S.O.S. (Stories of Service) - Ordinary people who do extraordinary work
From the little league coach to the former addict helping those still struggling, hear from people from all walks of life how they show up as a vessel for service and drive for transformational change. Hosted by Theresa Carpenter, a 28-year active duty U.S. naval officer who found service was the path to unlocking trauma and unleashing your inner potential. All views are mine alone and not on behalf of any other entity.
S.O.S. (Stories of Service) - Ordinary people who do extraordinary work
Army vet & mental health advocate| Major (Ret.) Annette Whittenberger - S.O.S. Podcast #64
I have been talking a lot about mental health this week and erasing the stigma in seeking care, so could not think of a better time to bring Annette on the show. Her work has inspired countless others to seek care, and she is now using her trauma-focused healing to make a difference within the music industry. Join us as we discuss her military journey, mental health, and her next chapter as a musician using music to help heal.
Annette Whittenberger is a military spouse of 24 years, 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 four months as a Chemical officer, including a deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. She retired in November 2016 and became 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 A Wild Ride Called Life ®, LLC. incorporates stories from her post-military life in which she shares her 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 E-mentor 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,
She is also known as Ann Whitt, Independent Music Artist. She is a current graduate from the Musicians Institute out of Hollywood, CA as an Independent Artist. She is a songwriter who has been using her mental health journey to create songs that relate to so many of us.
She wants to create music by using our words, thoughts, feelings, and everything in between to show that we can come out of the darkness and make something beautiful. Annette is passionate about sharing our stories through various forms of creati
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