Archives for 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

This is my advice for making the most of American Heart Month. I hope you Go Red for yourself and spread the word. Please feel free to use this graphic, just please link back here. Thanks! – Jen  

So far in my life I’ve experienced two life-altering traumas. Having a heart attack at age 37 was actually the second. The first, and in some ways far more profound, was the birth of my son 9 weeks premature and weighing only 1 lb. 13 oz. He spent 56 days in the NICU and we […]

Heart disease patients and caregivers — here’s an opportunity to influence resources available online. WEGO Health is a health-focused social network of more than 100,000 patient influencers (community leaders, bloggers, tweeps, and Facebook page managers) who are actively involved in health online. The network interested in expanding and developing its heart health/heart disease network and resources and wants to hear […]