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 | 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 | May 25, 2026 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery
If you are reading this article there is a good chance you are or someone you care about is waiting for heart surgery – whether that’s bypass surgery, valve repair or replacement, a stent, an implantable device, or another cardiac procedure, I want you to know...
by Sallie Crawley | May 11, 2026 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Therapies, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
The fear of mortality is something most humans brush up against at some point in their lives. Usually, it’s fleeting, a passing thought late at night or after a loss. But when you’ve had a cardiac arrest, an implantable device, heart attack, or cardiac surgery,...
by Sallie Crawley | Apr 27, 2026 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Podcast, Relaxamations
Today, we are exploring a powerful shift in perspective: the conscious expectation of magic, which can support your mental health after a cardiac health event or diagnosis. If you don’t know what a relaxamation is, then you may want to read my blog or listen to the...
