Summary: <p><span class="s1">On this episode Kendra Fisher explains why she values sport so much and how it literally saved her life at a critical time in her illness and career. Kendra was forced to quit Team Canada's ice hockey program due to a diagnosis of mental illness that covered the spectrum from depression, anxiety, severe panic attacks, OCD and agoraphobia. She reveals what her day-to day-life was like and the struggle she faced leaving the house and driving to the rink. </span></p><br> <p>If you are suffering from mental illness and would like to contact Kendra please email in confidence to <a href="mailto:info@wispsports.com">info@wispsports.com</a>.</p><br> <p><span class="s1">For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit us at<a href="http://chrisstafford.podbean.com/"> www.wispsports.com</a> </span><span class="s1">and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports. </span></p><br> <p><span class="s1">WiSP Sports Radio is the world's largest network of podcasts in women's sport. It has more than 700 episodes across 30 shows and a global audience of 1.5 million, and is available on all major podcast players such as iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify & Google Play. </span></p><br> <p>Follow Kendra on social media:</p><br> <p>Twitter – <a href="https://twitter.com/Kendra_Fisher30">kendra_fisher30 </a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/mentally_fit"> mentally_fit</a></p><br> <p>Instagram – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kfisher30/">kfisher30 </a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mentallyfitmf/">mentallyfitmf</a></p>
