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Breaking the Ice is the podcast sharing the real stories behind life in professional hockey!
Each week, you'll hear honest conversations with hockey wives, girlfriends, coaches' wives, and the women who navigate the unique realities of this lifestyle. From moving across the world and raising families to marriage, motherhood, identity, mental health, and everything in between, these are the conversations that happen beyond the rink.
Whether you're living the hockey life yourself or simply curious about the people behind the game, welcome to our community!
Episodes
Apr 25, 2023
Apr 25, 2023
1 hr 1 min
Carli Husson is a spirit baby medium and energy healer that I had a session with a couple months before I conceived my daughter. I loved our session so much that I knew I HAD to have her on the podcast so here we are!
In this episode we chat about:
- What a spirit baby is
- How she started with this work and how her spiritual journey began
- How she prepares for a reading
- Signs from our spirit babies
- Gender disappointment and how we should normalize it
- How everything is energy
- How you can start the journey of connecting with your spirit baby
- A mini spirit baby reading on me where Carli connects and tells me the gender of my last baby in the future!
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
31 min
Cheers to ONE HUNDRED Episodes of Breaking the Ice! It has been my absolute honor to be the host of this podcast and communicate with the amazing women in this community daily. In this episode I talk about:
- 100th episode + how there has been EIGHTY THOUSAND downloads since I started!
- Winning the championship + what the experience was like witnessing it in person
- How the starts aligned on the day of Game Six
- Bridging the gap between coaches SO's + players SO's and how it leads to one word: Communication (and preferably at the beginning of the season!)
- Inclusion on Teams + Why this makes such a difference in your overall well being during the season
- + more!
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Apr 4, 2023
Apr 4, 2023
51 min
Jackie Gendron, wife of Miles Gendron, who plays in the ECHL for the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, joins me on Breaking the Ice today.
In this episode we chat about:
- TikTok and how Jackie grew her following majorly once she moved to Norway for her husband's job and started sharing about their day to day there
- How Jackie met her husband in high school and has traveled with him for 11 years
- Remote jobs: How to find a remote job, what it's like working North American hours in Europe
- Focusing on the positives of this lifestyle + how it can benefit you overall to not dwell on the negatives
Mar 21, 2023
Mar 21, 2023
1 hr 10 min
Maggie Kestner, wife of Josh Kestner, who plays for Rauma Lukko in Finland, joins me on Breaking the Ice today.
In this episode we chat about:
- Losing your identity in this lifestyle
- The challenges emotionally when isolated so far away from home
- The common misconceptions that people have about hockey
- Missing big life moments back home during the season
- Visa Issues
- Trying to get out of Russia right before the war started
and so much more!
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Mar 14, 2023
Mar 14, 2023
57 min
Emilie Blum, wife of Jonathon Blum, who plays for Red Bull Munich in the DEL, joins me for a long overdue episode of Breaking the Ice!
In this episode we talked about:
- The show, Hockey Wives, and how Emilie was cast for it
- One Year Contracts and the uncertainty of it
- Not having any control as a hockey wife
- Schooling for Kids Abroad
- How to make friends outside of hockey
- Transitioning from a house you love back home to a small apartment in Europe
- Mid-Season Burn Out
- Struggling with Mental Health during the hockey season and how going on anti depressants are okay
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Mar 7, 2023
Mar 7, 2023
56 min
Tara Kampfer, wife of Steven Kampfer, joins me on Breaking the Ice today.
- Her experience going on The Bachelor ABC and all the behind the scenes details
- How she felt watching herself back on tv
- How she met her husband and moving around in this hockey life
- Living in Russia and playing in the KHL during COVID
- The war in Russia + Brittney Griner
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Feb 28, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
1 hr 6 min
Alyssa Flynn, wife of Brian Flynn, who finished his last professional season in the AHL with the Utica Comets joins me for todays episode of Breaking the Ice.
In this episode we talk about:
- Self Care for Moms
- How postpartum is not just the first three months after having a baby
- How to support a new mom postpartum in our lifestyle
- Pregnancy Loss Abroad
- The healing power of food
- Plant Based Nutrition
Feb 22, 2023
Feb 22, 2023
54 min
Stefany Jenks, wife of AJ Jenks, who finished his last professional season in the ECHL playing for Fort Wayne Komets, joins me on Breaking the Ice to share all about their experience in the wild wild west, aka the ECHL.
In this episode, we chat about:
- The unpredictability in minor league hockey and what it has taught her about herself
- Being ghosted by a team when it comes to resigning with them
- Friendships outside of the hockey life
- Motherhood
- How your priorities shift depending on which season of life you're in
- Retirement and the phases you go through when you retire
- The fear of both being unemployed when it comes to retirement
- Networking for our S/O post hockey life
Feb 14, 2023
Feb 14, 2023
55 min
Buckle up, I’m ready to share my birth story! For those of you that have followed my pregnancy journey, my daughter was breech and I chose to have a scheduled c-section here in France. I share the highs and lows of my hospital experience, as always, UNFILTERED.
In this episode I talked about:
-The surgery + what it was like having a c-section
-My childcare falling through a few days before my scheduled c-section
-Being in the hospital alone and struggling with a major language barrier
-The differences between having a baby in Austria and France
-What I’ve learned and done differently as a second time mom: Advocating for myself in the hospital
-The last night with your toddler before the baby comes
-C-Section recovery + (with a toddler)
-The transition from 1-2 kids
& more!
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My last SOLO Episode leading up to my birth
Feb 7, 2023
Feb 7, 2023
1 hr 13 min
Layne Gibbons, wife of Kyle Gibbons, who plays in Val Gardena in the Alps Hockey League, joins me on BTI for the SECOND time. I felt we could all use a light hearted and funny conversation and I knew she was my go-to girl!
In this episode, we talk about:
- Visa Issues and Flying Super Late in our Pregnancies
- Finding Dog Sitters + Baby Sitters Abroad
- Funny Situations with Teams
- ALL THINGS POP CULTURE. Bravo, RHW, Vanderpump Rules, Kardashians, Ultimatum + Love is Blind, F***, Marry, Kill. You name it, we went there.
We hope this episode puts a smile on your face!
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Listen to our Episode on Friendships: A Reason, A Season or a Lifetime
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