5 ways to feel good enough after a cardiac event

by Sallie Crawley | Dec 28, 2018 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation

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...

How to feel good for 12 days at Christmas

by Sallie Crawley | Dec 21, 2018 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Everyday Life, Work & Travel

Christmas is supposed to be an amazing time of the year, full of family and friends, kindness and good cheer. It’s fun, sparkly and festive and a full on celebration of happiness. This time of year can also be stressful and can be exhausting with the night drawing it,...

Colour me healthy and happy

by Sallie Crawley | Oct 21, 2018 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Everyday Life, Work & Travel

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 Confident and Raise Self-Esteem after a Cardiac Diagnosis

by Sallie Crawley | Oct 6, 2018 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Therapies

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...

Exercise, getting active and feeling strong

by Sallie Crawley | Oct 3, 2018 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation

Is it just bum, legs & abs that need exercise? Your heart is a muscle and like other muscles in your body it needs to be used to keep it strong and healthy too. Lack of regular exercise or activity makes it more likely that you will develop heart disease. Even if...

Healthy eating and body confidence

by Sallie Crawley | Oct 1, 2018 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction

One lifestyle change that affects and reduces a number of risk factors our health and has a positive effect on our feelings about ourselves and our bodies is to eat healthy and weight loss or gain. It sounds so easy doesn’t it, but it’s not. You start off optimistic,...