by Sallie Crawley | Jan 25, 2025 | Blood pressure, Confidence, Emotions, Energy, Hope, How to, Podcast, Purpose, Trauma
I’m not sure about you, does your heart attack or heart surgery consume your life? Is your heart health at the centre of everything that you do or think? If the impact of your heart surgery, heart attack or cardiac arrest has affected your mental and emotional...
by Sallie Crawley | Jan 17, 2025 | Acceptance, Blood pressure, Emotions, Hope, Podcast, Relaxamation
Welcome to your 13 minutes of relaxamation My relaxamations are a guided relaxation technique that combines elements of meditation, mindfulness, and positive affirmations. They’re designed to help you relax deeply, reduce stress, and improve your overall well-being....
by Sallie Crawley | Jan 8, 2025 | Acceptance, Blood pressure, Emotions, Energy, How to, Pain, Podcast
5 breathing exercises to reduce stress and anxiety I am sure that like me you experience stress and anxiety. I thought prior to my heart attack that I had it pretty much nailed and that I managed my stress levels well. Perhaps I did but after discharge from hospital...
by Sallie Crawley | Dec 7, 2024 | Acceptance, Emotions, Hope, Interviews, Podcast, Relaxamation, Trauma
A Journey of Survival and Resilience with Jon Johnston In life, unexpected events can profoundly change our perspective and alter the course of our existence. One such event is experiencing a heart attack, a harrowing experience that shakes individuals to their core....
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 27, 2022 | Emotions, How to, Therapy, Trauma
Before you start out with any treatment, you always have a lot of questions. This is understandable, it’s unchartered territory for you. How do you know this is going to work? What will you have to do? Will it make you worse? What actually happens? I have collated the...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 20, 2022 | Acceptance, Emotions, How to, Therapy, Trauma
Living with trauma or PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) following a heart attack, heart surgery or cardiac arrest can be very debilitating. It affects your life in a lot of ways. Your brain may be making you relive some of the events, you can have flashbacks that...