by Sallie Crawley | Mar 30, 2021 | Acceptance, Emotions, Hope, Interviews, Podcast, Purpose
Ray Bishop was born with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. This did not affect his quality of life until after he had developed coronary heart disease. This was after many misdiagnoses. He was lucky that as by this time, cardiac ablation could be carried out on him for...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 19, 2021 | Acceptance, Confidence, Energy, Interviews, Podcast
Just before her 50th birthday Tena was admitted to hospital with unstable angina, and this was just the beginning of her story. Tena lives with many cardiac and respiratory chronic illnesses and she shares with us her journey, and her coping mechanisms that helped her...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 10, 2021 | Acceptance, Emotions, Hope, Interviews, Podcast, Purpose, Therapy
In February 2019, Eliza had a successful heart transplant recipient at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, UK. It was a life-saving event that focussed her on fundraising and being a patient advocate. Eliza explains that she was born with congenital heart disease but...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 3, 2021 | Diabetes, Emotions, Hope, Interviews, Podcast, Purpose
Claire was nominated in 2020 for the BHF Heart Hero Awards. She has contributed in amazing ways to raise awareness of heart failure and has had many TV interviews, been in national papers and BHF publications. Claire tells us about her life growing up with type 1...
by Sallie Crawley | Feb 24, 2021 | Direction, Exercise, Interviews, Podcast, Purpose, Therapy
Sanjay made a massive difference to my state of mind during the early days of my recovery from my heart attack. A random stranger and an act of random kindness. For Sanjay, a series of life challenges culminating in a heart attack by the age of 42 contributed to some...
