The MisFitNation Show chat with U.S. Army Veteran, and Entrepreneur Annette Whittenberger

The MisFitNation Show chat with U.S. Army Veteran, and Entrepreneur  Annette Whittenberger Welcome to our Take it Home Thursday show this week. We are glad you are back with us and look forward to hearing your thoughts on this chat. We started the week off with a great live chat with Charles Smith released our chat with Danny Brassell, and now we bring you, Annette Whittenberger. This is a chat you will not want to miss. Enjoy episode 271! of The MisFitNation! Annette is a military spouse of 24 years, a mother to a daughter, 22 yrs old; and a son, 19 yrs old. She is a retired combat veteran who served in the Army for seventeen years and 4 months as a Chemical officer including a deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.  She retired in Nov 2016 and fell into being an Accidental Entrepreneur and uses her voice to share her story about real life after the Army and living with mental illness.  Since her retirement she has focused on her business, podcast, speaking, mentoring, volunteering, and her first book (The Wall Between Two Lives). Her blog is A Wild Ride Called Life ®, LLC. incorporates stories from her post-military life in which she shares how she lives life as a mom and military spouse living with PTSD, anxiety, and depression.  Along with writing, she has created a safe space in which she hosts a Podcast titled “The Truths We Hide”. Not only does she share her story, but she also has guests who share theirs by offering advice to others to help them know that they are not alone and to provide hope.   Annette has a heart for volunteering and does so by being a mentor for veterans on Veterati and for military spouses on Ementor and AMPLIFY and Nasdaq Mentor Circle Makers. She has also been involved as a mentor for TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Children survivors, Association for Military Spouse Entrepreneurs, and the Women Veterans Network, Annette continues her work as a mentor, consultant, public speaker, author, and podcaster and shares resources from nonprofits who are like-minded and like-hearted when it comes to Mental Health.  All of our latest episodes and videos can be found here: https://www.themisfitnation.com This episode YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/L2_s5CCj3rA Support us here: https://ko-fi.com/themisfitnationpodcast #army #veteran #spouse #mom #entrepreneur #host #vetsinpodcasting #vetsinradio #chemdawg #resilience #mindset #mentalhealth #hmg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices