It’s not what you do. It’s who you are.
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by Carolyn Thomas
3d ago
Résumé virtues are what you do: the workplace skills you'd talk about when job-hunting.  But eulogy virtues are who you are:  what people will say about you at your funeral ..read more
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#PatientsIncluded “Lite”: sort of, maybe, but not really
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by Carolyn Thomas
1w ago
Here's my take on what can happen when academics, journal editors, and medical conference organizers tell us they welcome patient partners ..read more
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Habituation: “Give me a pain that I’m used to!”
Heart Sisters
by Carolyn Thomas
2w ago
How I realized that I'd not yet become habituated to new arthritis pain in the way I'd already become habituated to my longstanding cardiac pain ..read more
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Cardiac College for (Freshly Diagnosed) Women: “Your heart is like a house”
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by Carolyn Thomas
3w ago
The more heart patients learn about heart disease, the better we can manage the 8,765 hours per year we aren't spending with our cardiologist. Here's how 'Cardiac College for Women' can help us manage those hours ..read more
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Heart Month 2024: my interview with Lindsay Dixon
Heart Sisters
by Carolyn Thomas
1M ago
Don't miss this Heart Month interview about women's heart health that I did with pharmacist/science communicator Lindsay Dixon ..read more
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Swedish death cleaning isn’t only about death
Heart Sisters
by Carolyn Thomas
1M ago
"The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning" suggests that if we don't sort out our possessions now, we're condemning our families to do the job for us later ..read more
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Cardiac research: more fun facts
Heart Sisters
by Carolyn Thomas
1M ago
Dr. Sian Harding's book "The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart" is such a good read that it now lives beside my favourite chair where it's handy for re-reading random chapters... Here's why ..read more
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Cold weather = worse angina symptoms!
Heart Sisters
by Carolyn Thomas
2M ago
If you live with heart disease, it's important to know the surprising effects of COLD TEMPERATURES on your heart health ..read more
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“Did that go okay?” How to tell if your message is landing
Heart Sisters
by Carolyn Thomas
2M ago
"We all want the words we use publicly to be heard, understood and maybe even remembered..."~ Carrie Fox :3 ways my public speaking skills evolved after my heart attack ..read more
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How health journalists help “to make people who feel invisible feel seen”
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by Carolyn Thomas
2M ago
Having severe symptoms dismissed by the doctors we turn to for help can feel as crushing as the physical suffering itself, says science writer Ed Yong - who believes that journalists can "clarify the unfathomable for people too sick to do it themselves."  ..read more
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