
My Heart & Mind with Sallie Crawley - Life after a Heart Attack or Cardiac Surgery
You survived the heart attack, cardiac surgery, or cardiac arrest, but now what? Life after a heart event can feel overwhelming, lonely, and uncertain. Your body may be healing, but your mind and emotions are still catching up.
Friends say you’re lucky to be alive, and you know you are. But inside, you’re dealing with fear, exhaustion, and grief. You’ve been given a second chance, but you don’t know how to make the most of it. Your confidence is shaken, your energy is low, and no one really talks about how recovery is more than just medication and exercise.
That’s where My Heart & Mind with Sallie Crawley comes in — the podcast designed specifically for people recovering from a heart attack, heart surgery, cardiac arrest, or living with heart disease. You’ll get emotional support, mindset tools, and practical strategies to help you rebuild your life - one breath, one step, one day at a time.
Unlike medical podcasts that focus on clinical facts, My Heart & Mind is about the emotional and mental rehab you didn’t know you needed. Each episode blends Sallie’s personal experience as a heart patient with expert tips, inspiring interviews, guided visualisations, and real talk about how to manage fatigue, fear, and the inner critic.
Sallie Crawley is a heart attack survivor, cardiac coach, and certified practitioner in mind-body wellbeing. She understands firsthand the rollercoaster of emotions that come after a cardiac event, and she’s helped hundreds of people navigate recovery with more hope, clarity, and self-compassion.
Whether you’re newly diagnosed, weeks, months or even years into your recovery, or maybe supporting a loved one through theirs, this podcast will help you feel less alone and more in control. Tune in to learn how to manage your energy, shift your mindset, and find joy and purpose again - so you can live not just longer, but happier and better.
🎧 Follow now to start healing from the inside out.
Episodes
Introducing Healthy Hearts & Happy Minds!

Can PTSD be caused by a heart attack, cardiac arrest or open-heart surgery?

Pumphead, Is That a Thing? (Post-Perfusion Syndrome)

Rebuilding the Engine with Triple Bypass Surgery - John Fraser's Story
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Relaxamation - Today Is My Day (13 minutes)

Embracing Awe: The Surprising Connection Between Wonder and Cardiac Wellbeing

Relaxamation - I Am In Charge of How I Feel (13 minutes)

Stress Less, Live More: 5 Breathing Methods to Improve Cardiac Health and Emotional Well-Being

A Journey of Survival and Resilience with Jon Johnston

Finding Your Sweet Spot with Cheryl Strachan

Cardiac Fiction Egregious Fortune By Aaron David

Relaxamation - I Am Whole, Healthy & Complete

Fatigue management tips when you have a heart health diagnosis

Relaxamation - Forgiveness Is A Gift

Relaxamations Explained - The Big Calm & The Feel Good Factor

Fatigue, the What, the Why and the How To Work It Out

Interview with Sallie Crawley by Brian Simpson, a ruptured Achilles, a heart attack and breast cancer

Interview with Jakki Woywitka, the Healthy Heart Coach

Interview with Tony Richens-Smith, a heart attack during Covid-19 lockdown

Interview with Ashley Reaver, Registered Dietician - Lowering your cholesterol one meal at a time

Interview with Angela Hartley, Cardiac Nurse & Exercise Coach - Rehabilitation exercise on your terms

Interview with Brian Simpson – The Heart Attack Thriver, how having a heart attack changed his life for the better

Interview with Sara Bushnell - Having a heart attack in a work meeting far from home and an important discovery

Interview with Steve Wrigley - Having a cardiac arrest at 30,000 feet and recovering from a heart attack in Singapore

Interview with Ray Bishop – Misdiagnosed more than once, having a forgiving heart and becoming the music man.
