Surviving Dual Dreams with Ellie Bird

Growing up on a farm with a love for the outdoors and nature lead Ellie Bird to a BSc in Environmental Studies and Post Grad Diploma in Sustainable Management, all while playing Professional Netball in the ANZ Premiership in New Zealand. She retired from Netball in 2022 to start a "normal" life, tying her upbringing and studies together as a Sustainability Advisor for a corporate Dairy Farming company. However, after only 7 months of “normal life,” she was called out of retirement to rejoin her former Netball team - bringing the element of competition and excitement back into her life (which she did not realize she had missed so much.) Here, she discusses how being a pro athlete and a corporate sustainability advisor go together more than you might think.Send us Fan MailSpecial thanks to Wiser Time for providing the show's music.