If there is one guest who could rival the hockey world's frequent flyer record, it might just be today's! Dominique Wishart has spent over a decade navigating life as the partner of Ty Wishart, a professional hockey player who spent 17 years suiting up across North America and Europe before the family packed their bags one final time for the ultimate destination: Melbourne, Australia. From a chance meeting at a co-ed softball tournament in the Okanagan to raising three kids across Germany, the Czech Republic, and now the Land of Oz, Dom's story is one of the most layered, honest, and beautifully chaotic journeys I've ever had the pleasure of hearing.

Through every cross-continental move, missed championship, and bare-naked dash across a Czech gynecologist's office, Dom proves that home isn't a place. Rather, it's the life you build with the people you love, wherever in the world you happen to land.

Did something in this conversation I had with Dominique resonate with you? I'd love to hear about it, so let us know over on Instagram, @wereinonepod, and we'll see you back soon for another hard-hitting episode!

Just some of the highlights you'll hear:

• The co-ed softball tournament that brought Dom and Ty together and why she was absolutely, definitely not interested in him at the time

• How the long distance between them ended up being the unexpected secret to building a stronger foundation early on

• The story behind naming their daughter Scotland and why a Czech hospital full of nurses quietly decided otherwise

• What it's actually like to have your first baby overseas when almost nobody in the building speaks your language

• The COVID baby plot twist that turned a dropped Expedia call into a sign from the Universe

• Why they drove to Italy anyway with a newborn, no passport AND the world's biggest stroller

• The wives and girlfriends hierarchy in European hockey and what Dom's dream first year in Germany set her up completely unprepared for

• Ty's retirement and the unexpected way Australia gave him the perfect bridge to it

• The role reversal moment when her husband walked into the same career she'd spent a decade building

• Why the hardest stretch of their marriage had nothing to do with distance

• The honest conversation about raising kids without family close by and what their youngest's personality might be telling them

• Rapid fire questions for Dom, including the very first thing she Googles in a new city
  
  

LINKS:

Ty's Hockey Profile

We often hear from women who have spent a decade or two navigating the hockey world, and I've introduced you to many already on this podcast but today I am thrilled to bring you a completely fresh perspective from someone brand new to the game! Kaylee Steele has been by her fiance (soon-to-be husband) goalie Rico DiMatteo's side through a winding NCAA journey across three universities before he made the jump to the pros last season with Pensacola and Rapid City. From navigating a long distance relationship to managing a remote social media career, Kaylee is getting a crash course in what it truly means to build a life on the move.

In this episode, we get incredibly real about the unedited, unglamorous side of this industry, especially when you are a self-proclaimed control freak dealing with the unpredictable minor leagues. We dive into Rico's medical miracle of a comeback after two major hip surgeries, the mystery of why goalies take 45 minutes to leave the locker room when they didn't even play, and a terrifying freak accident with their puppy that showed them the beautiful rallying power of the hockey community.

Through every chaotic, mid-season trade and canceled flight, Kaylee is proving that when it is just the two of you against the world, the bond you build can survive ANY curveball!

Did something in this conversation I had with Kaylee resonate with you? I'd love to hear about it, so let us know over on Instagram, @wereinonepod, and we'll see you back soon for another hard-hitting episode!

Just some of the highlights you'll hear:

• The hockey world coincidence that proved to us right away just how incredibly small and interconnected this community really is

• How Kaylee's original plan to be a wingwoman at a college party completely backfired, in the best way possible, for both her and Rico

• The long-distance hustle she navigated balancing a full-time job and online school while living with her future in-laws

• Rico's grueling injury journey through two separate hip labrum surgeries, and how it altered the trajectory of his career before it even started

• The untraditional training method and mindset shift that truly gave Rico his hockey career back and inspired his new mentoring business

• Welcome to pro hockey: the emotional rollercoaster of getting engaged, getting a call-up, and having a flight canceled while the car was packed for the airport

• The way Kaylee is balancing a grueling 40-hour work week with pregame meals, dog walks, and arriving at the rink by 5:15 PM

• Busting the "glamorous lifestyle" myth and shedding a light on the unedited reality of being a hockey partner

• Kaylee's thoughts on adjusting to the heavy ECHL game load, weekday matchups, and the loneliness of surviving 11-day road trips as a rookie partner

• The terrifying night their adopted puppy broke his leg at the rink, and the miracle of a season ticket holder opening her vet clinic at midnight to save the day

• The great dressing room mystery: why it takes goalies 45 minutes to exit the locker room on nights they sat on the bench

• We dive into the financial and logistical gap of team-sponsored moves before you are officially married

• How the threat of sudden mid-season trades builds an unbreakable, "us-against-the-world" bond early in a relationship
  
  

LINKS:

Kaylee's Instagram & TikTok

Rico's Hockey Profile

Today's guest didn't plan on reaching out to a stranger on the internet. But after her husband's team missed the playoffs by just one point, she found herself up late, looking for something, and anyone, who actually got it. That search led her to my podcast, and I couldn't be happier to bring our conversation to you.

Carrie Martin has been alongside Joel Martin for 22 years, through the CHL, ECHL, AHL, a season in Denmark with two bikes and no car, and eventually back to Kalamazoo, where Joel finished his playing career and walked organically into coaching with the same organization he'd called home. She's seen every version of this life: the uncertainty of one-year contracts, the chaos of moving, the particular loneliness of being a goalie's wife when the crowd decides it's someone's fault. The best part? Carrie is still standing, still laughing about most of it.

I absolutely love hearing how after turning 40, walking away from grad school, and borrowing a patch of land from a grumpy vegetable farmer named Rick, Carrie built a flower farming business that's become completely her own. She's now breeding her own dahlia line, growing out of a field behind her son's gym, operating on pure instinct and the belief that the right people will find you if you just keep going.

I want to thank Carrie again for reaching out to me and coming on to the show, and I'm excited for you to meet this incredible woman so you can hear about her experiences in this crazy hockey life!

Did something in this conversation I had with Carrie resonate with you? I'd love to hear about it, so let us know over on Instagram, @wereinonepod, and we'll see you back soon for another hard-hitting episode!

Just some of the highlights you'll hear:

• Why the loneliness felt as a player or coach's wife is harder to name than people think

• What it was like for Carrie and Joel to pack into an Impala with a goalie's gear and just go, city after city, figuring it out as they went

• The Denmark Chapter: showing up with suitcases, no car, no language, and a bike that kept getting flat tires in the snow

• The unspoken weight of being a goalie's wife, including the playoff hives, the chirping fans, and the pregnant exit from a green ice game she'd rather forget

• How moving from player's wife to coach's wife quietly complicated friendships, seating arrangements, and the question Carrie asks of where exactly she belongs now

• Why both Joel (and my husband Jason) build rosters around character first, and how Carrie carries that same instinct into how she shows up for the people around her

• The night she decided grad school wasn't for her, and how a friend's flower field changed everything for Carrie

• What breeding dahlias has taught her about patience, uncertainty, and the strange joy of not knowing what you're going to get

• The one thing hockey has given her that Carrie never could have planned for, and why she's learned to feel it fully before the final whistle blows
  
  

LINKS:

Carrie's Website & Instagram

Joel's Hockey Profile