Episodes

PART TWO: Please go back and listen to part one from last week! Monica Sanford and retired Marine Lt. Col. David Sanford sit down with someone whose story hits the heart of service, music, and the veteran community—retired Marine Colonel Mike Corrado. Fun memories and we hear impactful, powerful stories and how it has led to music and songwriting retreats & therapy for veterans. Corrado has taken the stage with everyone from Toby Keith—yes, the Red Solo Cup legend himself—to the Black Eyed P...

This week on the Monica Sanford Show, the episode is a solo catch‑up where I fill you in on everything happening behind the scenes over the past 1 year. I’m sharing how our move has been, how we’re settling into life in Nashville, what’s new with my job, and how my son is adjusting and some exciting news that we are thrilled about. I also talk about what life looks like right now for my Veteran Marine and what’s coming up on the show in the weeks ahead. It’s a little life update, a little hear...

Shari Biery is a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach, sought‑after speaker, author, and respiratory therapist who teaches women everywhere how to just take their turn and breathe! After 20 years as a military spouse — the anchor, the steady presence, the one who always showed up and put everyone else first — Shari finally gave herself permission to take her own turn. That decision became the catalyst for her mission: helping women move from burnout to purpose with clarity, confiden...

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 sharemeaningful conversations, discover new reads, and build community through thelove of stories. Her passion for books has blossomed into a unique entrepreneurial journey that blends creativity, connection, and curiosity. In this episode, K...

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...

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 se...

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 th...

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...

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 t...

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 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 also been ...

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 w...

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 assist, 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 r...

The Brett Boyer Foundation is a 501c3 that was co-founded by Ellen Boyer, her husband Bo, sister-in-law Caroline and brother-in-law Luke Bryan. It was created in memory Ellen and Bo's daughter, Sadie Brett Boyer who was diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect (CHD). In her short 7 months she spent most of that time at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and inspired the entire movement and purpose to help others. The Foundation's mission is to fund congenital heart dis...

Joe Leurs is a combat Marine Corps NCO, received a Purple Heart from an injury sustained in Iraq, retired Army Reserves, retired Metro Nashville PD Detective. He's also an Entrepreneur/Inventor of a life-saving product and recently a US congressional candidate for District 7 in Tennessee. We discuss his time in the Marine Corps, 31st MEU—special ops, 1st Marine Division, his time in the Army and then his time as an embedded undercover detective with Nashville Metro PD gang unit and when he has...

This week on the mic is Dr. Monica Sanford, DNP and retired Marine LtCol David Sanford discussing how to prepare for your C & P VA Disability exams. Monica has been evaluating Veterans for their claims for over 3 years and was a speaker at the Military Influencer Conference in ATL 2025. I discuss how to empower yourself and what to expect, from the provider standpoint, for the interview and exam. David was prior enlisted and then retired as the G2 of 2ndMarDiv and he offers his helpful though...

State Representative Jody Barrett from the 69th District of TN, Candidate for US Congress District 7, Attorney, a small business owner and was graded the most conservative legislator in Tennessee history joins us in studio! After Rep Mark Green resigned from his seat there was a scramble for a special election, polling and fundraising show Rep Barrett consistently as one of the top two to beat. We sat down and discussed everything and anything! Why and how he got started in politics and what ...

Diane Canda is the founder of Lady Up America, a national speaker, sought out political commentator on Fox News, News Max, and a business consultant focusing on women owned businesses. She served on the Mayor's Minority and Business Advisory Council in Nashville, 2-time award winning Extraordinary Citizen award from the TN State Legislature, author and podcaster. She hosts training workshops for women on how to handle crucial conversations in a civil manner, and remain ladylike, when other's v...

Jenny Jackson is the new Bravo tv reality celebrity, straight from Kings Court, out now streaming on Peacock. She tells us all about how she got on the show, the behind the scenes and all about that experience. She tells us how she went into modeling and acting at a young age, how she was discovered and the ups and downs of such a tough business. Hear who is more critical- men or women in the modeling/acting world? She is also the host of a daytime talk show "Bless your Heart" here in Nashvi...

The past President of American Association of Nurse Practitioners and now Dean for Strategic & Global Affairs for Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She continues to be the voice and leadership for over 400k NPs. She serves on multiple editorial boards, has hundreds of presentations and publications that advocate for evidence-based practices and NP led care. We discussed her leadership, her academic role, health policy, the White House visit, her advocacy for high quality, cost- effectiv...

This week we sat down with Annie Nelson, an author, entrepreneur, speaker, and Founder of The AmericanSoldier Network and Ruckup.og. She was also just named the 2025 Nashville Remarkable Woman of the Year for devoting so much of her life tohelping Veterans and their families. It all started with a Marine pen-pal and care packages that helped formed strong bonds, lifelong friendshipsand multiple Veteran organizations. After a visit to a combat hospital, she realized her passion lies in advocac...

Denise LaGrange is one of the top selling agents with Sotheby's International Real Estate in Nashville, TN. After a long career in healthcare, pharmaceutical sales and training she moved to Nashville and started diving into the booming Real Estate market and the community. She is very involved with initiatives at the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, volunteers at Second Harvest Food Bank and sponsors a local Bands in a Barn featuring local country artists. Her commitment to the community has bee...

I sat down with Abbie Stockard, the current 2025 Miss America, to discuss her path to the crown and her future in healthcare. She is currently a senior at Auburn University School of Nursing and looking forward to being a Pediatric nurse. We talked about her 'why' she joined the pageant, the expectations from the judges, was it everything she thought it would be, meeting the other contestants, social media influences, what made her stand out and her responsibilities as Miss America. She tells...

Listen to the short solo show to hear updates on my family! Why we suddenly moved from Pensacola, FL to Nashville, TN! Hear the Why behind why I do what I do--just like I ask my guests their why! Stay tuned for some great shows already recording here in Nashville! Check out my Facebook.com/monicasanfordvp for video-reels

Dean Wegner is an Army Veteran, West Point Graduate, finished Flight School & Ranger School. He is the Founder and CEO of Authentically American based out of Nashville, TN. He’s been featured multiple times on Fox News, MSNBC, Forbes Magazine and more. Authentically American was the Winner of the 2024 Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year in Tennessee!! His strategic and sharpened business background also comes from working at Mars Corporation and Proctor and Gamble after his military ser...