by Sallie Crawley | Mar 4, 2020 | Acceptance, Hope
I needed to find acceptance for the rules for being human It was in 2016 that I realised that this would be the first step of my recovery from a heart attack and breast cancer. I realised that I needed to accept and understand the differences in my life. To learn my...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 13, 2019 | Direction, Emotions, Energy, Hope, How to, Purpose
In my last post on this subject, I focussed on how you can help yourself with your emotional rehabilitation and at the same time be helping others to feel good too. Now it is all about you, yes really. You can feel fine after a heart attack. After a cardiac event, you...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 4, 2019 | Confidence, Energy, Hope, How to, Smoking
Are you ready? Change is one of the constants in your life and getting ready to quit smoking signifies the start of your journey. Over 20 years ago two alcoholism researchers, Carlo C. DiClemente and J. O. Prochaska, developed a model of change to help with addiction...
by Sallie Crawley | Feb 2, 2019 | Direction, Hope, Purpose, Smoking
In my previous article I talked about some of the reasons why it would be a good idea to stop smoking. I busted one of the myths I hear that makes me really cross. “It’s not too late” – it’s never too late – the damage caused by smoking can often be...
by Sallie Crawley | Jan 26, 2019 | Direction, Energy, Hope, Smoking
How long have you smoked? Being a smoker since the age of 14 it took my heart attack at 52 to make me decide once and for all to quit smoking. I had heard and read about some of the facts, the good reasons to quit, but it hadn’t made a difference until it happened to...
by Sallie Crawley | Jan 4, 2019 | Confidence, Direction, Emotions, Energy, Hope, How to
The next couple of activities come from my feeling good handbook. They are about how to help yourself and help others as you recover after a heart attack and stents. They are about how our shared experiences can boost the feel good factor in ourselves and the people...
