Work And Life With Stew Friedman

Ep 117. Michelle Still Mehta: Silent Sacrifice on the Homefront

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Dr. Michelle Still Mehta, who holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School,  is the author of Silent Sacrifice on the Homefront: Military Spouses Share their Quests to Fit Career with Marriage, Motherhood, and Military Life. Dr. Mehta is a researcher, management consultant, and executive coach, with more than 20 years of experience helping leaders and organizations navigate strategic change and create healthy workplaces. As an active duty military spouse, she is dedicated to improving the lives of other career-oriented military spouses. Her research focuses on the working lives of military spouses as well as the psycho-social impacts of navigating career within the context of military life. Prior to launching her independent practice in 2004, Dr. Mehta was a Senior Manager with Deloitte and an internal consultant with Kaiser Permanente. Stew and Michelle discuss what she found when interviewing military spouses about the profound psychological as well as financial impact of t