by Sallie Crawley | Jan 15, 2025 | Acceptance, Confidence, Direction, Emotions, Energy, Hope, Purpose
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 & Happy Minds. 🧠❤️ This new name...
by Sallie Crawley | Dec 29, 2022 | Acceptance, Confidence, Direction, Emotions, Exercise, Purpose, Therapy, Trauma
Having a heart condition, experiencing a heart attack, having heart surgery or going through a cardiac arrest is a life-changing event. There’s no denying that. It’s not a walk in the park and may feel like one of the worst things that have happened to you. Some...
by Sallie Crawley | Apr 27, 2021 | Acceptance, Energy, Exercise, Interviews, Podcast, Purpose, Therapy
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 | Mar 30, 2021 | Acceptance, Emotions, Hope, Interviews, Podcast, Purpose
Ray Bishop was born with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. This did not affect his quality of life until after he had developed coronary heart disease. This was after many misdiagnoses. He was lucky that as by this time, cardiac ablation could be carried out on him for...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 10, 2021 | Acceptance, Emotions, Hope, Interviews, Podcast, Purpose, Therapy
In February 2019, Eliza had a successful heart transplant recipient at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, UK. It was a life-saving event that focussed her on fundraising and being a patient advocate. Eliza explains that she was born with congenital heart disease but...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 3, 2021 | Diabetes, Emotions, Hope, Interviews, Podcast, Purpose
Claire was nominated in 2020 for the BHF Heart Hero Awards. She has contributed in amazing ways to raise awareness of heart failure and has had many TV interviews, been in national papers and BHF publications. Claire tells us about her life growing up with type 1...
