About this episode

Brian Simpson reflects on his experience with heart attacks and the mindset shift that helped him view it as a turning point rather than an end.

Send us Fan Mail Lately I’ve been reflecting on something I didn’t expect to stay with me this long. After a conversation with a coaching client who’s living in constant fear that their heart attack might happen again, I found myself asking… Why didn’t I feel that? And the truth is—it’s not that I felt nothing. I just felt something different. I didn’t see my heart attack as the end… I saw it as a turning point. I didn’t see my body as broken… I saw it as communicating. And that ...

People in this episode

Host: Brian Simpson

Topics covered

• heart health
• mental resilience
• personal reflection
• overcoming fear
• life after heart attack

Keywords

• heart attack
• fear
• reflection
• mindset
• health
• resilience

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