Elle Mingoia, wife of Trevor Mingoia, who finished his last professional hockey season playing in Valerenga, Norway, joins me on the podcast today. This episode is real, raw and vulnerable and an episode where I know a lot of women will feel heard.

We chat about:

• Having kids adds a whole new layer to hockey decisions
• The mental load of hockey life (on and off the ice)
• How the business side of hockey is changing for families: Logistics, Needs and being told one thing and showing up to another
• The uncertainty of what comes next after hockey
• Why no one really prepares you for retirement
• The identity shift that comes with this lifestyle
• Thinking about life beyond hockey… before you have to

and so much more! I can't wait for you guys to listen to this episode. If you are struggling in this lifestyle, please reach out or confide in someone you trust. You are not alone!

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Yakira Gill, wife of Sahir Gill, who plays in Hannover Germany in the Del3, joins me on the podcast! Over the past 8 years in Europe, Yakira has such a positive perspective about their hockey journey and this is a must listen if you need a little inspo to make the best of it!

In this episode we chat about:

• What her and her family ask for from teams when making a decision of where to sign
• Finding joy in the small moments
• The European Hockey experience and what that has been like for her and her three kids
• First year culture shock and the adjustment period
• Her birth experiences in Europe vs. North America
• Birth Advice for those giving birth abroad

and so much more!

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Buckle up. Today is the day my solo episode is out and I am catching you up you up to speed on my life. This episode is HONEST. This isn't a universal episode, or an episode where I am speaking for everyone. It's simply me sharing my truth. Whenever I record these solo episodes, I always listen back and think there are more things I wish I said or described! But I sat down one night during an away game, and shared my truth!

In this episode I am chatting about:

• Why we originally went overseas and what drew us to hockey there
• Walking through our Euro journey
• What I enjoy about the lifestyle over there
• Why we made the decision to be done with Europe
• Loneliness abroad and how that deeply affected my mental health
• Sharing our conversations about what life may look like after hockey
• Online noise about the hockey life
• the ECHL strike over Christmas
• How I am staying grounded and what I am focusing on with a crazy North American hockey schedule

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