My Heart & Mind with Sallie Crawley
Together we will explore the art of living happy after a cardiac event. Helping you to get your emotional power back. To gain control of your life, your mind and body. After a heart attack, cardiac arrest or when living with heart disease, it’s not just your physical body that has life-altering changes and needs rehabilitation. My show focusses on your mindset, your thoughts and feelings, so you can feel good now. Each episode will be about sharing ideas, tips and tricks to transform how you feel after a cardiac trauma. It's about rehabilitation for how you think and your emotions so you can love the life you live. Listen to ‘how to’ episodes, interviews and Q&A sessions. If you’ve had a cardiac event yourself or you’re the partner or friend of someone who has then this podcast is for you. It’s about you and for you, so you can be the best you.
Episodes
33 episodes
Rebuilding the Engine with Triple Bypass Surgery - John Fraser's Story
Join me in this powerful and candid interview with John Fraser, who shares his remarkable journey through a triple coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. At 66, John, a previously active individual, faced unexpected heart issues, leading ...
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Episode 33
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Relaxamation - Today Is My Day (13 minutes)
Today’s episode is a relaxamation and it focuses on taking time for yourself and putting yourself first.When was the last time you spent a whole day just for yourself, doing only what you wanted to do when you wanted to do it? I don’t do...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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12:36
Embracing Awe: The Surprising Connection Between Wonder and Cardiac Wellbeing
I am not sure about you but does your cardiac event consume your life? Is your heart health at the centre of everything that you do or think? Awe is an emotion characterised by a sense of reverence or wonder in response to something...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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12:46
Relaxamation - I Am In Charge of How I Feel (13 minutes)
The Dalai Lama said, “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” To me, the quote means that experiencing pain, physical and emotional, is a natural and unavoidable part of life, but whether or not we experience suffering as a result of that p...
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Episode 30
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13:31
Stress Less, Live More: 5 Breathing Methods to Improve Cardiac Health and Emotional Well-Being
I am sure that like me you experience stress and anxiety. I thought that prior to my heart attack, I had it pretty much nailed anxiety and that I managed my stress levels well. Perhaps I did but after discharge from the hospital it ...
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Episode 29
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18:18
A Journey of Survival and Resilience with Jon Johnston
My interview with Jon Johnston. He’s a survivor of a widow maker heart attack and a cardiac arrest that caused him to be without oxygen for 20 minutes, technically dead. He is also an author of two books and a sports website owner.
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Episode 28
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31:54
Finding Your Sweet Spot with Cheryl Strachan
This week is about nutrition, and my guest is Cheryl Strachan of Sweet Spot Nutrition. She is a Registered Dietitian, specialising in cardiac nutrition and wellness. Her mission is to share her love for food that hits the sweet spot...
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Episode 27
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30:24
Cardiac Fiction Egregious Fortune By Aaron David
Today’s episode is going to be rather different; it’s going to be a fictional story. It’s a story of someone that had a heart attack although it is founded in a true story. It’s the first fictional story that I have found about having a cardiac...
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Episode 26
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22:55
Relaxamation - I Am Whole, Healthy & Complete
Quit hiding your magic! You are UNIQUE, you are the only one like you. You have one of a kind fingerprints, not even identical twins have matching ones. You are the outcome of one egg and around 40 million sperm, any other sperm and you would b...
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Episode 25
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29:08
Fatigue management tips when you have a heart health diagnosis
This week I am talking more about "how-to" live life with fatigue and minimise the impact. I talk through more tools, rules and ideas to help you manage fatigue and conserve your energy.Here are some of the topics I discuss in this epis...
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Episode 24
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15:22
Relaxamation - Forgiveness Is A Gift
For a full understanding of what my relaxamations are make sure you catch up with my episode called Relaxamations to relax and energise when living with heart d...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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28:10
Relaxamations Explained - The Big Calm & The Feel Good Factor
Today I am going to tell you about my relaxamation technique and how it can help you to relax and energise when living with heart disease. </p>It is a blend of all of the best bits of meditation, guided relaxation, mindfulness and...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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15:22
Fatigue, the What, the Why and the How To Work It Out
I recently asked in my Facebook community how have people been feeling since their cardiac event or diagnosis. The top answers were Fatigue, Sleep Issues, Anxiety and Lack of Motivation. These I thought would be top topics for me to talk ...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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22:52
Interview with Sallie Crawley by Brian Simpson, a ruptured Achilles, a heart attack and breast cancer
A few months ago, I invited Brian Simpson, the Heart Attack Thriver to be on my podcast. He turned the tables on me and invited me to be his guest on his IGTV show. He kindly allowed me to use the audio to share some of my story with you. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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38:27
Interview with Jakki Woywitka, the Healthy Heart Coach
At the age of 36, she was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy and Aortic Stenosis. This was from having an undiagnosed Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Her life was turned upside down. Since then, she has been o...
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Episode 19
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38:10
Interview with Tony Richens-Smith, a heart attack during Covid-19 lockdown
In January 2020 Tony decided to change his life and pursue his passion for working as a dog behaviourist. It was probably not the best timing but he made the best of things. Little did he know that in February 2021 his life was turned upside do...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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57:57
Interview with Ashley Reaver, Registered Dietician - Lowering your cholesterol one meal at a time
Ashley specialises in helping people with high cholesterol live a long, healthy life without feeling powerless to control their numbers because of their family history.Hear about what Cholesterol is, what is good and bad about it. Ashely...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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49:35
Interview with Angela Hartley, Cardiac Nurse & Exercise Coach - Rehabilitation exercise on your terms
Angela is an exercise coach and a cardiac nurse. In the last seven years, she’s been specialising in cardiac rehabilitation exercise.She has quite a unique combination of skills. We chat about how in the UK cardiac rehab is provided for...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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37:17
Interview with Brian Simpson – The Heart Attack Thriver, 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 on his own in the dark ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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55:22
Interview with Sara Bushnell - Having a heart attack in a work meeting far from home and an important discovery
Sara was fit, healthy and ate a good diet. She had been experiencing regular headaches and stress, at one point thought her blood pressure machine must have been broken. Living in Bristol, she left for a meeting i...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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41:08
Interview with Steve Wrigley - Having a cardiac arrest at 30,000 feet and recovering from a heart attack in Singapore
Steve Wrigley was flying home when he had a heart attack on the plane. He was fit and healthy, he loved adventure holidays that revolved around cycling. He went with friends he’d met on previous adventures on a trip to Bali. Steve s...
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Episode 12
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44:14
Interview with Ray Bishop – Misdiagnosed more than once, having a forgiving heart and becoming the music man.
Ray was born with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. This did not affect his quality of life until after he had developed coronary heart disease. He was lucky that by this time, cardiac ablation could be carried out on him. This is one of the rare...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:12:26
Interview with Tena Kennedy – Life with chronic illnesses, it’s good to talk
Just before her 50th birthday Tena was admitted to hospital with unstable angina, and this was just the beginning of her story. Tena lives with many cardiac and respiratory chronic illnesses and she shares with us her journey and her coping mec...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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35:14
Interview with Eliza Bell, a transplant chat
In February 2019, Eliza (aged 20) 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 wa...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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51:17
Interview with Claire Berouche, heart failure and being a hero
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 li...
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Episode 8
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