-integration program for combat veterans. Because of their combat service abroad, many veterans return home with a myriad of complex emotional issues, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). TABA offers a structured program of yoga, meditation and alternative approaches to healing the whole body to help veterans transition back to their lives stateside. Their objective is teach veterans how to use breath awareness, meditation and yoga to manage their symptoms of PTSD, to improve their relationships with loved ones, to begin to fully participate in their lives, and to give back to their fellow veterans through TABA’s Train the Trainer program. Tina’s husband Richard joined the discussion, sharing some of his challenges when he returned home. As a certified yoga instructor, Sue demonstrated with Richard’s help some program components that have been successful and helpful to the program participants. For more infomraiton, visit www.

Military Mom Talk Radio is proud to present Higher Ground to its listeners. Higher Ground is an adaptive sports and recreation program serving Veterans with injuries. Hosted in the beautiful mountains of Sun Valley, Idaho, and on the pristine beaches of La Jolla, California, the facility offers most any interests. Higher Ground specialize in serving Veterans with traumatic brain injuries, blindness, visual impairment, PTSD, spinal cord injuries, amputations, and severe burns. It is all completely free for the veteran and spouse to attend! For more information, or how to apply for a program, visit www.hgvets.org

Sandra and Tina welcome Allessandra Kellerman, founder of Homefront Hugs – an organization dedicated to providing support and comfort to service members, veterans and their families. A national non-profit organization with over 10,000 active members and 50,000 members in all, Homefront Hugs brings a touch of home to soldiers serving all over the world with programs such as Operation Healing Angel, Homefront Welcome Home Hugs, Homefront Hugs for Kids, and Homefront Hugs Hero Adoption. For more information about Homefront Hugs’ services, visit www.homefronthugs.org

Host Sandra Beck and guest host Robin Boyd welcome Lisa Cypers Kamen to Military Mom Talk Radio for an information-packed hour discussing Lisa’s new program Harvesting Happiness for Heroes. This seminar is aimed to support post-deployment military personnel and their families experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and civilian life reintegration challenges. The discussion covers signs and symptoms of PTSD and TBI, and realizing the importance of addressing these symptoms to begin the process of healing. Lisa’s program uses a stigma-free multidisciplinary approach to assist soldiers and their loved ones heal to heal the traumas of war and reawaken happiness in their hearts. For more information visit www.harvestinghappiness.com

Sandra and Tina host a jam-packed show, featuring guest Janine Wilburn of Touch-Nology, whose company offers pre-assembled correspondence kits, journals, cards and more to keep deployed troops and their families in touch. www.touch-nology.com. The show also includes children’s Thanksgiving greetings to soldiers read by Max Beck Levin, Hannah Holly and Cailin Casas, and a visit from Pastor Dave Macer of Shepherd of the Hills – Antelope Valley, who delivers a prayer of Thanksgiving.

Sandra and Tina are joined by Rick Swanson, segment producer for Military Mom Talk Radio to welcome guest Michael Russer of Go Army Homes, helping military families through the rigors of finding housing when relocating to a new Duty Station. For more information, visit www.goarmyhomes.com.

Host Tina Gonzales is back with Sandra Beck to welcome guest Debbie Gregory, founder of MilitaryConnection.com, one of the most popular websites on the Internet for active military, veterans and their families. It is referred to as “The Go To Site” for jobs, benefits, news, and information regarding resources and benefits. For more information, visit www.militaryconnection.com.

Hosts Sandra Beck and Robin Boyd welcome June Walbert, financial planning expert, Lt. Col. in the Army Reserve, and single mom who shares great insight in giving our kids a sound start in understanding money and financial goals. June is a certified financial planner with USAA, www.usaa.com.

“Because Kids Don’t Come With Manuals” author Tina Nocera joins host Sandra Beck and Robin Boyd for an enlightening discussion about dilemmas parents face and the remarkable website Tina has developed, www.parentalwisdom.com. Experts are on-call to help parents answer any question they are struggling with.

Host Sandra Beck and guest host Robin Boyd share a very informative conversation with Marty Martin of Operation Gratitude, a non-profit organization that provides care packages to troops. Donations are always needed, pitch in to help assemble packages, or contact with the name of a loved one who would appreciate being a recipient. www.opgratitude.com.

Host Sandra Beck and guest host Robin Boyd welcomed Amanda Devoe of Uproar Communications , organizer of the Veterans Day Celebration at Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For more information on the event, visit www.vetsdaycelebration.com. Contact Amanda at www.uproarcom.com

Co-host Robin Boyd presents an all-music tribute for Labor Day. Enjoy some favorites that express our American Pride.

Guests Erin Ferucci and Dr. Silene Young join Sandra and Tina. Celebrity life style designer Erin Ferucci brings us ways to brighten our homes no matter where home is at the moment. Dr. Young discusses pet insurance and the benefits of this for military pet owners.

Guest Beth Russell from Freedom Dogs joins Sandra and Tina to talk more about the service dogs and their importance to our returning troops’ needs. For more information visit www.freedomdogs.org

Guest host Robin Boyd joins Tina to continue their focus on the Army National Guard by welcoming Dawn Gagnon, volunteer for the NH Army National Guard. Dawn brings us more information about family resources and balancing family life while one’s spouse is deployed.

Guest host Robin Boyd and Tina Gonzales welcome DeeDee Rice, volunteer for the New Hampshire Army National Guard, shares information regarding the National Guard Family Program and its outreach to military families. http://www.jointservicessupport.org

Guest Janine Wilbur of Touch-Nology joins Sandra and Tina. Janine’s company creates kits to help families stay in touch with their loved ones while they are deployed, and give troops a quick way to keep journals and send notes back home. www.touch-nology.com