Goodbye Europe, Hello North America....Again with Devyn Dodero

About this episode

Devyn Dodero shares a personal account of his experiences in Europe and the transition back to North America while discussing mental health and life after hockey.

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 Follow Breaking the Ice on Instagram

People in this episode

Host: breakingtheicepod

Guest: Devyn Dodero

Topics covered

• personal journey
• hockey
• mental health
• life decisions
• Europe
• North America

Keywords

• hockey life
• Europe
• North America
• mental health
• loneliness
• ECHL
• personal truth

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