by Sallie Crawley | Sep 29, 2022 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Is how you feel after a heart attack, cardiac event, or heart surgery normal? Suffering from anxiety, breathlessness, panic, sleeplessness, anger, loneliness, frustration, sadness, grief, or fear? All of these feelings are completely normal to experience during...
by Sallie Crawley | Apr 20, 2022 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Relaxamations
Today I am going to tell you about my relaxamation technique and how it can help you to relax and energise when living with heart disease. It is a blend of all of the best bits of meditation, guided relaxation, mindfulness, and positive affirmations. It’s so...
by Sallie Crawley | Apr 13, 2022 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
I recently asked in my Facebook community how have people been feeling since their heart attack, cardiac event or open-heart surgery. At the top of the poll was fatigue closely followed up by sleep issues, anxiety and lack of motivation. I thought these would be great...
by Sallie Crawley | Jul 1, 2021 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Podcast, Stories & Inspiration, Therapies, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Click play to hear the full interview ⬇ My time on the other side of the mic. Hear how I didn’t realise I was having a heart attack. A few months ago, I invited Brian Simpson, the Heart Attack Thriver to be on my podcast. He turned the tables on me and...
by Sallie Crawley | Apr 27, 2021 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Podcast, Stories & Inspiration, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
How having a heart attack changed his life for the better. Brian suffered a massive heart attack at the age of 48. Prior to that he was exceptionally healthy and lived a very active life. His heart attack occurred during an Ice Hockey match and he spent 20-25 minutes...
by Sallie Crawley | Apr 20, 2021 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Podcast, Relationships, Family, Carers & Intimacy, Stories & Inspiration, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
She had been experiencing regular headaches and stress, at one point thought her blood pressure machine must have been broken. Who’d have thought about a heart attack. Constant headaches and stress Sara was fit, healthy and ate a good diet. She had been...
