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In this month's @womensweeklymag, SCAD heart attack survivor Jen O'Neill shares her experience and how not looking like the stereotypical heart attack patient can delay and impact diagnosis. Unfortunately it's a story that we hear far too often, despite the devastating statistics around women's heart care in Australia. 😔 It's so important that you know the signs and symptoms of a heart attack, and seek urgent treatment regardless of your age, fitness level or risk factors ❤️ . . . . #womensissues #womensissue #womenshearts #womenshealth #endgenderbias #womensheartattacks #herheart #womensheartattack #scadstory #genderbias #womenshealthcare #genderpaingap #sydneymums #brisbanemums #melbournemums #adelaidemums #hobartmums #perthmums #darwinmums #canberramums #aussiemums

Heart disease is the number one killer of women, and no matter how strong and well you guess your heart is right now, this is the disease most likely to end your life, or sap your vitality so that your future years will be more about disability and pain than joy and contentment. #hearthealth #hearthealthy #foodfortheheart #doctor #author #cardiologist #goredforwomen #womenincardiology #heart #heartdisease #livefromtheheart #wellbeing #lifechoices #womenshearts

I wrote this book because this is the book I want to read. This is the hand that I wish was holding mine, and the voice that I wish had spoken to me when I was younger. This book is the voice of your future, looking back and saying, “Be careful what you do…” This is the voice saying, “I’ve seen what’s coming for you, and you want to take a different road. You’re on a collision course. Take this exit.” @meghanrabbitt #hearthealth #hearthealthy #foodfortheheart #doctor #author #cardiologist #goredforwomen #womenincardiology #heart #heartdisease #livefromtheheart #wellbeing #lifechoices #womenshearts

We're about to send out a stack of newly updated SCAD packs - brochures for survivors and leaflets for medical professionals. Developed by @scadresearchaust with the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, the Heart Foundation and Beyond Blue, they're a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about SCAD or is struggling with their 'new normal'. If you'd like a pack for yourself, your patients or local medical professionals just email [email protected] with your address details, and of course for the latest on SCAD including best practice treatment, cardiac rehab guidelines, support, research reports, SCAD stories, to download these brochures and more go to www.scadresearch.com.au . Both the website and brochures were funded by an IMB community grant. ❤️‍ . . . . #imbcommunitygrant #imbcommunityfoundation #scadinformation #scadsurvivorinfo #scadsurvivorinformation #scadpatientinformation #spontaneouscoronaryarterydissection #scadheartattacks #scadheartattackquestions #scadheartattackadvice #scadheartattackinfo #arterydissection #coronaryarterydissection #managingscadheartattack #scadheartattackfacts #scadheartattack #cardiacrehab #cardiacrehabaustralia #cardiaccare #heartattacks #suddenheartattacks #cardiacarrest #suddencardiacarrest #menshealth #womenshealth #womenshearts

Living from the heart feels much different from living in the head. When you live from your heart, you feel at peace, at ease, in control of yourself because of a deep inner knowing. You lead with love. You relax because you know that everything is going to be o.k. You learn how to care for yourself and love yourself the same way you love and care for your own child. Living from the heart coaxes your body back into balance. #hearthealth #hearthealthy #foodfortheheart #doctor #author #cardiologist #goredforwomen #womenincardiology #heart #heartdisease #livefromtheheart #wellbeing #lifechoices #womenshearts

Nineteen people in my family are doctors. But we’re not just doctors. We are doctors of osteopathic medicine, with the medical degree D.O. Doctors of osteopathy can prescribe medications, perform surgery, and use all the technology an M.D. can use, but the focus is very different—it is a very hands-on, personal way of doctoring that champions health promotion and disease prevention, rather than just treating symptoms or managing diseases. It is true holistic care. @american_heart and @goredforwomen event photo credit #hearthealth #hearthealthy #foodfortheheart #doctor #author #cardiologist #goredforwomen #womenincardiology #heart #heartdisease #livefromtheheart #wellbeing #lifechoices #womenshearts

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN THE CIRCLE? I am now running fortnightly circles. Opening up this magical experience for even more women. We all need a circle of uplifting people on our lives. To feel connected To feel heard To belly laugh with To remind you of who you truly are beyond the roles So come join us. £18 for two hours Bring a cushion and blanket. The rest of the time is filled with such joy. Ceremonial Cacao is available, which is a hug in a mug. From @elementsforlife Link to book in bio or story Much love Sally xx #wisewomanguide

7 years 🩺♥️ Once upon a time, on a avergae morning in Sydney, a 25 year old girl went in to see a cardiologist to check if there might be something a little funny happening with her heart. That same day, leaving the appointment, she closed the door to her car and, in the driver's seat, sat crying in disbelief. In the doctors chair, she had sat dumbfounded as she was delivered news that would dramatically change her life... 'You'll be lucky to live to see your 30th birthday', 'do NOT fall pregnant, your heart will not survive', 'this requires immediate intervention, open heart surgery, and valve replacements'. In the same appointment, options were spoken of and appointmens made... pig tissue? Mechanical? Warfarin? Donor? 4 months later, in the cold and drizzly Epworth hospital in Melbourne, she was rolled on a bed into theatre, terrified. Counting to ten, she closed her eyes.... For 8 hours, her heart was stopped, her chest was sawn opened, and her aortic and pulmonary valves were carefully cut away, changed, and sewn on anew. In ICU, she woke with a tube down her throat, unable to speak or move. She was stiff and sore. Machines beeping and wires attached everywhere; In her neck, arms, chest. Tubes attached internally draining fluid from inside her chest cavity, wires attached to her heart. She saw the relieved and warm smiling faces of her mum, dad, and husband and fell back to sleep. ----- Hellllllllo 🥰🥰 If you've come this far! I'm pleased to share that this is a happy story, but an important one. I'm Suzie 👋 that's me in the pictures👆 At 33 years old now, I've officially outlived my pre-op life expectancy. I have grown birthed, loved, and nourished my two beautiful healthy children and live a life I could have only dreamed of before I walked into that cardiologist office 7 years ago. Why share my story? Because Heart disease is the second biggest killer of women in Australia, behind Dementia including Alzheimer’s disease and yet, most of what is known about the symptoms relates to men. The disease is largely under-diagnosed, under-treated, and under-researched in women. Continued in comments 👇

When you live in your head, you feel disconnected from your environment and your relationships, always talking, talking, talking to yourself. You forget to live in the moment. You get stressed, you don’t sleep well, you may binge eat or not eat at all. You gain weight in all the wrong places and before you know what hit you (because you aren’t paying attention to your own needs), you are a miserable physical mess. #hearthealth #hearthealthy #foodfortheheart #doctor #author #cardiologist #goredforwomen #womenincardiology #heart #heartdisease #livefromtheheart #wellbeing #lifechoices #womenshearts

Thank you, Palm Beach @goredforwomen team, for having me as your keynote speaker at this year's luncheon. I love being able to share my passion for women's heart health and to be part of the 20th year anniversary of Go Red for Women with you! @american_heart #hearthealth #hearthealthy #foodfortheheart #doctor #author #cardiologist #goredforwomen #womenincardiology #heart #heartdisease #livefromtheheart #wellbeing #lifechoices #womenshearts

Today as we celebrate mothers, I would like to take a step back and celebrate all hearts that nurture. Motherhood can be a source of joy or despair, or a thousand feelings in between. For those who cannot conceive, or who choose not to, Mother’s Day can be anything but a day of celebrating. But the nurturing heart of a woman should be celebrated, no matter where it affects her world. God is a nurturer. He initiates relationship, He moves into our pain and carries our sorrows. He brings comfort, counsel and understanding. He brings Himself. He makes His heart vulnerable to ours. And there is a huge deposit of this attribute of God in the hearts of women. Being a nurturer is costly. It takes time and resources, and it makes your heart vulnerable to another’s pain. As you step into nurturing roles, you are not guaranteed a happy outcome. You may never even know the outcome. It requires strength and courage. You will have to lean on the Lord for wise boundaries. Nurturing may look like giving a hug and an encouraging word to a stranger whom you will never see again. It may look like opening your heart and home to the friends your kids hang out with. It may look like a long-term commitment to foster or adopt. It may look like taking younger women under your wing and encouraging their hearts. Or it may look like a complete role reversal as you care for an aging parent. Being a nurturer is seldom easy, but it also brings great joy and satisfaction. Whatever it looks like for you, I celebrate you as a nurturer! May you experience more and more of God’s heart, and bring more and more of it into your world. #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Wishing all of our Mums a very happy Mother's Day! ❤️ To read these amazing women's stories or make a donation to life-saving research go to SCADresearch.com.au . . . . #mothersday2024 #happymothersday #happymumsday #mothersday #womenshealth #mumshealth #womenshearts #womensheartattacks #sydneymums #melbournemums #brisbanemums #melbournemums #hobartmums #adelaidemums #perthmums #canberramums #launcestonmums #goldcoastmums #darwinmums #wollongongmums #centralcoastmums

Most of us work very hard at protecting at least a part of our hearts —some more, some less, depending on how they have been injured and deceived. It is an uncomfortable commentary on the world that it has proven to be so unsafe for human hearts. But the world itself is not the problem. Jesus put us here on purpose, and He told us the world is corrupt. His plan for restoration in this world is for our hearts to be healed and transformed so they can bring His love and truth to hearts that are still broken. Redemption, restoration, transformation — one heart at a time, right in the middle of this corrupt world. A heart must dare to come out of hiding and let it be touched by Jesus — a touch that will bring both comfort and challenge. He knows all those inner pains, and He waits for you to open your heart to Him. He invites you into a process of healing that will include forgiving those who have abused you, repenting of ungodly judgments and responses that have made you an abuser as well, and choosing to live according to His purposes and designs. This can happen only in the context of His love, grace, and a community of believers who are walking together in transformation. For those broken parts that are in hiding, He works healing and transformation. And the same strategies that bring healing will guard our hearts in the middle of future trials: being quick to forgive, loving unconditionally, giving and receiving grace, repenting quickly and joyfully, and resting secure in an identity that comes from the heart of God and is not threatened by what others think. Then your heart can be a light for other hearts that are hiding in the dark. #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

We cry for fairness from a very young age. A two-year-old sees that her older sister gets to stay up later, and it’s not fair. Your brother gets a bigger cookie than you, and it’s not fair. A friend’s parents buy her a car for her 16th birthday, and you’ve been babysitting for years to save up for one — and it’s not fair. Your husband leaves the table and heads straight for the TV while you clean up the kitchen, and it’s not fair. Let’s stop and consider how God treats us. He offers us His righteousness in exchange for our sin. That’s not a fair trade. [2 Corinthians 5:20] We can trade our ashes for His beauty; our sadness for His joy; our dull, lifeless robes for glorious garments of praise. That’s not a fair trade. [Isaiah 61:3] A prodigal son comes home to a father who welcomes him home and throws him a party, and the older son says it’s not fair. [Luke 15:11-32] Our Father welcomes us home when we don’t deserve it. We have His undeserved favor. And still we tend to compare and pout and shout “Foul!” Our hearts will have so much more peace when they mirror the Father’s heart. Stop comparing, give lavishly, forgive freely, rejoice in that other person’s blessings. Father, we long to have hearts free of comparison and entitlement. We have received freely; help us to give freely. #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Meet our founder: @drsteinbaum is an author, cardiologist and a prominent women’s health advocate. She is the Founder and CEO of Adesso, a med-tech company that empowers women to live healthy and vital lives. Through comprehensive heart-centered prevention and wellness, Adesso aims to decrease women’s cardiovascular disease risk.

We are all familiar with the famous verse from 1st Corintihans 13:13 — “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Faith, hope, and love represent the three core needs of our hearts. Why is love the greatest of these? Because love is the greatest of your needs. Before you can have faith, before you can have hope, your heart must know love. It was created for love. The primal cry of your heart is to be loved, because the Lover of your soul created your heart for a love relationship with Him. This world does not love you. The love of your best friend, or your significant other, or a family member, WILL fail. The “greatest” thing spoken of here is the unearned, unfailing, unconditional love of your eternal Father. Can you take some time today to just let your heart be loved? No striving, no earning, no fretting; just time to surrender yourself — and the things your heart cares about — to the love of Jesus? The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. [Lamentations 3:22-23] Love never fails. [1st Corinthians 13:8] #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Meet the advisors: Carolee Lee is an innovator, entrepreneur and thought leader dedicated to improving women’s health and wellbeing, and their opportunities to succeed. She was founder and CEO of Carolee Designs, one of the world’s leading accessories brands. After the sale of her business to Luxottica, Carolee focused her energies on women’s health and life planning. In 2008, she founded AccessCircles, a global, by-invitation network committed to bringing women access to leaders, resources and experiences that can help transform their lives. Carolee launched WHAM in July 2018 as an initiative of AccessCircles to focus on increasing awareness of women’s health issues, investing in women’s health research and implementing strategies to improve the inequities and bias in research while accelerating scientific discovery before it became its own 501c3 in 2021.

Meet the advisors: @amyfinecollinsibdl was a Special Correspondent to Vanity Fair, where for more than 25 years she wrote features about fashion, art, design, culture, Hollywood, and society. An arbiter and owner of the International Best-Dressed List since 2003, she was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1996. Long a muse to artists, photographers, and designers, including Geoffrey Beene and Thom Browne, Collins is a frequently consulted advisor and commentator on fashion, and is active at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, which appointed her to its Visiting Committee. Previously Style Editor at both House & Garden and Harper’s Bazaar, she received three degrees in Art History from Swarthmore College and Columbia University, where she also taught for two years.

Not addressing the issue isn’t the way to handle it, even if it’s the way most people tend to handle their most intense feelings.

We all know moderate-vigorous physical activity is good for our hearts, but do we know when the best TIME is to exercise? This recent study suggests the evening is best. In my book though, any activity is better than none, so do it when you can, where you can! #cardiovascularhealth #womenshearts #exercise #fitness

Meet the advisors: @soniasatra_moticise is a mindset and fitness thought leader who specializes in personal transformation by integrating the mind, body, and emotion to create lasting change. The former star of Guiding Light and One Life to Live is now the founder and CEO of the award-winning wellness company Moticise, which she has shared around the globe helping people reach their own personal greatness. Sonia is also a certified Life Coach, NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) Practitioner, holistic health coach and certified fitness instructor.

Meet the advisors: @whamnow a non-profit organization, was formed by Carolee Lee in July 2019 as an initiative to focus on increasing awareness of women’s health issues, investing in women’s health research and implementing strategies to improve the inequities and bias in research while accelerating scientific discovery and economic impact. A board of 25 leading business women launched this initiative, which became its own 501c3 in 2021. The WHAM Report was created to quantify the economic benefits of investing in women’s health research.

1 in 3. Those numbers are staggering. Heart health is so important and these numbers make it very hard to forget that. ❤️ #hearthealth #hearthealthy #takecareofyourheart #hearthealthmatters #womenshearthealth #statistics #heartstatistics #cardiovascularhealth #health #womenshearts #womensupportingwomen #womensempowerment #empowered #facts #awareness #spoonie #sickchick #chronicillness #terminalillnesses #themoreyouknow #truestory #selfcare #warning #psa #knowyourrisk #overcomer #lifestyle #life #lifelessons #factchecked

Do you feel like you’re swimming upstream in your heart journey? Well, that’s not just a feeling; it’s a fact. Choosing to forgive? To turn the other cheek? To consider others better than ourselves? To bless our enemies? To follow Jesus into dying to ourselves for the sake of others? Are you kidding me? Definitely a difficult journey against the world’s agenda and my own selfish desires. Some would peddle the gospel with a give-your-heart-to-Jesus-and-life-will-be-easy subtitle. No such message exists in God’s word. The promise is that you will never be alone, and that the high cost of discipleship is worth it. Any other path will leave your heart disconnected from its only source of hope, identity, and purpose. If you are tired and discouraged, it’s OK to find some needed time to get out of the current and rest in God’s arms. But remember that His arms never let go of you, even in the middle of those white-water rapids. And the journey is worth it. Father, we need Your grace to stay in this battle until our hearts become like yours. Come and fill us again! “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.” [1 Peter 4:12] “Whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given to you.” [James 1:2-5] #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Meet the advisors: @lisa_odenweller is Founder & CEO of Kroma Wellness, the functional wellness brand revolutionizing how we think about nourishing our bodies. Kroma sells “plant-rich, non-perishable meals and beverages designed to take your vibrance and vitality to the next level.” The company, founded in 2021, was created with the philosophy that food is medicine. Mother nature is humankind’s most valuable resource, and what we put in our bodies fuels not only our physical body, but also our minds and souls.

What you really need is someone who can help you start to feel better now. You need to get the help to reframe this situation you are in.

Meet the advisors: @michele_lamoureux is an author, speaker, podcast host, and devoted mother. She has dedicated her life to empowering women in midlife. Her passion led her to host the popular global podcast, The Good Life. She interviews world-class authors, experts, and extraordinary entrepreneurs to guide women to awaken their full potential. Her inspiring and motivating podcast content has helped countless women worldwide to transform their lives. Every week she offers inspiring interviews with guests who provide valuable insights to enhance life. She covers topics such as health, career, and relationships.

Meet the advisors: @passthepistil is an author, gardener, and podcast host. Her book Grow What You Love, 12 Food Plant Families to Change Your Life, showcases 12 sets of seasonal ingredients, garden-to-table recipes, and easy-to-follow methods for growing your garden, regardless of size. Emily is also a photographer, cook, garden design coach and consultant, and creator of the celebrated blog, Pass The Pistil. Emily teaches and speaks regularly about gardening and living, and her writing appears in numerous publications such as Better Homes & Gardens. She also worked as a classroom teacher and school garden educator.

When you breathe deeply, you send a message to your body that everything is OK. It stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system associated with calmness and resting. Shallow fast breathing, on the other hand, signals an emergency, sending your body into high-stress mode. So at the first sign of an anxiety attack, take in a deep breath to the slow count of four, in through the nose. Hold it for four counts, then let it out vigorously with a loud shhh noise for six counts. After you’ve exhaled, hold for another four counts. Repeat this a few times.

Your heart was made for eternity, but it is shaped by now. The admonition to care for our hearts “above all else” does not mean we care for them “instead of anything else.” Choices matter. Health matters. Work matters. Relationships matter. Money matters. They matter because your heart is affected by it all. You cannot care for your heart without caring for all of life. Motivation is critical. Do you care for these things for the sake of your comfort or your image? Or do you care for them for the sake of your heart? Let’s take time to posture our hearts at the center of every decision and activity. How can I honor God here? How can I choose to be a blessing in this situation? Will this choice feed my heart or grieve it, cause it to mature or to shrivel up? Let the presence of your eternal heart, and the reality of its relationship to your Lord, be central to all aspects of life. “Above all else, guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life.” [Proverbs 4:23] “The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” [2 Chronicles 16:9] #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Meet the advisors: In 2022, Kristin Mallon, CNM, MS, RNC-OB and Michele J. Wispelwey, MBA co-founded @femgevity FemGevity is a telemedicine company focused on menopause and feminine longevity. The company provides concierge care for the average woman seeking personalized healthcare. Meet the advisors: Kristin is a board-certified nurse midwife, breast health expert, published author, mother of four, and menopause and feminine longevity expert. She earned a psychology degree from UC Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Johns Hopkins. She discovered her passion for working with women as a D.O.N.A. trained doula in Maryland and completed her Master’s in Science & Midwifery at NYU. Michele is the FemGevity President and Co-Founder. She brings eighteen years of experience implementing women’s health initiatives. Michele’s mission is to create solutions that empower women to take control of their well-being and achieve their fullest potential. She is a visionary leader with a relentless passion for driving innovation in the femtech and women’s consumer health sectors.

More information about Coronary MVD in the following posts! #heart #women #womenshearts #heartdisease #hearthealth #health #awareness #womenshealth #womenshearthealth #heartdiseaseawareness #heartdiseaseprevention #healthyheart

Too many woman make that mistake. They think it’s only in their heads…when it’s really, truly, fatally in their hearts.

Meet the advisors: @georgie.kovacs is a seasoned professional with over two decades of healthcare expertise, having made significant contributions at industry giants like Pfizer, Syneos Health, IQVIA, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. With a background spanning healthcare strategy, entrepreneurship, and consulting, Georgie’s journey took a personal turn when she faced infertility challenges. In response, she launched Fempower Health in 2020, a pioneering platform that empowers women with evidence-based insights and support. Collaborating with top experts, Georgie Kovacs is dedicated to redefining the narrative surrounding women’s health, ensuring every woman has the knowledge and resources to thrive.

Meet the advisors: @naomiwhittel New York Times best-selling author of Glow15 and founder of OMI WellBeauty, is a leading innovator in the wellness and beauty industry. As a health and beauty explorer, Whittel has traveled from the vineyards in Bordeaux, France, to the lush forests of West Africa, and to the beautiful beaches of Okinawa, with one mission: to discover the world’s purest ingredients and most nourishing scientifically based health solutions. Named by Prevention as the nation’s leading female innovator in the wellness industry, Whittel is hailed as a trailblazer and an advocate of purity and potency in nutritional wellness and beauty.

Many of us women spend a great deal of time talking and thinking about how to care for our bodies. And whether we actually do anything about it, most of us agree that guarding the well-being of our bodies includes paying attention to what we feed them. Are you as careful with your heart? Your heart lives in a world that strives to normalize filth, hopelessness, self-centeredness, and vanity. Dear friend, these things wreak havoc on your heart. We cannot avoid all encounters with ugliness, but we don’t have to dive into the mire and muck. What are the places and activities it is time for you to avoid in order to guard that precious heart of yours? We have a glorious God who has created opportunity for encounters with truth and beauty. Let’s be intentional in providing our hearts a healthy diet of the good things they were created for. Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. [Philippians 4:8] #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Meet the advisors: @priyahpatel is an experienced entrepreneur in the health tech industry with over eighteen years of diverse experience. She is the founder and CEO of Wellen, a pioneering digital health platform for active aging. Wellen focuses on personalized exercise programs for conditions such as osteoporosis and osteopenia. Before building Wellen, Priya was on the founding team of Sesame, a direct-to-patient healthcare marketplace. During the pandemic, she spearheaded the company’s nationwide launch – taking the product from inception to fruition.

Not only does it increase the stress hormones in your body that increase inflammation that can lead to tears in the epithelium that lead to compromised arteries and heart disease, but just like depression, chronic anxiety also makes people much more likely to practice unhealthy habits, like overeating, smoking, and drinking too much alcohol.

Meet the advisors: @katehanleyauthor is the author of How to Be a Better Person, Stress Less, A Year of Daily Calm, and The Anywhere, Anytime Chill Guide. Additionally, she is the ghostwriter of numerous bestselling health books. Kate hosts the “How to Be a Better Person” podcast, which shares one simple thing you can do in the next 24 hours to be a decent human, whether that’s a health hack, a relaxation technique, a new work strategy, or basic people skills like listening and loving better.

Join us in our fight for healthcare equality! ❤️❤️ #women #heart #womenshealth #womenshearts #womenshearthealth #heartdisease #womensheartdisease #heartdiseaseawareness #health #equality #genderequality #hearthealth

Meet the advisors: @mystrokeofhope, Stacy Quinn founded My Stroke of Hope, a health awareness platform. She started it to raise awareness of carotid artery dissection and stroke to help save lives and support survivors. As a carotid artery dissection and stroke survivor, Stacy is passionate about giving back to society. Her goal is to help people live longer, healthier lives. Through her advocacy work and sharing her personal experience, she empowers people to be the CEOs of their own health, raises money for life-saving medical research, and creates networks that provide compassion, education, and support.

In my experience, a lot of anxiety is based on fantasy, not reality.

Meet the advisors: @agapisees is a best-selling author and speaker who inspires audiences worldwide. She is a beacon of positivity and encourages others to achieve their goals and live their desired lives. Agapi trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and received her master’s degree in psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Her journey as a motivational speaker has brought her expertise to Martha Stewart, the Global Wellness Summit, the Today Show, and many other prominent media outlets. She uses her wisdom and life experiences to advocate for tranquility and happiness.

“Above all else, guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life.” [Proverbs 4:23] Dear friends, this is the crux of all I write. Whether I’m talking about healing, transformation, hope, forgiveness, identity, truth, God’s love, Jesus’s sacrifice, the resurrection, peace, or even last week’s blurb about stopping to enjoy something pleasant . . . the target is the heart. Your heart. Your passions, your thoughts, your purposes. The part of you that dictates your relationship to God, to others, to your circumstances, even to your own body. The part of you that makes judgments about yourself and everyone else. The part that chooses what to do and what to believe. The part of each of us that separates us from the rest of creation; our hearts were made in the image of God’s heart. Many of us “guard” our hearts by putting walls of protection around them. That’s not God’s wisdom. The only way to truly watch out for the welfare of our hearts is to raise our arms in surrender and believe what is true, follow Jesus in obedience to the Father, and embrace our need for the love and grace of God every step of the way. That is the only path to a whole heart and a transformed life. And it is available to each of us. We are invited to stop hiding, stop pretending, stop doing things our own way, and put our hearts in the hands of the One who made us and loves us. There we will find true freedom and wholeness. “Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.’ ” [Matthew 11:28] “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” [Jeremiah 31:3] #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Meet the advisors: @askdrsuzanne is an author, and an expert in women’s health for multiple media outlets. She received her medical degree in 1996 from the USC School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Gilberg-Lenz is involved in women’s empowerment and public education. She appears frequently as an expert in women’s health and integrative medicine on TV, in print, and online. Her most recent book is MENOPAUSE BOOTCAMP: Optimize Your Health, Empower Your Self, and Flourish as You Age. (Harper Wave; October 2022)

Sometimes, voicing your anxieties out loud deflates them completely, and you realize, without anyone even telling you, how unfounded your fears really were.

Meet the advisors: @lesleyjseymour is a certified Tiny Habits coach, media entrepreneur, and founder of CoveyClub, a lifelong learner club launched in February 2017 (Covey is a small flock of birds). Seymour is a visionary and inspirational trailblazer in the editorial and entrepreneurial worlds. Seymour has occupied top editorial positions with many acclaimed magazines. She was the beauty director of Glamour, copywriter and senior editor at Vogue, editor in chief of More, and editor in chief of YM. Seymour stands as an example of what strong women can achieve. She shares her expertise in her online media platform, CoveyClub.

Meet the advisors: @drterrikennedy is President & CEO of Power Living Enterprises, Inc. and Founder of the Breathe & Burn® Mind-Body Studio. She was the youngest Vice President at MTV Networks and achieved tremendous success by external standards. However, her workaholic lifestyle negatively impacted her health — she was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. With piqued interest, she dove deeply into understanding what made the human body, brain, and spirit thrive. She healed using her own integrated protocol, including yoga, meditation, a gluten-free plant-based diet, and a mindset shift. Now, she dedicates her career to helping others in their own personal transformations.

Those who carry stress in their hearts may be at greater risk of heart disease.

I love donuts. When my kids were little, shopping day was Donut Day. There was always donut room in the budget, even if was just one donut to split. Now I am the Donut Grandma. Each of my grandkids has a history of donut dates with me. And it’s become a generational delight: it’s not uncommon to find whichever of the kids or grandkids or in-laws are around gathering for donuts on a Sunday afternoon. When my husband and I are on a road trip, we like to stop at little donut shops along the way. After we get going in the morning, I am on my phone looking for that little (or big) donut shop a couple of hours out, where we can take a mid-morning break. You can find donuts in the darnedest places. So why this talk about donuts in an Instagram blog about our hearts? Because the enemy wants us to stay bound up in the gravity and solemnity of our heart concerns. He wants us to have a view of God as a stingy, joyless disciplinarian. But ours is a joyful God, and joy is part of our inheritance. In our trials or confusion or pain, it is good to just stop and take moments to breathe and enjoy some of the goodness out there. Time to look at the intricacies of a flower, or to find shapes in the clouds, or to split a donut four ways. Time to remember that our God delights in our joy. A glad heart is good medicine. [Proverbs 17:22] #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #Donuts #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Meet the advisor: Dr. Kyle Hoedebecke is a Certified Physician Executive with over twenty years of leadership experience in clinical, payor, military, and startup settings. In addition to his board certification, he holds four master’s degrees and has over seventy-five medical publications. His specialties include AI, bio-pharma spaces, healthcare technology, IoT, SaaS, and wearables. Dr. Hoedebecke co-authored The Innate Design, where he and co-author Melissa Aguirre bridge the gap in allopathic medicine through their physician and yoga therapist expertise. His podcast On the Cusp is a physician’s perspective on advances in business, medicine, and technology and how all these elements intersect to better our lives.

Meet the advisors: @sklingerrd is an award-winning author and founder of Hispanic Food Communications, a nutrition communications and culinary consulting company. She is relentlessly passionate about helping people fall in love with creating and enjoying delicious and nutritious foods. Her Hispanic background fuels her passion for nutrition. Because of that rich cultural knowledge, she empowers and encourages those in her community through the foods they enjoy in their kitchens.

This is common in someone who has suffered a heart attack or had to have surgery.

It was such an honour to be invited to this year’s Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College conference to speak about the SCAD patient experience, and to be able to give out information packs to cardiac nurses from right across NSW, Adelaide, NT, Melbourne and Perth. We know from research, patient’s stories and lived experience that the lack of information, or conflicting information increases anxiety in patients and leaves them feeling confused and alone… so we’re on a mission to ensure every newly diagnosed SCAD sufferer (and their families) receive an information pack with the latest, best practice information on SCAD, FAQs and contacts for further support. ❤ For the latest information on SCAD heart attacks, best practice treatments, latest medical research studies and more go to SCADresearch.com.au . . . . #AustralasianCardiovascularNursingCollege #ACNC #Cardiacnurses #cardiovascularnurses #scadheartattacks #scadsurvivors #scadpatients #scadheartattacksurvivorexperience #scadheartattackresources #beatscad #heartattacksupport #heartresearch #heartcare #heartattacks #womensheartattacks #womenshearts #womenshealth #acncconference #nswhealth #australiancardiovascularnurses #scadbrochures #scadresources

Meet the advisors: @joanneheyman is the Founder and CEO of Heyman Partners. She is widely recognized for her ability to bring a mission-driven approach to institutions across various sectors, cultures, and countries. Many individuals and companies seek her expertise as a coach, facilitator, lecturer, and strategic advisor. Ms. Heyman has experience leading various organizations and advising the leadership teams of creative institutions, foundations, media companies, non-profits, and social enterprises. She was the founding Executive Director of the Urban Zen Foundation. She also served as the Executive Director of The International Center in New York, Vice President of the Corporation of Yaddo, and Managing Director of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps. Additionally, she worked as a senior advisor to The Goldman Sachs Foundation and the American Jewish World Service.

Meet the advisors: @gloriafeldt is a highly respected authority on women’s power, leadership, and diversity. She is a bestselling author, and is in high demand as a keynote speaker. As the co-founder and president of Take The Lead, her primary goal is to empower women of all backgrounds to take on leadership roles in all areas by 2025. She has authored five bestselling books, including Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How Women Will Take The Lead For (Everyone’s) Good. In her book, she stresses the significance of intentioning which empowers women to rebuild a stronger post-pandemic world.

For those of us who have been in a negative relationship, we know how deeply it affects us, our souls and our hearts.

Whether you received the gift of salvation today, a year ago, or decades ago, your heart needs to be reminded it has an open door to the heart of God. Always. It doesn’t matter whether you can feel it right now. Maybe you’ve had a bad hair day or it’s the wrong time of the month. Maybe you burned dinner. Maybe you had an argument with your husband or you’re just plain tired of your kids. Maybe it’s been a long time since you opened your Bible or showed up at church. Maybe you’ve given in to a temptation you thought you had already conquered. You never have to worry God will find you out. He already has. And His loving presence has never left. It never will. (The Wholehearted Woman, pg. 52) “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” [Hebrews 13:5] #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

It impacts her body, not just when the negative event happened, but over and over again, every time she relives it.

So today is my 6 month scadiversary. In some ways it feels like it happened yesterday, whilst also feeling like my pre-SCAD self was someone else entirely. But in that 6 months I have regained some sense of normality - and I’m learning (mostly) to be patient. #scadsurvivor #scadrecovery #scadheart #survivor #warrior #womenshealth #womenshearts #gratefultobealive Posted @withregram • @katieabey

WHEN WE TRULY CONNECT ITS ALL ABOUT THE HEART On 13th April, I hold the next Womens Gathering. I hold a circle of women with MY HEART When you look back on your life that which stands out are the moments where another's heart held yours Your pets Your family Your friends A strangers kindness A smile full of warmth Words when you felt low that lifted your spirits THE HEART When you continue to step through this life, it will be the heart again that makes moments stand out. So here is an opportunity of two hours being held by my heart, being heard and embraced by the hearts of every woman who attends. It's £15 to attend Link in story or contact me for details Bring a cushion Bring yourself, show the true, authentic you to a group of women who care. (A crocheted heart goes home with each one of you,made with love by @whiledarceysleeps) Much love Sally xx #wisewomanguide

Feeling discouraged or hopeless? If Easter loosed new life into the world, why are you experiencing those same old emotions, desires, troubles, habits that you want to be free of? Why aren’t you experiencing the victory NOW? The resurrection bought salvation for us, once for all. It is finished. Eternity is secure. That victory is NOW the minute we accept it. We paid none of the price; we did not participate in the victory except to humble ourselves and accept it. But the resurrection did not instantly change us all into robots who could no longer make mistakes or break each other’s hearts. Transformation is not a single event, but a journey that is enabled by relationship with Jesus and access to the victorious power that was loosed at the cross. It is a journey of intimacy with God as we surrender, pray, seek His wisdom, and honor His word, renouncing our own great plans and admitting our desperate need. Robots neither give love nor receive it. We are becoming new, learning to love God and each other. We have new life, new hope, new power, and our Father’s unstoppable presence. It is a process, and it is worth it. “Look, I am making everything new!” [Revelation 21:5] #WomensMinistry #HealingHearts #WomensBibleStudies #BibleStudies #WomensHearts #ChristianWomen #BrokenHearts #WoundedHearts #Redemption #WomensIdentity #NewLife #Forgiveness #WholeheartedWomen #WholeheartedWoman #Comfort #WholeheartedWomanBook #Grace #Identity #Motherhood #OriginStory #Abortion #WholeHearts #Hope #JesusHeals #FreedomMinistry #EncourageWomen #ThirstyHearts #Forgiveness #InnerHealing #Freedom

Meet the advisors: Dr. Robert Allan, PhD is an internationally recognized pioneer in cardiac psychology. He is a clinical psychologist specializing in cardiac psychology, stress/anger management, and pain medicine. He has treated hundreds of cardiac patients with individual psychotherapy and conducted more than 3,000 cardiac support groups. Dr. Allan established the first stress reduction-support group for cardiac patients in the New York Metropolitan area at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (now Weill Cornell Medicine). He and his team have provided Preventing Heart Disease classes on the step-down coronary care unit to over 15,000 patients and their family members.

Living from the heart is also taking care of your own heart and taking care of yourself

The studies that show the benefits of laughter on the heart and that demonstrate the negative role of anger and hostility are the same studies that, in fine print, are reminding us that the heart is literally, metaphorically, and spiritually the center of what makes us who we are.