by Sallie Crawley | Jun 25, 2026 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Therapies
When I had my heart attack, I was overwhelmed. Not just by the physical impact but by the emotional storm it brought with it. The fear, the fatigue, the sense that my body had somehow betrayed me, it was all-consuming. I found myself caught in a whirlwind of...
by Sallie Crawley | May 11, 2026 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Podcast, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Therapies, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
The fear of mortality is something most humans brush up against at some point in their lives. Usually, it’s fleeting, a passing thought late at night or after a loss. But when you’ve had a cardiac arrest, an implantable device, heart attack, or cardiac surgery,...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 27, 2022 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Therapies
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 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Therapies
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...
by Sallie Crawley | Jul 1, 2021 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Podcast, Stories & Inspiration, Therapies, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Click play to hear the full interview ⬇ My time on the other side of the mic. Hear how I didn’t realise I was having a heart attack. A few months ago, I invited Brian Simpson, the Heart Attack Thriver to be on my podcast. He turned the tables on me and...
by Sallie Crawley | Mar 18, 2019 | Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Therapies
Are you considering having hypnotherapy? Hypnosis to stop smoking or vaping has proved to be successful in helping people to quit easily and effortlessly. Perhaps it sounds a bit hocus pocus and maybe a little strange. But as you just don’t know what will happen...
