A senior footballer in the WNPL, Nicole Calder opens up her struggles with depression and how she is helping junior girls with her coaching.

After representing the Young and Junior Matildas, Nicole went over to the USA to play college football before returning to Australia after completing her degree and suffering two ACL's. Trying to play professionally wasn't an easy task, but nicole talks about the many great people and moments during her career.

**Trigger Warning: This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners. Nicole briefly opens up about her experience with depression and working within crisis text line. This content can be heard between the times of approx. 15mins-29mins in this podcast episode.