Travelling Abroad with a Heart Condition, after a Heart Attack or Cardiac Surgery
When I first started planning going abroad after my heart attack, I realised something: I wasn’t choosing a holiday for the old me. I was choosing one for the new me. The one who had been through something big and needed a bit more reassurance.
Your New Chapter: From Fear to Freedom
Has a heart attack, surgery, or diagnosis left you feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or even fearful about your future? You are not alone. That rollercoaster of emotions is real, and it’s a vital part of your journey.
At My Heart & Mind, I understand because I’ve walked this path myself. My mission is to guide you from that place of fear to a life filled with confidence, peace, and purpose.
I combine my personal experience with powerful, proven techniques like Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Trauma Reprocessing, and Life Coaching. These aren’t just therapies; they are tools to gently, yet profoundly, shift your mindset. They make adopting healthy lifestyle changes feel easier, more natural, and truly lasting.
Discover how you can transform emotional challenges into growth, reduce your risk factors effortlessly, and embrace a healthier, happier “new normal” where you thrive.
Hey there, I’m Sallie…
I help people that have experienced a cardiac event or live with a heart disease adjust to the life changes, support them, through reducing risk factors and recover emotionally after their diagnosis.
A heart event or cardiac diagnosis happens at any time and any age. It comes from left field and knocks you sideways. It is a shock and it is life altering.
I provide information, techniques and support to help you manage your reaction. I help you understand your thoughts, feelings and behaviours as they can be very different to what you might have expected. I offer you the tools needed to make the necessary changes in your life and to accept and understand the impact of your diagnosis.
I was told the what I had to change after my heart attack but I had no clue of the how. There were so many changes that it all felt overwhelming and I felt scared and alone. I am here to help you with the how you can make practical, mental and physical changes as it can be emotionally exhausting.
Warning: common side effects – Include increased feelings of confidence and happiness. Some may experience fits of extreme relief and joy may follow.
Let’s get started …..
Join my online communities
Do you feel like it’s only you that feels like this?
You are not alone, meet like-minded people by joining my free Facebook Groups. These communities are for you if you are trying to work out how to feel good after your life has been tipped upside down by a life-altering cardiac event and heart health issue.
I have created the groups so we can support each other. Come over to have a rant about life or ask for advice although you must remember we are not medical practitioners and can only share our personal experiences. Everyone in the group is welcome to post and respond provided the basic rules of kindness at met.
Click below to join and meet other people that have a good idea about you’re feeling, the complexity of reducing risk factors and what it’s like to live with a heart health issue.
My Heart & Mind Support Group
This community is for people who have experience of a cardiac event and is having difficulty managing the emotional side of rehabilitation. Primarily this group is a safe and nurturing place for you (and your partner) if you have had heart-related problems such as a heart attack, transplant, cardiac arrest or have been diagnosed with heart disease etc.
Smoking Hearts Community
If you are a smoker or vaper that wants to quit and has had a heart attack, cardiac event, or lives with a heart disease diagnosis, this group is for you. You’ll find quit tips and ideas, encouragement, understanding, and make new friends.
In this community, we will help each other to quit and support each other as we do.
How I Can Help
Get your hands on one of my free or paid resources to support you on your journey…
Do you want to know what your heart is up to?
I’ve created this free heart tracker to keep track of your heart and health after hospital discharge. Use it for your own peace of mind or share it with your healthcare professionals when needed.
Stay on track and feel safe.
Cardiac Hypnotherapy - Road to Acceptance
Hypnotherapy to help you in the early days after cardiac treatment. Spend 25 minutes with me on a gentle journey, to acceptance. I will guide you to help you come to terms with the trauma you’ve been through, adapt to the life changes and learn to trust your body again.
Do you want to get ready for your heart surgery?
Are you worrying about your heart surgery? It is so confusing and you’re really unsure what you need to do and plan for. My checklist will help you plan, prepare and pack with confidence and reassurance. It will assist you in getting ready for the before, during and after.
After a cardiac event as you recover you can move to survivorship and then on to thrivership.
Loving the life you live.
