by Sallie Crawley | Aug 31, 2026 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast
“Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” – Thomas Dekker After a heart attack, heart surgery, cardiac arrest, or a diagnosis of heart disease, many people focus on medication, rehabilitation, exercise, and diet. All of these...
by Sallie Crawley | Aug 17, 2026 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Stories & Inspiration, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Today I’m joined by filmmaker Andrew Pike, and we’re talking about something that many people experience after open-heart surgery, but far too many people are left to make sense of on their own. It is often called pumphead, although as you’ll hear in this...
by Sallie Crawley | Aug 3, 2026 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Relationships, Family, Carers & Intimacy, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery
Have you ever found yourself wondering, “Is it normal to feel like this?” Perhaps you’ve had a heart attack, heart surgery, a cardiac arrest, or received a cardiac diagnosis, and since then, you’ve been feeling anxious; maybe frightened,...
by Sallie Crawley | Jul 20, 2026 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Relaxamations
In today’s relaxamation, I am going to explore when you find yourself crying unexpectedly since your heart attack, heart surgery, cardiac arrest or cardiac diagnosis. Crying is okay and can help you find emotional healing after a cardiac event. If you don’t know...
by Sallie Crawley | Jul 6, 2026 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Pumphead and the Heart Brain Connection explained. If you are reading this, you’ve likely survived a major cardiac event and a complex surgery. You’ve been told the surgery was a success, and by all clinical markers, you are “mending.” Yet, inside, things...
