A Balanced Heart Is A Healthy Heart
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By Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum | Posted Dec 31, 2024
Welcome to the last step of our 10 Steps to Heart Health. Guess what? You did it. (Applause!) We’re here at the end, and I know that this has been a journey for all of you. Over the course of the past couple of months, we have worked to finish the year with a healthier heart.
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It’s really about changing how you think about things, changing how you feel about them, and changing how you live. You’re doing it and it’s amazing. I want you to be so proud of yourself because you have reached the last session in your journey.
I’m hoping that you’ve learned that self-care is an essential part of your life. I hope you are thinking about your heart just a little differently, and maybe you’re going to allow yourself to continue this journey after it’s over. Have you learned about what it means to have self-care as part of your life every day? Have you learned the importance of taking care of yourself and what it truly means to live from the heart?
I hope so. As we move forward, I’m just going to ask you to pay attention to yourself, to give your heart a little bit of love, and let’s make Adesso a movement. Talk to your friends, talk to your family. Talk to all those women in your life that you love so you can bring them on board so they can start their own journey.
Here’s the question, what is your Adesso? What is your ‘now’? What are you living for? Is your ‘now’ from where we started the same ‘now’, or is it changing in five years from now?
What is your ‘now’ going to be? I want you to keep your reason in mind every day when you get up and start a new day. Some days aren’t perfect, but the best news is you get tomorrow to start again.
You’ve now been educated and your job is to advocate for yourself every year. Go get your numbers checked. This is about self-advocacy. When you go to a doctor, you ask for what you need. You get the testing you deserve. You find out your risk, and you do something about it because you know what? Your heart is in your hands, and now I hope you continue this journey and help others advocate for themselves.
I always say live from the heart, and it’s about finding that place that allows you to live your life the best way you can. You get to choose how you want to live the rest of your life. Who do you want to be? Do you want to live from the heart and do all the things you want to do for as long as you can do them?
Do you want to wake up every day with the glass half full and know that you get to choose who and how you want to be because you are nourishing yourself with the best food because you are exercising and taking care of your arteries and getting your heart strong because you are taking care of your mind and your emotions, and you are nurturing and fostering all the things that allow you to be the best you can be. My wish for each and every one of you is that you can live from the heart for as long as you can.
I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and my ‘now’ is to change the statistics around women and heart disease for all. I want you to be on that journey with me because my Adesso, my ‘now’, is to make sure that these statistics change. This is a movement. This is my mission. Let’s make it your mission too. Educate, empower, and advocate.
Take one small step of heartcare today. Click here to visit our fun, little quiz that will tell you if your heart is in balance. Post that or something like it where you’ll see it: On your mirror, on your laptop, on your social media?! (and yes, please tag us so we can celebrate the start of your heartcare journey). Make the decision, now… Adesso!
