When Melissa Seligman’s husband left for his second deployment to Iraq, she knew all too well what was expected of her. “I was expected to be the nice, caring, understanding military wife and mom,” Seligman said. “No military wife wants to admit that she is hurt -- and sometimes angry and very fearful -- of being alone when her husband is deployed, … sometimes for the second or third time. It’s very hard. The guilt we feel from these natural emotions often keeps us silent.”

Seligman said she hopes her new weekly podcast, “Her War,” will help to provide a platform for military wives to openly discuss such anxieties and uncertainties about their husbands’ deployments. The podcast, she said, is dedicated to providing military wives with the tools and resources they need to better equip themselves to deal with separation issues. Weekly discussions will focus not only on hope, understanding and acceptance, but also on denial, anger, bargaining and depression -- feelings that she said often are hidden.

Military wives are the backbone of our great military. Since the inception of our great country military wives have waited, raised families and suffered alone. This podcast will give many the opportunity to realize that there are others out there with the same issues. It will also give good advice for wives to relate to. What topics would be of interest to you for the podcast?

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