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Facts to help you quit smoking after a heart attack
How long have you smoked? Being a smoker since the age of 14 it took my heart attack at 52 to make me decide once and for all to quit smoking. I had heard and read about some of the facts, the good reasons to quit, but it hadn’t made a difference until it happened to...
How to help yourself and help others as you recover after a heart attack and stents
The next couple of activities come from my feeling good handbook. They are about how to help yourself and help others as you recover after a heart attack and stents. They are about how our shared experiences can boost the feel good factor in ourselves and the people...
5 ways to feel good enough after a cardiac event
Continuing on from my last post How to feel good for 12 days at Christmas, I am reminded it's not just at Christmas time that you can feel overwhelmed. Maybe it's going on holiday; the planning, the packing, the arrangements, going away and then coming back home to...
How to feel good for 12 days at Christmas
How to feel good for 12 days at Christmas. Learn quick and simple ideas to be calm, happy, relaxed and yet energised and focussed through the festivities.
Colour me healthy and happy
Have you noticed that sometimes you get compliments and you’re not sure why? It can often be when you are wearing something you have had in the wardrobe for years. I hear myself saying ‘what this old thing’. Self-care was never high on my agenda I had been feeling...
Get a good nights sleep
Not only is lack of sleep and poor sleep quality frustrating and debilitating, but it also affects your mood and your well-being. It has been found that lack of sleep can increase the risk of heart attack along with many other health issues. In relation to heart...
Anxiety and stress after ill health
Many people experience anxiety and stress, along with depression following a serious health issue such as a heart attack. As part of rehabilitation the team may recommend managing stress as one of your risk factors. Using therapies and techniques such as Hypnosis, NLP...
Get confident and raise self-esteem
How do you get your mojo back after a cardiac event? After a major illness such as a heart attack or cancer, it’s not just the physical body that is affected, it's how you feel too that counts. Your self-esteem and confidence take a knock too. When you experience a...
Overcome fear and panic attacks
I have experienced fear and panic attacks! Even though I knew they were unreasonable I felt like I couldn’t control them. Do you feel the same? It’s not surprising as having a life changing event is a scary experience! In my case it was a heart attack, breast cancer...
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