Caron Grossman is a registered nurse, breathwork facilitator, author and heart attack survivor. Her memoir, Listen to Your Heart Song: Navigating the Unexpected, weaves together her experiences of adolescent grief, addiction, recovery and a near-fatal heart attack, offering hope, honesty and practical insight for anyone navigating their own unexpected life events.
We talk about:
- How Caron’s heart attack actually began
- Why the classic male symptoms of heart attack still dominate emergency call scripts and training
- How many women are told they’re having an anxiety attack or indigestion when they’re actually having a cardiac event
- The legacy of her mother’s early death from a misdiagnosed heart attack, and how that shaped Caron’s life and choices
- The emotional impact of “doing everything right” and still having a heart attack
- Practical tools for women worried about heart disease risk
- The importance of tuning into unusual symptoms in women
- How grief in adolescence led Caron into addiction, binge eating and numbing
- The role of 12-step recovery, spiritual connection and community in her healing
- Conscious connected breathwork as a powerful modality for regulating the nervous system
- How writing – including daily journaling and “two-way prayer” – helped Caron process grief, shame and fear
- Why women need to advocate for themselves in medical settings
And more!
Caron’s website: www.carongrossman.com
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Book: Listen To Your Heart Song: Navigating The Unexpected
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