Creating calm in the chaos — small habits that helped me feel a little more in control again. When you’re recovering from a heart attack, mornings can feel uncertain. You wake up, and for a few seconds, everything seems normal — until the memory rushes back. The hospital. The fear. The realisation that life has … Read more
When you’ve worked hard all your life, rest doesn’t come easy. After a heart attack, everyone tells you to slow down — but if you’ve spent decades measuring yourself by what you do, stopping feels like failure. That’s exactly how it felt for me. Rest didn’t feel like recovery — it felt wrong, uncomfortable, almost … Read more
October 14, 2025 • by Dougie Smith When you’re in the middle of a heart attack, you’d think your first thought would be about survival — but for many of us, it isn’t.It’s about the people we love. In this new episode of Stronger After the Storm, I ask the question that hit me the … Read more
October 7, 2025 — by Dougie Smith When you come home from the hospital, you expect life to go back to normal. But it doesn’t — not really. The mates, the banter, the routines — they all shift. You’ve changed, and that’s hard for others to understand. In this week’s episode of Stronger After the … Read more
You’ve made it out of the hospital — but sometimes that’s when the real storm begins. For many men, the hardest part of a heart attack isn’t the hospital stay, the surgery, or the rehab. It’s what comes after: the long nights, the racing thoughts, and the silent question — “Will it happen again?” In … Read more