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After your loved one has had a heart attack, it can feel overwhelming to remember all of their needs, never mind your own. Here are four tips from the Heart Foundation to keep in mind to make sure you’re on track:
1. Listen
According to the Heart Foundation, listening to your…
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Getting proper sleep is crucial to managing stress (a major risk factor for heart attacks) and keeping healthy. If you can’t sleep, it may be because you’re not following healthy sleep habits, or what Harvard Medical School’s Division of Sleep Medicine calls, “sleep hygiene.” Here are some top tips to get you back to bed…
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After your loved one has a heart attack, it can be hard to know exactly what to say. Plus, you’re seemingly suddenly tasked with communicating with all kinds of people: doctors, insurance companies, other healthcare professionals, not to mention your friends and family. Here are some tips from the Heart Foundation for...
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Today’s stress-relief activity is Walking Meditation. You might picture meditation as sitting quietly on the floor cross-legged, but there are many ways to meditate, including getting up and moving! The AHA includes walking as a form of fitness meditation that can be done mindfully. Walking Meditation has four basic steps…
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We’ve all heard about the potential benefits of yoga—fans claim the practice can reduce stress, boosts metabolism, and burns calories—but how much of those health benefits are true? Can yoga really do it all?
William Broad is the author of The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards. He is a yoga practitioner and a science writer at the New York Times. Broad spoke to NPR’s Science Friday about the numerous popular health claims around the practice…
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Today’s stress-relief activity is a Body Scan Meditation. Sounds scary, but it’s easy to do on your own in any setting in which you’re able to sit down or lie down completely. You can listen to a three minute guided Body Scan Meditation produced by UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, or give it a try using the steps outlined below...
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Today’s stress-relief activity is belly breathing. Though it sounds simple, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs recommends belly breathing in situations that can be stressful, like when waiting at the doctor’s office. It’s not too tricky—they recommend this five step approach...
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Today’s stress-relief activity is yoga! Yoga can be intimidating to get into at first, but we’ll talk you through a good beginner pose...
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Smoking can be detrimental to heart health and is one of the risk factors for heart attacks, so it’s important to quit smoking as a part of your heart attack recovery. Here are five tips from the American Heart Association to make your smoking cessation as smooth as possible…
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Here’s a reminder that you’re not in this alone. Quitting smoking is difficult, and there are many resources out there to help...
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