If you've ever left a doctor’s appointment feeling unheard, doubted, or even humiliated—you’re not alone. Maybe you were told your pain...

*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND OPINION NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, PLEASE SEE YOUR DOCTOR FOR ANY MEDICAL ADVICE * TW: Please be...

Welcome to our brand new home! From the Heart (previously Jess Brooke Heart Blog) has had a makeover and just like our new look our new...

Hey! I'm Jess, this is my first time blogging so bare with me. This is a blog about me, my life, my experiences and my opinions.  I have...

Why? It's the question I have found my self asking a lot over the last 6 years since my Open Heart Surgery, why me? why doesn't my heart...

As you will have noticed have had a break from writing over the last several months. I got to a point where I was so far from the best...

Heart Surgery by nature is traumatic, having your heart stopped, chest ripped opened and parts moved, removed and replaced is not normal...

Y'all know I talk a lot about how my surgery and all the events surrounding it have effected me irrevocably. The nightmares, sleepless...

Open heart surgery is such a big thing, such a traumatic event that it almost doesn't feel real, like it has happened to someone else and...

Ever since I can remember I have struggled socially. Anxiety, shyness and a big lack of self confidence rear their head on an almost...

I read this passage the other day and I think it is so profound and powerful "Like the brain, the heart generates a powerful...

Why? that dang little word drove me crazy for MONTHS. Why me? why does my heart not function like everyone else's? why is the only way to...

PLESE NOTE THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE AND NOT A PROFESSIONAL OPINION OR ADVICE* (it is also important to note none of these are diagnosed...

Hey friends, I'm finally back!  The last 4 months working and travelling through Canada and The USA have been INCREDIBLE! I can't...

As I sit here writing this, I am blown away at how fast the last two years have gone. I still remember the day I was told about my...

Who ever hears about something and goes "oh, so thats what that is?!" we all have those moments and usually they are small and...

There are moments in time that change you. As you look back on your life these moments seem to stand still while everything else keeps...

The goal of any surgery is to come out better than you were when you went in, no one likes to think about the pain that comes along with...

When researching CHD there is publications on everything you could possibly think of, but the one thing that is never discussed is the...

NOTE: I am in no way a medical professional and the following is simply my experience. Any concerns should be addressed with your doctor...