by Sallie Crawley | Apr 12, 2026 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast
I think you already know I’m all about helping you feel emotionally strong, mentally clear, and practically supported after a cardiac event or while living with heart disease. Today I am talking about something a little different. I want to share something I’ve been...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 4, 2026 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
I am writing this article in February 2026 and I am so fed up with the amount of rain we are having in the UK. I am really looking forward to some sunnier and warmer weather. We Brits can’t always be guaranteed of fine weather and after all I have been through these...
by Sallie Crawley | Nov 26, 2025 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Relationships, Family, Carers & Intimacy
From Fear to Freedom – Step by Step, Beat by Beat Harnessing your neurotransmitters: Learning about how you can have happy brain chemicals despite having a cardiac event. Today we are talking about Cortisol & Adrenaline and Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphins...
by Sallie Crawley | Jul 28, 2025 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Relationships, Family, Carers & Intimacy, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Something that I get asked quite often is “What happens and how will I feel in the first few weeks and months after leaving the hospital following heart surgery or a heart attack?” A question that most people will have running through their minds at some point after a...
by Sallie Crawley | Jul 14, 2025 | Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Podcast, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help
I’m in the UK, and as the temperatures begin to climb, I thought it would be good to dive into a really important topic: Staying Heart-Healthy in the Summer Heat. Hot weather can be challenging for anyone, but for those of us with heart conditions, it presents unique...
by Sallie Crawley | Jan 8, 2025 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, 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...
