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Life after a Heart Attack or Heart Surgery | Mental, Emotional & Practical Heart Health Wellness
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Life after a Heart Attack or Heart Surgery | Mental, Emotional & Practical Heart Health Wellness

Author: Sallie Crawley

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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?


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After heart surgery, a cardiac arrest, or another major cardiac event, many people discover there are gaps in their memory. Some remember vivid dreams or nightmares. Others remember very little at all. In this episode, we're exploring the powerful role an ICU diary can play in recovery. You'll learn why memory gaps happen, how they can affect emotional wellbeing, and how a simple diary kept by loved ones can help patients make sense of their experience long after they've left intensive care. ...
Immy Reid shares her extraordinary journey through complex health challenges, heart failure, cancer treatment, cardiac arrests, trauma, and the long emotional recovery that follows. Immy shares openly about living with high blood pressure from a young age, being diagnosed with heart failure, going through cancer treatment, experiencing severe complications, and later surviving three cardiac arrests. She also talks about being placed on end-of-life care, the impact this had on her family, and ...
Sleep is one of the most important things we can do for our physical and emotional wellbeing, yet it is often one of the first things to suffer after a heart attack, heart surgery, cardiac arrest, or diagnosis of heart disease. In this episode, I explore why sleep matters so much for recovery, the connection between sleep and heart health, and why anxiety often seems to worsen at bedtime. You'll discover: • Why sleep is essential for healing your heart and body • The different stages of sleep...
Sallie Crawley talks with filmmaker Andrew Pike about his experience of open-heart surgery, the emotional and cognitive aftermath that followed, and the making of his film Pumphead. Andrew’s surgery was physically successful, but once he returned home, he began to experience confusion, disorientation, difficulty connecting with others, and a frightening sense that something was very wrong. Despite being told that his heart was doing well, Andrew knew that emotionally and mentally, he was not ...
Is it normal to feel anxious, frightened, angry, overwhelmed, or emotional after a heart attack, heart surgery, or another cardiac event? The answer is yes. In this episode, we're talking about the emotional impact of cardiac recovery and why so many people struggle with feelings that nobody warned them about. You'll learn about the difference between the common "cardiac blues" and symptoms of trauma, including anxiety, panic, sleeplessness, avoidance, flashbacks, irritability, and fear. We'l...
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