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Episode 11 of The Mental Game Podcast features Abbie Wolf, a former Northwestern women’s basketball player now playing professionally in Spain for Club Deportivo Zamarat.

Wolf recently penned a touching and cogent essay in The Daily Northwestern outlining her mental health journey throughout college (linked here).

In this episode, Wolf discusses her battle with performance anxiety, the value of meditation and why she decided to publish a first-person essay. She also reflects on the 2017 suicide of teammate Jordan Hankins and describes the profound reverberations of that tragedy.

The Mental Game podcast is produced by Sam Brief and music is courtesy of David Brief and Channel J. You can subscribe on Apple PodcastsSpotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn and Stitcher.