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Hello everyone! Welcome to the Simply Resilient Podcast. My name is Jessie Ellertson and this is life coaching from a military wife who is in the trenches of life with each of you. This is a podcast for military wives who know how to handle the challenges of deployments and frequent trainings, but want to stop feeling mentally miserable in the process. You know what to do and you’re doing it, all while holding down the fort at home, but you are weary from living in survival mode and battling with your brain. You are ready to thrive and you are in the right place!

Simply Resilient - A Podcast For Military Wives Jessie Ellertson

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Hello everyone! Welcome to the Simply Resilient Podcast. My name is Jessie Ellertson and this is life coaching from a military wife who is in the trenches of life with each of you. This is a podcast for military wives who know how to handle the challenges of deployments and frequent trainings, but want to stop feeling mentally miserable in the process. You know what to do and you’re doing it, all while holding down the fort at home, but you are weary from living in survival mode and battling with your brain. You are ready to thrive and you are in the right place!

    Episode 128 - Top 12 Takeaways From One Year of Being the Client

    Episode 128 - Top 12 Takeaways From One Year of Being the Client

    This week I am celebrating one year of being the coaching client. I started working with Lizzie Merritt in March of 2023 and today she is coming on my podcast to help me share our top 12 takeaways from a year of working together. Listen to the episode to hear the most impactful lessons we've learned as we've worked on weight loss, mind management, healing, my business, my relationships, money, time management and everything in between. Enjoy!

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Episode 127 - Needs vs Wants

    Episode 127 - Needs vs Wants

    One of my favorite mind management topics is understanding the difference between needs and wants and staying clear on who is responsible for what. My favorite way to illustrate this concept is the Cupcake Concept (see episode 42). In this episode we take a look at this concept again and spend a little more time understanding what needs are and what wants are and how to keep them from getting mixed up. Enjoy!

    • 13 min
    Episode 126 - Resistance and Acceptance

    Episode 126 - Resistance and Acceptance

    Have you ever felt really drained or stuck and didn't know why? Chances are you were experiencing a lot of resistance about something and maybe didn't even know it. You might be resisting your current reality, your emotions, the actions of others, yourself, etc. After all you can argue with reality and lose the argument...but only every time. Our brain tends to resist things that are different from our plans or expectations or things that are happening that we don't prefer or we wouldn't choose...and the problem is that our brain does this by default. Once we understand this and practice doing it less by intentionally creating a mindset of acceptance, we can experience all of the benefits of this shift such as extra energy, feeling less stuck, experiencing more compassion and understanding and less self judgement, and learning to have a more healthy relationship with negative emotions and processing them, and more. Enjoy!

    • 21 min
    Episode 125 - Productivity and Processes

    Episode 125 - Productivity and Processes

    A very common piece of advice that we are given as military wives to get through deployment is to just "stay busy." This can be a good thing but it can also be overdone and you can use it against yourself if you're not careful. Listen to this episode where we focus on productivity and processes and less on the end result. I will also show you how to watch for what you're using to motivate yourself to be productive and to make sure you aren't trying to earn your worth by getting things done each day. Your worth is complete and whole always and can't be earned. So alternatively let's just get things done because it's fun and feels good. Enjoy!

    • 25 min
    Episode 124 - Permission

    Episode 124 - Permission

    When we slow things down and step back we can see that we are almost always wanting peace to think what we're thinking, feel what we're feeling and do what we're doing and unfortunately we are often not giving ourselves that permission. One problem is we think we need to wait for permission from others, but what we really need is permission from ourselves. Listen to this episode to learn how to switch this around so that you primarily go to yourself for permission and not others. Enjoy!

    • 35 min
    Episode 123 - The Power of Peace

    Episode 123 - The Power of Peace

    Do you feel like you are frequently feeling overwhelmed or frustrated? Do you ever ask yourself what you wish you were feeling instead? If you have, my guess would be that your answer to that question would be peace. Feeling peaceful is amazing and a very desirable feeling and I want that for you too. However there are a few ways to feel peace and the main one feels like the absence of chaos which is mostly not available. Listen to this episode to learn how to create a more powerful version of peace in your life rather than just trying to create the absence of chaos. Enjoy!

    • 10 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
53 Ratings

53 Ratings

EmilyJS217 ,

Podcast for deployment and SO much more!

I discovered Simply Resilient podcasts in the midst of my boyfriend’s year-long deployment. I was in survival mode mentally and emotionally and Jessie’s coaching via the podcast put words to the experiences I was having. It was so validating and relieved the sense of isolation I was feeling. Furthermore, the mind management strategies she shares in her podcasts are simple and actionable - exactly what I needed when I felt I couldn’t do anything about my circumstances!

Post-deployment, this podcast and Jessie’s coaching have been instrumental in reframing my circumstances and reducing the unnecessary drama! My boyfriend and my reintegration went so much smoother than I could have hoped due to the strategies I was practicing. I believe it has even helped prepare me to better manage my mind for shorter-term absences due to training, etc.

I highly recommend this podcast for anyone struggling with deployment, reintegration, military life, or the day-to-day highs and lows of being human!

Lizzie_M_spartan ,

So impactful and actionable!

I love listening to Jessie’s coaching because she addresses the REAL life of a military spouse and how to handle the challenges the come up in a way and gives you real advice versus just fluff. Listening to Jessie is like the perfect combo wise mentor, compassionate coach, and the friend you can be real with. Highly recommend if you’re a military spouses or anyone looking for actionable strategies to handle the inevitable challenges that life throws at you.

armywife84 ,

Really great

Great podcast. Useful and practical information for military wives while also being understanding of all the challenges being a military spouse entails!

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