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If you allow it, the military career will take more than it gives. It can challenge the strongest military marriage and seduce military leaders into believing their career is more important than WHO they become. The Lifegiver podcast began as a way to encourage, inspire, and bring hope to leaders and military couples when they feel burned out and they’ve lost their way. For almost 20 years, I have served the military and veteran population as a counselor, speaker, author, and subject matter expert on military culture. Lifegiver offers discussions and interviews on personal and leadership development and ways to breathe life into your military marriage and home. Real stories, expert interviews, and honest conversation. A Lifegiver is someone who gives more than they consume, a person who breathes life into others. Listen in and become a better leader, spouse, parent, and friend simply by breathing life into yourself first. Corie has focused her career for the last 20 years as a clinical consultant specializing in marriage, the military culture, special forces, and leadership development. Corie has traveled to Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf to visit troops and report on deployment conditions with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and has taught service families across the globe, including Japan. In addition to providing subject matter expertise, Corie consults organizations and institutions on building trust, creating impactful programming, and working within a multi-generational team. Her advocacy has included being a part of Second Lady Karen Pence’s Military Spouse’s Employment Working Group and contributing to the passing of a Congressional Bill for licensure portability.
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Episodes
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
In 2017 Ken Grubbs was shot on duty responding to a call at an apartment complex. In this episode, Sarah sits down with Ken and Wende Grubbs as they share their journey of walking through a situation many hope to never face. Listen in and be encouraged by the perspective they found along the way and how one of the most difficult incidents in their life would also end up being the catalyst for deeper communication and intimacy in their marriage.
Emotional Survival For Law Enforcement by Kevin M Gilmart PHD
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Song Credits: “By Your Side” written by Justin Prin
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
In this episode, Corie sits down with Special Ops couple Mark and Caroline as they share their journey through the hardships and pain unique to a service marriage. Listen in as they recount how they were able to hold each other's experiences while also working through their own personal struggles. Be inspired as they tell of the deep joy and intimacy that only suffering can produce and find encouragement in knowing that your marriage can flourish as a result of this lifestyle.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast https://adamyoungcounseling.com/podcast/
Leading on Empty by Wayne Cordeiro
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Song Credits: “By Your Side” written by Justin Prin
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
What defines a hard choice? While the hard choices in our life may seem subjective to others, the decisions we make reflect what we value. Corie and Sarah explore the process of weighing the costs of the hard choices in our life including the difficulties of the service lifestyle.
Song credits: "By Your Side" written by Justin Prins
Corie's Go To for Hard Choices: Giant Whiteboard
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Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
How do we get to a place where we are living on purpose, for a purpose? Corie sits down with her aunt and mentor, June, to discuss the journey of learning to accept things for what they are, become better for it, and help someone else through it. Listen in as they expound on what it means to realize that you simply cannot manage situations and others into place.
Books recommended by June:
"It's Not Supposed to be This Way" Lisa Terkeurst
"Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of You", John Ortberg
"Emotionally Healthy Spirituality" Peter Scazzero
"Art of Survival in an Age of Chaos" Chip Ingram
Song credits: "By Your Side" written by Justin Prins
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Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Corie and Sarah sit down and discuss the differences between over reaction, under reaction and the importance of being proactive. Join the conversation as they seek to answer the question, how do we become less reactive in such a reactive lifestyle and world?
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Song Credits: “By Your Side” written by Justin Prin
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
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In this two part episode, Corie sits down with good friend and fellow 3-61 wife, Jennifer, as she shares her journey of reconnecting and rebuilding herself after trauma. Listen in as she shares how she learned to set boundaries and take difficult steps towards healing as she navigated the waters of alcoholism and addiction in her marriage that ultimately led to the suicide of her husband. Though her story is heavy, her life exemplifies that things can get better and that there is hope on the other side of trauma.
Previous Podcast Episodes mentioned:
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Song Credits: “By Your Side” written by Justin Prin
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
In this two part episode, Corie sits down with good friend and fellow 3-61 wife, Jennifer, as she shares her journey of reconnecting and rebuilding herself after trauma. Listen in as she shares how she learned to set boundaries and take difficult steps towards healing as she navigated the waters of alcoholism and addiction in her marriage that ultimately led to the suicide of her husband. Though her story is heavy, her life exemplifies that things can get better and that there is hope on the other side of trauma.
Previous Podcast Episodes mentioned:
We are taking a break from social media, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find us!
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For more content and resources visit www.life-giver.org
We want to hear from you! It helps us serve you better! Send us an email at corie@corieweathers.com
Want to work with Corie? Check out https://www.corieweathers.com/ for more info.
Song Credits: “By Your Side” written by Justin Prin
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
What’s the difference between selfishness and self awareness?
Corie and Sarah return to discuss and define how self awareness of what is happening in our mind, body and spirit are key components to our mental health, physical health and the influence we have in our relationships. Join the conversation as they pull apart each of these components and dive in to what it looks like to be self aware.
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Song Credits: “By Your Side” by Justin Prin
We are taking a break from social media, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find us!
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For more content and resources visit www.life-giver.org
We want to hear from you! It helps us serve you better! Send us an email at corie@corieweathers.com
Want to work with Corie? Check out https://www.corieweathers.com/ for more info.