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Heart Failure – EMPOWER Program

Living with heart failure can be tough. EMPOWER is here to help. EMPOWER is a mental wellness intervention that includes a psychology-based coping skills program (topics include pacing to save energy, managing thoughts, sleep etc.), access to weekly mind-body routines with movement, breathwork and meditations. Each week, a tip is also provided about heart failure from a leading expert in the field. Commitment: approximately 90 minutes each week (spread over 3 times each week) for 12 weeks. Participants must also complete surveys about their health and experience in the program at the beginning and end of the program which take about 40 minutes each time. Learn more at https://empower-program.com/heart-failure/.

Spring 2024 Writing the Heart 4-Week Workshop Series

Toronto General Hospital

Being diagnosed with heart failure or disease can make you feel as if your world has turned upside down. Powerful emotions come with the diagnosis: fear, anger, sadness, loss—often difficult to express. Writing has been shown to have emotional and physiological benefits to those dealing with life-threatening or chronic conditions, hardship, or trauma. Facilitated by Sharon Bray, Ed.D., author, educator and heart failure patient, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research hosts a series of workshops where you can learn why, and how, writing can be healing, whether you write alone or with others. “As patients, I think we learn a lot from each other,” Sharon says. “The workshops build an extraordinary community through story. People realize they’re not alone.” Each two-hour session of this four-part series facilitated by Sharon Bray Ed.D. will be conducted in an atmosphere of safety and support with the same participants each week. Sharon will guide the group with specific writing prompts, with time allocated for writing and reflection, as well as sharing of your writing. Group participants will be encouraged to practice deep active listening and offer supportive feedback on the writing shared. This Expressive Writing series is led by an experienced facilitator and allows […]

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