Life after a Heart Attack or Heart Surgery | Mental, Emotional & Practical Heart Health Wellness
Sallie Crawley is a heart attack survivor, cardiac coach and therapist. She specialises in holistic heart health and helping survivors and their families navigate the "emotional and mental rehab" that follows a life-changing cardiac event.
This show delivers actionable strategies regarding heart health wellness, rebuilding your confidence, managing health anxiety, and implementing practical wellness tools for life after your event or diagnosis. If you are looking for emotional support and expert mindset tips from someone who has walked the path of a heart patient, you are in the right place.
This podcast provides valuable insights for heart attack survivors, heart surgery patients (bypass, stents, valve repair), cardiac arrest survivors, those living with implantable devices (ICDs and pacemakers), and their families.
If you want to learn how to move past the fear of "what if" and manage your energy so you can live a full, happy life again, you are in the right place!
This show will provide answers to questions like:
- How do I manage the fear of having another heart attack?
- What does long-term heart health look like beyond just medication?
- How do I adjust to life with implantable devices like an ICD or pacemaker?
- Why do I feel depressed or anxious after my heart surgery?
- How can I rebuild my confidence when my body feels different?
- How do I manage fatigue and improve my energy levels naturally?
- Is it safe to exercise or be intimate after a cardiac event?
- How do I talk to my family about my recovery and emotional needs?
- How do I stop the "inner critic" and find joy after a heart diagnosis?
- What are the best mindset tools for long-term cardiac wellness?
🎧 Follow now to start healing from the inside out.
Life after a Heart Attack or Heart Surgery | Mental, Emotional & Practical Heart Health Wellness
Latest Episodes
062 How to Overcome the Fear of Dying after a Cardiac Event
After a heart attack, cardiac arrest, or open heart surgery, something shifts. Even when your body is healing, your mind can feel on constant alert. Every twinge feels suspicious. Every flutter feels dangerous. And benea...
061 Relax - Every Day I Expect Magic to Happen in My Life
Today, we explore the powerful intersection of brain science and belief. We dive into the Reticular Activating System (RAS) - the brain’s gatekeeper - and how it filters the world based on what you focus on. By consciously expecting "mag...
060 A Heart-Led Membership Club for Cardiac Recovery
Heart disease isn’t just a physical journey - it’s emotional, mental, and sometimes spiritual. In this episode, I’m opening my heart to share something new I’ve been creating: a membership club designed for people living with heart disease or r...
059 Frank’s Crease - Your Earlobe’s Secret Heart Clue or Just Skin Deep?
Have you ever noticed a diagonal crease on your earlobe and wondered if it means something serious?In this episode, we explore Frank’s Crease (also known as Frank’s Sign), the line across the earlobe that some researchers have l...
058 Embracing the Both/And Mindset for Heart Health Recovery
Have you ever felt grateful to be alive… and deeply anxious at the same time?Relieved your surgery is over… and frustrated that recovery feels slow?Motivated to change your lifestyle… and grieving your old one?If so, you ar...
