
The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast
The sharing of stories is often underrated in the healing journey after a heart attack or any near death experience for that matter. I will be using this platform to provide a place where people who have had an “Event of the Heart” can share their stories and continue to heal themselves. I believe we all have medicine on our hearts and that our stories are the medicine that someone out there needs to receive. I will also be talking with medical experts, health care providers, dietitians, as well as holistic practitioners about yoga, meditation and breath-work and how they can all help to prevent stress and anxiety and ultimately Cardiovascular Dis-Ease.
Episodes
86 episodes
Flight attendant Tom Willard shares his recent heart attack journey and how he has used what happened to completely change his long term prognosis by embracing a whole food plant based lifestyle!
Tom Willard from Minnesota suffered his heart attack on October 16th, 2024 and as a flight attendant for a major airline realizes how fortunate he is that he wasn’t working and in the air when his heart attack symptoms suddenly appeared. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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39:20

Septuagenarian, Dr. Akil Taher shares his personal journey from Cardiovasular Disease to health and wellness and how living a fully plant based Vegan lifestyle not only improved his overall health, it also cured several chronic ailments
On this weeks Episode I’m honored to share the conversation I had with Dr. Akil Taher who is still a practicing physician and who in 2009 at the age of 61 discovered he had cardiovascular disease that would require cardiac bypass surgery! ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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43:33

David Hayes from Ireland shares his Heart Attack Journey
In this episode I’m in conversation with David Hayes from Ireland who at 42 years young suffered 2 heart attacks that ultimately led to him requiring open heart bypass surgery!The struggles in the beginning were real for David and...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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38:22

Ultra Endurance Runner Ian Morgan is on the pod again sharing some of the health struggles he faced in 2024
It was so great to catch up with Ian again and have him share his recent experience with heart issues that ultimately required an international effort to get the answers doctors needed to get finally get to the bottom of his chest pain and othe...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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43:36

A year later, runner Matt Felis shares his powerful heart attack story!
Kicking off 2025 with my first IG LIVE interview with Matt Felis @mcfelis Matt shares his powerful heart attack story including his struggles with depression and how he recently celebrated his 1 year anniversary by completing a 10 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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41:16

Celebrating my 9 year Heart Attack Anniversary
Its been sometime since I’ve uploaded a new Podcast Episode and I wanted to kick off 2025 and my plans to reinvigorate the Podcast with new and returning guest and a little back story on why I took a break from Social Media and my Podcast.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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11:21

Episode 80: My Motorcycle Part 2
In this episode I pick up where I left off in the last episode after safely getting out of Nicaragua during the attempted Coup and into Honduras. Once I was safely in Honduras I could breath again and let out a huge sigh of relief and...
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Season 1
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Episode 80
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28:14

Episode 79: My Motorcycle: A 2013 Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
After an afternoon showing my Moto some love (gave her a much needed and thorough cleaning) I felt inspired to talk about my 2013 Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 that I took on my solo trip all the way from Toronto to Costa Rica and then back to Ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 79
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29:57

Episode 78 : 100% Plant Based Cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn
This week on T.H.A.T. Podcast I’m in conversation with fully plant based Cardiologist and author Joel Kahn MD. Joel is a practicing cardiologist, and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He...
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Season 1
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Episode 78
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40:12

Episode 77: Dietitian, Nutritionist and Certified Natural Chef Karyn Forsyth Duggan
In this Episode I was in conversation with Karyn Forsyth Duggan who is a functional nutritionist and a certified natural chef, with over 17 years of experience, including working as One Medical’s lead nutritionist from ‘08 through ‘17.
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Season 1
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Episode 77
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37:43

Episode 76: Lifestyle Medicine Specialist Dr. Richa Mittal
This week on T.H.A.T I was in conversation with Dr. Richa Mittal who is the Founder and Medical Director of Radiant Health Weight Loss and Wellness in Frisco, Texas. As an Internist and Diplomate of the Boards of Obesity Medicine & Li...
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Season 1
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Episode 76
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32:16

Episode 75: Elena Rybko founder and owner of Thriving Mind Studios
This week on T.H.A.T I was in conversation with Psychotherapist Elena Rybko I met Elena at our yoga studio in Westlake Village @theritual_wlv and we immediately hit it off.In our interview Elena share her 15 yrs of experie...
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Season 1
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Episode 75
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31:14

Episode 74: 60uP Balance Board Founder and Coach to the Stars Dan Metcalfe
This week on T.H.A.T. I had a very powerful conversation with my friend and mentor Dan Metcalfe IG: @danmetcalfe_official Dan suffered a life changing brain injury where part of his brain died. He had to learn how to f...
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Season 1
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Episode 74
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30:50

Episode 73: Heart Transplant Recipient Tracy Doherty
In this episode, Tracy shares her journey from a young girl diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy to adulthood finding out thanks to her husband that she was in heart failure and would need a to have a heart transplant.It wasn’t un...
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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28:44

Episode 72: Cardiologist and Author Dr. Jonathan Fisher
In this weeks episode I was in conversation with Dr. Jonathan Fisher who is a Mount Sinai and Harvard trained Cardiologist and author of the just released book “Just One Heart: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing, Health, and Happiness”Gra...
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Season 1
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Episode 72
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38:31

Episode 71: This is 57!!
Turning 57 today and to honour what has become a yearly thing for me to do this is my reflections on the year that was and my next trip around the sun!As always thank you for listening and for following along with me on this journ...
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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21:35

Episode 70: Obesity and Weight Loss Specialist Dr. Sonal Haerter
In this Episode of T.H.A.T. Podcast I’m in conversation with Dr. Sonal Haerter who is a weight loss and Obesity Specialist. We dive in to how Obesity or Diabesity as I like to refer to it is impacting the healthy of millions of Americans...
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Season 1
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Episode 70
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28:32

Episode 69: Celebrating 4 years today since I launched The Heart Attack Thriver LIVE on Instagram
It really is surreal that today marks four years since I did my first Instagram live interview with Nigel Mullis. Over the past four years I’ve interviewed 111 people which to me is just crazy! It lead to me launch this podcast pla...
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Season 1
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Episode 69
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23:45

Episode 68: Meditation and how it changed my Life for the better! ❤️
In this episode I talk once again about my Meditation journey and the benefits I have received from my practice. I hope you find it helpful and I end it with a short Guided Meditation.Much Love!BPodcast Disclaimer:
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Season 1
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Episode 68
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33:51

Episode 67: One Handed Guitarist Dirk Thompson
In this episode of The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast I had the honor to speak with Dirk Thompson from Texas. Dirk suffered 4 strokes over 2 days when he was 3 years old which ultimately led to him using the use of his left arm.Dir...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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34:17

Episode 66: Motorcycles, Books and my Reflections on Bruce Paterson's passing
In this Episode of The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast, I talk about the book that is in me and how I'm moving from a place of self doubt to a place of a writer who knows he has a powerful story to share and is here to help others who are struggli...
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Season 1
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Episode 66
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32:41

Episode 65: Sleep Specialist Autumn Martin
In this episode of The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast I am in conversation with sleep specialist Autumn Martin from Boise Idaho.Autumn is a PA and works with patients who struggle to get good quality sleep with the emphasis is “Quality”.<...
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34:49

Episode 64: Remembering Bruce Paterson
In this episode I talk about Bruce Paterson who was married to a high school friend of mine. Bruce and Karen were avid cyclists and like me Bruce had a passion for playing ice hockey. Sadly, Bruce was taken from us too early when ...
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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15:31

Episode 63: Chris Marino who suffered his heart attack while out running
In this Episode, Chris opens up and shares his journey and how he was guided in so many ways that ultimately led him to the right people and the right location that has allowed him to have an incredible outcome, that quite honestly could ...
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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38:18
