Breaking the Ice

Danielle Nyquist, wife of Gustav Nyquist, who plays in the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets, joins me for a wonderful episode all about SLEEP. Danielle is a Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant and owns her own business, Sov Gott Sleep (which means sleep tight in Swedish) In this episode we talk about ALL things baby + toddler sleep including:

• What drove her to create a career around sleep
• Healthy Sleep Habits and when we can begin to implement them
• What healthy sleep habits are and WHY they are so important
• Newborn Sleep, what you can expect and how to know when your baby is tired
• What sleep regressions are and what we can do to help support our kids through these developmental progressions
• Toddler Sleep Regressions
• How + WHEN to move your toddler from a crib into a toddler bed (Lord, help us)
• The Witching Hour(S)!!!

+ More! 

 

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It's been a MINUTE. I recorded this solo episode because I felt it was about dang time to update you guys on what has been going on for the past month and a half. I wanted to share the real and true hardships of this lifestyle and some of the additional stressors we have been dealing with. 

Making a complete lifestyle shift (going from off-season to season and vice versa) can be really draining.

In this episode, I share about prepping for the season, the travel day, my pregnancy and getting adjusted in a new country. I share what helps re-center me when I am going through a hard time and how there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

 

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One of my favorite memories of this podcast + community was our retreat last year and in case you haven't heard, this year it is in CABO SAN LUCAS! May 17-21st, 2023. There are still rooms available so DM me if you have questions or want to sign up today! 

 

Have you made your list for Black Friday shopping? I have one more addition for you! My small business, SALT, is having a HUGE Black Friday sale. starting Thursday November 17th. You can take 30% off all regular priced items and 15% off all Markdown Items. Get some of your Christmas shopping out of the way!

 

 

Suz Lundeen, girlfriend of Joe Howe, who is currently the assistant coach at Yale but played his last professional season with the Orlando Solar Bears in the ECHL, shares all about their journey through retirement.

 

Suz + Joe were both hockey players, who retired at the same time, and faced all the challenges that came with this, together. In this episode we talk about:

 

• The frustration element that can lead a lot of players into retirement 
• Struggling with high functioning depression
• Seeking help for the mental health issues and how they overcame this transition together as a couple
• Tangible tools they learned from therapy
• Leaning on community
• Retirement gifts

and so much more!

 

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Other Episodes on Retirement:

Knowing When It's Time to Hang Them Up with Sarah Whitmore

Retirement and Life After Hockey with Stefanie Heid

Having a Game Plan for Retirement with Andrea Hanson

Sarita Francis, engaged to Jordan Scarlett, who plays professional football in the NFL, joined me for an episode of Breaking the Ice. One thing I have learned from this lifestyle is that regardless of which sport you are in, our lifestyles are so similar. We experience very unique life experiences, struggles, highs, lows and everything in between!

 

In this episode, we chat about: 

 

-The NFL and what the schedule is like, the lifestyle + getting drafted for the first time

-The similarities between pro football and pro hockey

-Being Type A in this lifestyle

-Finding balance in this lifestyle

-Having 2020 babies

-Raising kids in the professional sports world

-Never being able to make plans in the lifestyle

-How she created her brand based on a passion that she had

-Creating boundaries within your business

-Advice for those looking to start their own business

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Brittany Wedgewood, wife of Scott Wedgewood who plays in the NHL for the Dallas Stars, and Emma Winnitoy, girlfriend of Mitchell Stephens, who plays in the NHL for the Montreal Canadiens, join me for a friendship therapy sesh today!

 

We had so much fun catching up and updating each other about the summer and upcoming plans for the year and season ahead. We chat about new teams, post wedding blues, renting houses, getting kicked out of the US, engagement stories, intentions for the 22/23 hockey season and more!

 

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Annessa Smith, wife of Jeff Smith, who plays for EHC Neuwied in the Del 4, joins me on Breaking the Ice today. Annessa has been living the hockey life for 13 years and in this episode we chat about:

 

• Her mom passing away during the hockey season
• Embracing the culture that you’re in and leaning into it
• How to find things going on in the city that you live in
• Her birth experience in Germany 
• How it works when giving birth in another country and having no one to watch your first kid
• How team cars following players when wives are about to have a baby should be mandatory
• The adjustment from 1 to 2 kids
• How teams can tell you certain things that are false so you’ll sign and play there
• The struggle of not being able to get your kid into a daycare/school 
• Kinder Krippe 
• Having a home in Spokane in the Off-Season
• Social anxiety and how Annessa has coped with social anxiety while living abroad

 

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Madison Marshall, wife of Ben Marshall, who plays in Ingolstadt, Germany in the DEL, joins me on Breaking the Ice today and I could have talked to her for five more hours. Madison has been doing all of my brand management and has been such an asset, turned friend! If you want to listen to a relatable AF episode….this one is for you.

 

We chat about:

• Madison having an identical twin and anything you’ve ever wanted to know about identical twins, I asked!

 

• The stereotypes and judgment that people have about the lifestyle and our husbands personal lives

 

• Different pay ranges within the sport and how everyone assumes each person makes millions of dollars

 

• Leaving a job that you love to move for your significant others job. It’s a choice, sacrifice and not an easy decision

 

• How Madison figured out what she wanted to do and how to start her own business while living abroad

 

• Learning your value and setting boundaries within your business and with your clients

 

• Being a people pleaser and cancel culture

 

• Inclusion in the hockey lifestyle, this was a long conversation. We each shared vulnerable stories of when we have been excluded by others and how it made us feel.

 

• What to take out of your vocabulary when extending invitations to other people to hang out

 

• Madison just got married so we chat about etiquette and guest expectations about all the things (plus ones) and people putting you in uncomfortable situations to accommodate them

 

• Advice for future brides

 

• How people project things onto you if you a choose a life path that's different than theirs

BASICALLY ALL THE THINGS! Don’t miss this epi!!!!

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Kaitlin Yakura, wife of Dean Yakura, who finished last season in the ECHL for the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, joins me on Breaking the Ice and shares with me her journey of finding out she has Stage 3 Melanoma at age 25.

 

In this Episode we discuss:

 

• Getting Diagnosed with cancer and what this emotional process looked like for her
• What she had going on in her life and how it had to be put on hold
• What chemotherapy was like and how cancer affected her confidence and self-esteem
• How growing old is a privilege and the unknowns that cancer can cause in the big picture of life
• The ways in which she felt the most supported by friends and family
• How therapy was a huge part of her healing process
• The importance of being an advocate for yourself and your health

 

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Resources for Cancer + Melanoma:

 

AIM Melanoma Foundation: 

CancerCare

American Cancer Society

Camilla Emilie Jacobsen, engaged to Emil Bejmo, who plays for the Manglerud Star in Oslo, Norway, joins me on the pod today. Camilla and I met when she flew from Norway to Nashville for the retreat and I was so excited to see her face via zoom and chat with her.

 

In this episode we talk about:

 

-How Camilla works as a customs officer in the largest airport in Norway

-Her and her husband are from two different countries and she shares how they communicate

-Living the Hockey Life as a European Import

-How to put yourself out there when you are more shy + reserved going to a new country

-We chat about English

-Maternity + Paternity care in Europe

-Babies being born while sports are going on

-Biggest Fears as a First Time Mom

-People commenting on pregnant bellies whether your bump is boppin or not so much aka STOP doing it

 

 

 

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Kecia Sheahan, wife of Riley Sheahan, who finished last season in the NHL playing for the Seattle Kraken, comes on Breaking the Ice today and we chat about all everything within our lifestyle. Kecia was an absolute pleasure to have on the podcast and I had the best time talking with her!

 

In this episode we talk about:

• What it was like planning a wedding during a pandemic and how everything turned out the way it should be
• Kecia and Riley are from two different countries and we chat about how they dealt with it during the height of the pandemic
• Living far away from family and the challenges of not having help once you start having kids
• Meeting someone from different sides of the world, different countries or across the country and deciding where you should settle down and plant roots
• Going to Seattle and what it was like going to a brand new organization 
• What a free agent is and what that has looked like for them
• Trying not to control the situation when you don’t know where you are going and trust the process
• Mental Health in the Hockey World
• The challenges and rewards of hockey

and so much more!

 

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