Breaking the Ice

Today is a minisode with me, your host! 

Here are some things I chat about in this episode:

• Missing big life moments during the hockey season (weddings, babies, trips to see family)
• Sacrifices that we make as significant others in this lifestyle 
• Not trying to fix or get to the bottom of your feelings and just letting yourself feel them
• Our travel day over to the UK
• Navigating our kids having a hard time with the hockey season transition and how I've supported them with these changes 
• Moving and how it affects you mentally
• HOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE YOUR LIFE FIGURED OUT IN A WEEK (say it louder for the people in the back)

 

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We all know it best, the hockey life is chaotic and this absolutely can make it challenging in your relationship when there are always additional stressors at play. Today on the podcast I have couples therapist, Tracy Dalgleish, who is a podcaster, author, and a force in the online space!

In this episode we talk about:

• Learning to tune into your own needs when you are living in constant chaos
• How to express your needs to your partner before you're in a state of overwhelm
• Not letting you partners bad game affect your mood and WHY you let it
• How your early childhood experiences an impact how you feel + communicate in your relationship
• Social media and how it gives us a false sense of closeness
• Ways to prepare for a baby with your partner
• Boundaries 
• In Law Relationships

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Natalie Miller, wife of JT Miller who plays for the Vancouver Canucks, joins me on Breaking the Ice Podcast today. If there's one episode that will make you laugh, this one is it.

 

In this episode we talk about:

• Long Distance, Call Ups + Send Downs
• Being A Mom Away from Home + Postpartum 
• Losing a Parent During the Hockey Season and Signs She Has Received from Her Mom Since She's Passed
• How Getting Traded + Leaving the House She Built and Designed Led Her to Find Her Passion
• Tips on How to Follow Your Dreams + Start a Career (while also supporting your significant other)
• How to Have A More Inclusive Hockey Season
• What a NHL Wives Fund Is
• How to Get More Involved in the Community 

 

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Sarah Bross, wife of Zack Bross, who finished his last season in the Del3, joins me on Breaking the Ice Today!

In this episode, we chat about: 

• Long Distance in college and what she would go back and tell her younger self
• What made them take the leap to Europe
• The importance of getting things in writing + doing your due diligence
• Culture Shock
• Recognizing the positives of this lifestyle while you're in it
• Instagram v. Reality and the biggest misconceptions 
• Tips for traveling in Europe on a budget and her favorite place she's ever traveled in Europe
• What she doesn't recommend bringing to Europe and how she packed lightly for the season

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Emmeli Rakell, wife of Rickard Rakell, who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins, joins me this week on Breaking the Ice! Emmeli and her husband are Swedish and have spent a portion of their lives living in the US, while Rickard plays in the NHL.

 

In this episode we talk about:

 

• What it was like for Emmeli moving to the US, while hardly speaking English

 

• How isolating it can be to not have other people around who speak the same language as you

 

• What it has been like for her experiencing a new culture + new friends

 

• How she has changed her mindset in regards to this lifestyle

 

• Having a baby in the USA, as a Swede, and how things changed for her once she had kids in this lifestyle 

 

• Driving differences between USA + Europe and other hilarious culture differences between Europeans and Americans

and so much more!

 

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Haley Palve, wife of Oula Palve, who plays hockey in Tampere Finland, joins me on BTI and shares her personal journey with infertility and IVF with me. Throughout this episode, we dive into:

• What it was like experiencing infertility + how it affected her mental health
• What led her to choose the IVF route and the steps that she took to get there
• What she wishes she knew about IVF before she started the process
• Advice on how to support someone through IVF and what NOT to say to someone experiencing infertility
• Finding success with IVF + how she told her partner (via long distance!)
• Her pregnancy + how the healthcare has been in Finland!

 

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Other BTI episodes on IVF:

Her Journey with IVF with Sandra Szczechura

Our Fertility Journey: Miscarriages, IVF and Surrogacy with Terra O'Reilly

Never Give Up, a journey to motherhood with Jamie Machacek

 

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Podcast: The Egg Whisperer Show

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Join me in this episode of real, authentic conversation with Laura Caggiula, wife of Drake Caggiula, who plays in the AHL for the Bakersfield Condors. If you're a mom or just curious about the challenges of motherhood in the hockey lifestyle with two children under two, this episode is just for you!

Laura and I share our experiences of raising two children under two in an open and honest dialogue.

Here are some highlights from our conversation

• The realities of motherhood and how to balance responsibilities
• Strategies for managing stress and self-care
• Our experiences with raising children in a fast-paced lifestyle
• The importance of community support and building a network 
• Nervous System Dysregulation
• Latching onto Schedules because it's the one thing we have control over
• Resentment 
• Hockey culture + how it shifts after having kids
• Game Day Routines with Two Under Two 

 

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Megan McIlvane, wife of Matt McIlvane, who is the head coach for the San Diego Gulls, joins me on the pod today for a much anticipated coach's wife episode!

 

In this episode we talk about SO much but to name a few: 

• Leaving her passion and career to move to Europe with her now husband
• Her take on whether coach's wives and player's wives should be friends
• The time commitment of a coach's wife
• A positive perspective on schedule of a hockey player
• The grey area of what the code is for including coach's wives
• How she would handle an iffy situation if one came about

AND BEYOND MORE! This conversation was so much fun to have and I hope you all enjoy!

 

Megan sits on the board of directors for a non-profit called Megan's Mission, named after an unbelievable girl who fought childhood cancer fearlessly. They are 100% volunteer based and have raised over 2 million for more up to date treatments and cures for childhood cancers. The hockey community is so great and any support would be greatly appreciated! Click here! www.instagram.com/megansmission

Dana Oleksuk, wife of Travis Oleksuk, who finished last season in Rosenheim in the Del3, joins me on the podcast for the third time! Our husbands played together in Austria for two hockey seasons and in this episode we caught up and updated each other on our lives.

In this episode we talk about: 

• Not having a contract this late in the year and what that looks like for each of us
• The possibility of retirement and how we each feel about it
• The day to day challenges of this position (living with family, lack of stability or not being able to plan anything)
• How we each would get our stuff back from overseas if we didn't go over
• Mental energy and how it takes so much out of you to have these same conversations every year with your significant other

Regardless of whether you have a contract or not, you will definitely be able to relate to this episode and I hope it brings some light into your week that you are not alone!

 

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Hi guys! I hope you all are having a nice summer at home. As always, I wanted to be open with you about some of the things that I have been struggling with postpartum this time around. I am so grateful that I have this safe space to share about my life and hope that I can help someone with this episode.

 

• How I was diagnosed with Postpartum OCD + Anxiety
• I talk about some of my triggers and how I have experienced "impending doom" and ruminating thoughts
• How my hypochondria has sky rocketed this time around and how I am overcoming it
• How I found a therapist that I LOVE
• How you're not crazy, it's the hormones

 

Some things that have helped me:

This podcast + this Instagram account has thoroughly helped me with this journey https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-the-hard-things/id1526993843

 

This episode specifically:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-the-hard-things/id1526993843?i=1000577362483