Episode 109 | "When Everything's A Priority..." (Feat. Theresa Carpenter)

Published: April 1, 2024, 3:40 a.m.

b"About Our Guest:\\n\\xa0\\nTheresa Carpenter is an active-duty Navy Commander, with 10 years of enlisted time and where she has served for 28 years. Her passions include helping people succeed, protecting animals, moving past traumatic experiences, speaking up for positive change, and the professional development of the craft of public relations. As a reflective writer, she discusses the human experience for her blog, Theresa\\u2019s Tapestries. She has published in several media outlets and trade press, notably the War Horse and the Public Relations Society of America. Tapping into her love of storytelling through the visual medium, she shares her life journey and the stories of others in a raw, vulnerable, and always honest format. Her podcast S.O.S (Stories of Service), which she started in April 2020 and now has more than 100 episodes, features ordinary people from all walks of life who show up in service to their respective communities and are beacons of change. She is a co-author of the book Complicated Alliances, an anthology that tells the stories and struggles of women who serve in the military and those married to one who serves. She lives in the United Kingdom and is the Chief Public Affairs Officer for NATO's Allied Maritime Command.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nAbout The Episode:\\n\\xa0\\nTheresa Carpenter joins the podcast this week and the conversation starts about work. She talks about her NATO job and what motivated her to take this job outside of America. She discusses dealing with adult bullies at the workplace. She remembers what made her join the Navy. LCDR gives her opinion on GEDs and diplomas. How do Public Affairs Officers and Mass Communications Specialists interact? Damo has smoke for someone. Theresa and Damo talk shop and discuss podcasting. they talk about the importance of long-form unregulated content. Theresa discusses what she believes are the issues that the Navy is currently facing. The two discuss if the military cares about suicide. Can people be overly possessive about their relationships with their junior Sailors? Do policies and politics allow truth in reporting? Theresa discusses her best and worst military experiences. The conversation gets personal as Theresa speaks about her husband and her relationship with her mother.\\n\\xa0\\nRemember to follow the \\u2018Permission to Speak Freely\\u2019 podcast on TikTok, Facebook, Discord, Instagram, and Twitter, and subscribe on YouTube.\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nKeep up with the \\u2018Permission to Speak Freely\\u2019 podcast on our social media and YouTube - https://linktr.ee/Ptsfpodcast\\n\\xa0\\nKeep up with Theresa Carpenter and all her links: https://beacons.ai/theresacarpenter\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nAdditional Credits:\\nPTSF \\u201cTheme Music\\u201d - Produced by Lim0"