38: Surviving deployment during the pandemic, and why military legal might not be enough with Navy wife and lawyer Michelle Mance

It was my absolute pleasure to have fellow Navy spouse and lawyer Michelle Mance on the show today.

Michelle shares her path to becoming a lawyer and navigating that over time and moves and deployments.

We end up spending some time talking about Michelle's time as Ombudsman on her husband's ship during covid and a 9 month deployment.

The mental stress of deployments and reintegration that was only compounded by covid.

We talk about the emotional stages of deployment and allowing grace and space for what each of you have gone through during your time apart.

Then we dive into being a lawyer as a military spouse and the licensing and process of moving your business to a different state.

Michelle tells us about MSJDN or military spouse JD network (msjdn.org) an organization of military spouses all in the law field and all over the world.

She tells us about her practice specifically and why you might need more than Navy Legal or your branch equivalent to that.

We talk about special needs trusts and why they are needed and important.

Why estate planning is important when you are younger! When you have small children!

And finally taking the seasons to grow when you can.

It was such a blast getting to connect with Michelle and I hope you reach out to her as well! She is an absolute wealth of knowledge!

Michelle practices law in California and Washington, so if you are in those areas, reach out!

https://www.mancelawpc.com
619-369-5760
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