103.First Few years of Spouse Life & Taking your Business with you

<p>In this week's podcast episode, I talk to Army Spouse Emma about the first few years of Defence and Spouse life, working for yourself and connecting with your community.</p> <p> </p> <p>Emma and I also talk about;</p> <ul> <li>Why she was the one to suggest an Army career to her partner</li> <li>Going from being a civilian couple to a defence couple</li> <li>Focusing on her studies and how Emma and her partner made it work</li> <li>Going from living together to living apart during training</li> <li>The plan to reunite, moving and finding her feet in a new location</li> <li>What happened when her partner changed direction</li> <li>How COVID had a positive impact on Emma’s plans and fast-tracked her partner's training</li> <li>Finding work, setting up her own business and making connections</li> <li>Falling pregnant and posting into a new location</li> <li>Feeling her way through their first posting</li> <li>Why the time Emma had put into online connections made finding friends in her new location so much easier</li> <li>Re-establishing her business in a new location and why she decided to set up a Biz Network to help others</li> <li>The reason Emma set up the Townsville Defence Biz Network in partnership with another spouse and future plans</li> <li>The Support the Biz Network provides for Spouses and Veterans Business owners</li> <li>Juggling Mum life, being a biz owner, defence life and her partner being away</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>If you would like to find out about or connect in with the Townsville Defence Biz Network <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/1136144110192491">click here</a> </p> <p>Ready to join the MWL community? Click through the link to get connected xx     <a href= "https://militarywifelife.com.au/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">www.militarywifelife.com.au</a></p> <p> </p>