Today, we will celebrate Go Red for Women in Minnesota at the Evening of Empowerment event. My fellow Go Red Woman of Impact nominees and I, along with 20 heart disease survivors, will mark 20 years of Go Red for Women’s work to raise awareness, improve health equity, and research women’s unique heart disease risks, […]
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Feb 2024
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Feb 2024
The connection between maternal health and heart disease is intensely personal to me. More than 22 years ago, my first son was born nine weeks early and extremely small (less than two pounds) due to a rare complication called HELLP syndrome (similar to an extreme form of pre-eclampsia). And then, when he was 10, I […]
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Feb 2024
Since 2004, the American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative, Go Red for Women, has addressed the awareness and clinical care gaps of women’s greatest health threat, cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular continues to be the No. 1 killer of women — claiming more lives than all forms of cancer combined. Nearly 45% of women over age 20 […]
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Jan 2024
It has been a while, but I am back, advocating for women’s heart health and raising awareness of women’s #1 health risk! This year, the Go Red for Women program turns 20! I am one of 20 survivors being featured at this year’s Go Red Gala in the Twin Cities, and I’ve been asked to […]
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Mar 2015
I never met a microphone I didn’t like, and the microphone, stage, and crowd last Saturday at the Minnesota’s Red Dress Collection fashion show did not disappoint. I got to wear a designed-for-me gown by Thom Navarro, get made beautiful by Lili Salon Spa hair and makeup artists, and be adorned with gems by Realia by […]
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Feb 2015
This February I shared nine ways you can Go Red during American Heart Month (and beyond) to make a difference for yourself and others. This series will provide more information and resources on each of them. Today’s post: Get connected. I started this blog just a few days after getting home from the hospital after my […]
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Feb 2015
Earlier this month I shared nine ways you can Go Red during American Heart Month and make a difference for yourself and others. This series will provide more information and resources on each of them. Today’s post: Get checked. Carolyn Thomas is an influential heart disease blogger and speaker, and one of the first heart sisters […]
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Feb 2015
Wear Red Day gets bigger and better every year! Thank you to everyone who wore red (and told people why!), sent me a photo, tweeted, tagged, or posted your photos — friends, family, coworkers, heart sisters near and far, blog readers, friends of friends, and more. It’s such an incredible feeling to see so much support. […]
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Feb 2015
This year I am serving as a national spokeswoman for Go Red for Women, and in that role I was asked to contribute an article to the Huffington Post. As I thought about what I wanted women — and everyone really — to know about heart disease, I landed on what is perhaps the most […]
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Feb 2015
This Friday is National Wear Red Day! Will you wear red with me? It’s fun and easy: Step 1: Wear something red. Step 2: Take a picture of yourself looking smashing in red. Step 3: Send it to me at jen (at) mylifeinred.net or post on social media (my Facebook page is facebook.com/mylifeinredblog and Twitter is […]
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