Melissa Washington: Navy Veteran, Marine Corps spouse & Founder of Women Veterans Alliance
Release Date: 06/11/2025
Kara Infante: Creating communities, sharing stories, with Bookish Flights
The Monica Sanford Show
This week on the show, we welcome Kara Infante — an active-duty Navy military spouse, Physical Therapist, podcaster, entrepreneur, and creator of Bookish Flights. Through Bookish Flights, Kara has created a space where readers and authors come together to share meaningful conversations, discover new reads, and build community through the love of stories. Her passion for books has blossomed into a unique entrepreneurial journey that blends creativity, connection, and curiosity. In this episode, Kara shares how her lifelong love of reading inspired her to launch Bookish Flights, what...
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Dr. Kay Corpus, MD: The Soul of Medicine Institute, specializing in Menopause and the Mind-Body-Spiritual connection!
The Monica Sanford Show
Dr. Kay Corpus is a Board-Certified Physician in Integrative Health, Functional Medicine, and Primary Care, specializing in women’s health. She’s also an author, sought‑after keynote speaker, two‑time TEDx speaker, podcaster, entrepreneur, and founder of the Soul of Medicine Institute. In this conversation, we explore the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions of the menopause transformation. We dive into common signs and symptoms — fatigue, exhaustion, libido changes, joint pain, hormonal shifts, and the mind‑body connection — and how they shape a woman’s...
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Monica & David now sharing a To Do List of actionable Items to help Transitioning out of the Military!
The Monica Sanford Show
Part One: Monica Sanford and retired Marine LtCol David Sanford have been married for 35 years and have firsthand experience navigating the full journey from active-duty life to civilian retirement after 25 years of military service. They’ve lived through every stage of the transition—healthcare changes, job searches, housing decisions, and the emotional and practical adjustments that come with leaving the military. Together, they offer grounded, practical advice and actionable steps to help service members and their families move confidently into civilian life. David was prior enlisted...
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Monica & David now sharing a To Do List of actionable Items to help Transitioning out of the Military!
The Monica Sanford Show
Part One: Monica Sanford and retired Marine LtCol David Sanford have been married for 35 years and have firsthand experience navigating the full journey from active-duty life to civilian retirement after 25 years of military service. They’ve lived through every stage of the transition—healthcare changes, job searches, housing decisions, and the emotional and practical adjustments that come with leaving the military. Together, they offer grounded, practical advice and actionable steps to help service members and their families move confidently into civilian life. David was prior enlisted...
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Tommy Richardson: Elite of the Elite! Incredible stories from the Retired Marine Captain and a Navy Seal & Founder of Divine Savagery.
The Monica Sanford Show
Tommy Richardson is in a unique position of being a combat decorated Marine Captain and also a combat decorated Navy Seal. The elite of the elite! He tells us incredible stories serving in both services while in combat and leadership roles. He told us about the differences in services in leadership and challenges and culture and how he transitioned from one to the other. He is the Founder of Devine Savagery coaching, consulting, services, purposeful leadership and leaning into Faith. If you think he was slowing down, he's only getting started in the civilian world, smashing state and national...
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Marty Strong: Navy Seal, CEO of Warrior's Haven USA.
The Monica Sanford Show
Marty Strong is a decorated combat veteran, retired after 28years as a U.S. Navy SEAL officer, author, keynote motivational speaker and CEO of Warrior's Haven. He is highly sought after content expert of military topics and business topics. Marty has appeared on national tv, radio and podcasts and was featured in 2 History Channel documentaries. He was a tactical expert in multi-terrain and geographical locations. Now we hear all about the business & leadership strategies right out of the Navy Seal playbook! He shares his thoughts on system improvement process, mastering psychological...
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Rachel Rodriguez: Taking over Nashville with her unique style, attitude, soulful vocals & fusion of Latino, Tejano, & Country, wowing both English and Spanish fans
The Monica Sanford Show
Rachel Rodriguez started singing with her father at a young age, and now she has an entire festival named after her and an album that made it to the first-round consideration of the Grammys! She is taking over Nashville with her attitude, soulful vocals, buffet of sounds & fusion of Latino, Tejano, Country & Mariachi style! She is enjoying her season of overflowing recognition in the music industry and still looking forward to what's ahead. She is giving back to the community, inspiring and teaching young artists and encourages their expression and creativity to stay connected to their...
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Chris Crawford: Exclusive with Florida's Top Attorney Defending the Constitution, 2A and changing FL gun laws.
The Monica Sanford Show
An Exclusive Interview with Chris Crawford, the Top Defense Attorney in FL that changed the FL gun law! He went up against the FL Supreme Court in September 2025 and Won with his amazing oral arguments defending the Constitution & the 2nd Amendment. The now precedent-setting case law in the First District Court of Appeal unanimously ruled prohibiting open carry in FL was unconstitutional. This is the first time he tells the story of how he gathered his defense on 2A. Chris Crawford has been featured on Dateline, Court TV, and Forensic Files. He has taken on the State of FL and...
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Lindsey Chrismon: Combat aviator, West Point Grad, AH 64 Apache & AH 6M Little Bird pilot and CEO of Oply
The Monica Sanford Show
This week Monica and retired Marine LtCol David Sanford sat down with Lindsey Chrismon, a 2014 West Point grad, combat aviator, and the first Captain of the Corps of Cadets, being only the 4th woman ever in the Academy's history to lead the 4400 member Corps. She flew the AH 64 Apache and was the first woman to fly the AH 6M Little Bird in the 160th Special Operations Aviation regiment, flying combat air missions and operations in Afghanistan. She also has an MBA from Harvard Business School where she focused on Entrepreneurship and Technology, a Stanford Fellow of the Hoover Institute...
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Niels Andersen: President & CEO of VETCV Foundation and Mission Next
The Monica Sanford Show
Niels Andersen is a US Navy Corpsman, President and CEO KA Med Data, Vet CV Foundation and Mission Next. He spent 35 years in the tech development industry focusing on Veterans, and healthcare organizations and systems. He designs and develops software and assists, commercial and government, providers with their practices. He assists organizations in solving recruitment, acquisition, retention, benchmarking and metrics. He has built VETCV, the digital platform for Veterans to access all their records from their smart phone app. He is a resource in the industry, a sought-after speaker,...
info_outlineMelissa Washington, Navy Veteran, Marine Corps spouse, daughter of Vietnam Veteran and CEO/Founder of Women Veterans Alliance.
She talks about how a dinner out with friends turned into a global organization, now celebrating the 10 year anniversary of helping Women Veterans. She is an award-winning advocate, speaker, author, entrepreneur, CEO, publisher, radio show host, and multiple awards for influencing women, visionary awards, trailblazing, and breaking barriers.
She has been on Dr. Phil and Lifetime's "The Balancing Act" and tells us about more appearances and what she has coming up!
Find out everything The Women Veterans Alliance does for Veterans!
womenveteransalliance.com