Episode 37 - Saying Goodbye To The Life Before

Episode 37 - Saying Goodbye To The Life Before

Episode 37 - Saying Goodbye To The Life Before There's a part of recovery nobody really talks about. For me, it looked a lot like grief — but nobody had died. This week I talk about saying goodbye to the life I had before the heart attack. Not just the man I was on the inside, but the shape of my days. The pace I kept. The quiet assumptions about how it was all going to go. There's even a name for it — ambiguous loss. Grief without a death. Mourning something that's gone in a way nobody quite sees, sometimes including yourself. If you're missing who you were, missing the way life used to be, and not yet sure who you're becoming — you're not on your own with it. I think there's a lot of us in that space. 🔗 Free 7-Day Mind Reset Plan — for that in-between place when you're not quite sure who you're becoming yet:  👉 https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/ [https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/] 💻 Visit StrongerAfterTheStorm.com — the home of the podcast and weekly Reflection Letters.   📩 Each week I write an honest letter for men rebuilding life after a heart attack. You can sign up on the site.   🎧 Make sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.   ⭐ If something in this episode helped you, please leave a review on Apple or Spotify — it really helps more men find us.   🤝 And if you know someone going through the same storm, share this with him. It might be just what he needs today.

Episode 36 | The Gap Between Knowing and Doing

Episode 36 | The Gap Between Knowing and Doing After everything I'd been through — the heart attack, the recovery, the lessons — you'd think I'd be the first to stop when my body told me to. This week I wasn't. And it caught me out. In this episode I talk about something every man who's been through a cardiac event wrestles with. The gap between what you know you should do — and what life makes you do anyway. The signals were there. The fatigue. The breathlessness. That running on empty feeling. But finances, responsibility, and that deep instinct to just keep going overrode all of it. Until my body stopped asking politely. If any of that sounds familiar — this one's for you. 🔗 Free 7-Day Mind Reset Plan: 👉 https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/ [https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/] 💻 Visit StrongerAfterTheStorm.com — the home of the podcast and weekly Reflection Letters.   📩 Each week I write an honest letter for men rebuilding life after a heart attack. You can sign up on the site.   🎧 Make sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.   ⭐ If something in this episode helped you, please leave a review on Apple or Spotify — it really helps more men find us.   🤝 And if you know someone going through the same storm, share this with him. It might be just what he needs today.

Episode 35 - You're Not The Same Man After A Heart Attack — Here's Why That's Okay

Episode 35 - You're Not The Same Man After A Heart Attack — Here's Why That's Okay You survived the heart attack. You did the rehab. You went back to work. But something underneath has changed — and nobody warned you about that part. In this episode I talk about what it really feels like when you start to realise you're not the same man you were before. The shift in how you think, what you notice, what you care about. The frustration of wanting the old you back. And the quiet adjustment that happens when you finally accept that recovery isn't about going backwards — it's about figuring out who you are now. If you've been carrying this quietly, you're not the only one. FREE 7-DAY MIND RESET PLAN Built from the things that actually helped me in those early raw days after my heart attack. Download it free at  https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/ Stronger After the Storm — honest conversations for men rebuilding life after difficult things. Website:  https://strongerafterthestorm.com/youre-not-the-same-man-after-a-heart-attack/ New podcast episodes every Tuesday. 💻 Visit StrongerAfterTheStorm.com — the home of the podcast and weekly Reflection Letters.   📩 Each week I write an honest letter for men rebuilding life after a heart attack. You can sign up on the site.   🎧 Make sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.   ⭐ If something in this episode helped you, please leave a review on Apple or Spotify — it really helps more men find us.   🤝 And if you know someone going through the same storm, share this with him. It might be just what he needs today.

Episode 34 - It Took Me 11 Years to Talk About This (After a Heart Attack)

It took me 11 years to talk about this.  After my heart attack, I didn’t just carry the physical recovery — I carried everything that came after it.  The fear.  The silence.  The questions I didn’t know how to answer.  Tonight, I want to tell you why.  This isn’t a polished version of the story.  It’s the honest one — the part that took years to say out loud.  If you’ve been through something similar, you’ll understand why it doesn’t always come easy.   If the mental side of recovery still feels heavy, start here:  👉 https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/ [https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/]   This channel is for men rebuilding life after a heart attack.  No hype.  No pretending.  Just real conversations about what it actually feels like.  💻 Visit StrongerAfterTheStorm.com — the home of the podcast and weekly Reflection Letters.   📩 Each week I write an honest letter for men rebuilding life after a heart attack. You can sign up on the site.   🎧 Make sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.   ⭐ If something in this episode helped you, please leave a review on Apple or Spotify — it really helps more men find us.   🤝 And if you know someone going through the same storm, share this with him. It might be just what he needs today.

Episode 33 Telling Your Story When You’re Finally Ready

Episode 33 Telling Your Story When You’re Finally Ready A lot of men go through something life-changing… and then stay quiet about it for years. Not because they’ve forgotten it.  Not because it didn’t matter. But because sometimes it takes time to process what really happened. In this episode of Stronger After The Storm, I talk about why many men stay silent after a heart attack, why there is no perfect timeline for opening up, and how speaking honestly can become part of healing. Because recovery doesn’t always happen in the early weeks. Sometimes it begins years later… when you finally tell your story. In This Episode • Why many men stay quiet after survival  • The pressure to “just move on”  • Why healing has no fixed timeline  • What speaking honestly can change  • How your story may help someone else too Start Here If the head noise has been sitting there in the background, this gives you something steady to follow: 👉 https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/ [https://strongerafterthestorm.com/the-7-day-mind-reset-plan/] Website 👉 https://strongerafterthestorm.com/telling-your-story-when-youre-finally-ready/ New episodes every Tuesday. 💻 Visit StrongerAfterTheStorm.com — the home of the podcast and weekly Reflection Letters.   📩 Each week I write an honest letter for men rebuilding life after a heart attack. You can sign up on the site.   🎧 Make sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.   ⭐ If something in this episode helped you, please leave a review on Apple or Spotify — it really helps more men find us.   🤝 And if you know someone going through the same storm, share this with him. It might be just what he needs today.