by Sallie Crawley | Jul 7, 2025 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Podcast
I know what you’re thinking… “You can’t think yourself better” “No amount of telling yourself that you are doing well will change the fact that this awful thing happened to you and changed your life forever” I appreciate why you think those because...
by Sallie Crawley | Jun 30, 2025 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Podcast, Relaxamations
Today I’ve been thinking about how much energy we spend trying to predict, control or prepare for every possible outcome in life… especially when we’re living with a health condition. It’s completely natural—we want certainty because it feels safe. And when your body...
by Sallie Crawley | Jun 23, 2025 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Podcast, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
When I think back to how I felt when I first came out of the hospital following my heart attack, I don’t think I realised at the time that I was going through one of the first stages of grief. I was on the emotional roller coaster ride of heart attack recovery....
by Sallie Crawley | Jun 16, 2025 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Podcast
Listen here or read on ….. I’m bursting with excitement to share some big news! 🎉 My Facebook Business Page, formerly known as Heart Attack, Heart Surgery & Heart Disease Survivors Support Group is officially changing its name to Healthy Hearts &...
by Sallie Crawley | Jun 9, 2025 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Can a heart attack, cardiac arrest or open heart surgery cause trauma or PTSD? The quick answer to this is, YES of course it can. Many people, like you and I, experience trauma when they are diagnosed with chronic health conditions like heart disease, cancer, MS,...
by Sallie Crawley | Jun 2, 2025 | Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Pumphead, or Postperfusion Syndrome to give its scientific name, may or may not have been something you have heard of, let alone experienced. Some of you may be thinking it sounds like part of a car! However, for many, the post-op brain fog is very real. Doctors...
