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Heart Talk with HillaryChelsea Hayes - Acute Viral Lymphocytic MyocarditisSend a textToday I am joined by Chelsea Hayes — a young wife and mother — who experienced a sudden and terrifying medical emergency that completely turned her world upside down. What began unexpectedly soon led to a diagnosis of acute viral lymphocytic myocarditis… a form of viral myocarditis that, even after my own journey with heart failure, I had not yet learned about.In this conversation, Chelsea shares what it felt like to go from being a healthy and busy mom of two to fighting for her life. She talks about her symptoms at the very b...
2026-02-1940 min
Heart Talk with HillaryAllie Dillingham Hipp - Acute Viral MyocarditisSend a textToday’s episode is a really special one, because I’m sitting down with a young woman named Allie—who actually found me on Instagram and reached out to share her story. And when I read her message, I was struck by how similar her journey was to mine.Allie was young, healthy, and had no prior health conditions. But after getting sick, her health declined rapidly. Thankfully, her parents trusted their instincts and got her to the hospital just in the nick of time. That decision truly changed the course of her li...
2026-02-0936 min
Heart Talk with HillaryDr. Arjun Chagarlamudi - Interventional CardiologistSend us a textToday’s episode is one I’ve been looking forward to for a long time.I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Arjun Chagarlamudi, the very first cardiologist who ever took care of me — during the most critical 36 hours of my life at Salem Hospital. I only got to follow-up with him one time after the hospital so I was really excited to get to have this time with him.Dr. Chagarlamudi was the cardiologist who implanted my Impella CP, performed my pericardiocentesis, and made the li...
2026-01-221h 01
Heart Talk with HillaryCasey Gould - Peripartum CardiomyopathySend us a textWelcome back for SEASON 4! I can’t imagine a more meaningful way to begin this new season than with today’s episode, especially as Grey’s Anatomy also returns with a storyline depicting a main character being diagnosed with the exact same condition as our guest. Today, I’m joined by Casey Gould, a heart failure survivor who experienced peripartum (also called postpartum) cardiomyopathy just over a year ago while giving birth to her son, Archer.Casey had a healthy, uneventful pregnancy — one she genuinely enjoyed — but everything ch...
2026-01-0857 min
Heart Talk with HillaryDr. Abraham - Advanced HF/Transplant CardiologistSend us a textToday’s episode is incredibly special to me — because my guest isn’t just a renowned cardiologist… he was my cardiologist.I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Jacob Abraham, who cared for me during some of the most critical moments of my life and advocated greatly for me. He helped manage my care in the hospital and then continued to walk alongside me in the months and years that followed. Dr. Abraham is one of the most brilliant physicians but he’s also one of the kindest humans who treats...
2025-11-2047 min
Heart Talk with HillaryTara Benoit - SCADSend us a textIn today’s episode you will hear from an incredible woman named Tara Benoit. Tara is a former fitness competitor who was in the greatest shape of her life when she suffered the unexpected, a SCAD heart attack. SCAD stands for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and has also been dubbed the healthy woman’s heart attack. I previously interviewed another SCAD survivor in April of 2024 named Marcie Westwater so if you’d like to hear another story on SCAD please go back and listen to that one as well.In this conver...
2025-11-0750 min
Heart Talk with HillaryKaty Coski - Part 2: Acute Viral Myocarditis, Heart TransplantSend us a textToday's episode is Part 2 of a 2 Part series. So if you haven't already listened to Part 1 please go back and listen to that one first. In this episode, Katy and her husband, Aaron walk us through her entire heart transplant journey. From spending 5 weeks in the CICU to being discharged while still on the transplant list, then getting the call and even post-transplant life. Katy and Aaron's resilience and outlook on life is so beautiful and our prayer is that their story will bring some hope and comfort to others along t...
2025-08-2840 min
Heart Talk with HillaryKaty Coski - Part 1: Acute Viral Myocarditis, Heart TransplantSend us a textSometimes life brings people into your path in ways that feel nothing short of divine and that is the case for today’s guests. I’ll never forget when I first heard about Katy Coski. Her sister, Karley reached out to me over social media, telling me that it sounded like her sister was going through exactly what I had been through.I was stunned to learn that not only did Karlee live in Salem and work out at the same gym as me but her sister Katy who lives in Alas...
2025-08-1442 min
Heart Talk with HillaryLauryn Sousa - Acute Viral MyocarditisSend us a textToday’s guest is my friend, Lauryn Sousa. She’s a young, active preschool teacher from Rhode Island whose life took a terrifying turn earlier this year after she contracted the flu. What started as a common illness quickly spiraled into a life-threatening emergency.Lauryn lives alone, and navigating the early symptoms on her own was incredibly scary. Thankfully Lauryn made it to the hospital in time but it wasn’t all uphill from there— at one point, her doctors told her parents something no parent ever wants to hear, “your daughter o...
2025-07-3149 min
Heart Talk with HillarySalina's Story - Cancer, CHF & Heart TransplantSend us a textToday, I’m honored to share the incredible journey of Salina — a woman whose story is filled with strength, unexpected turns, and undeniable miracles.Salina was diagnosed with cancer at 14 years old, and while she bravely made it through treatment during her high school years, the chemotherapy drug was so strong that it weakened her heart muscle eventually leading to heart failure. As a first time mom in her 20’s Salina was going through the unthinkable but she held onto hope, even in the darkest moments. Despite all the setbacks, Salina never...
2025-07-171h 04
Heart Talk with HillaryDr. Thorsten Siess - Inventor, Impella Heart PumpSend us a textIn the past, you’ve heard powerful stories from heart failure survivors and their caregivers—but today, we’re hearing from someone who has played a very different role in the fight to save lives from heart failure. This is someone extremely near and dear to my heart. Truthfully I don’t think I’d be alive today if it weren’t for this man, Dr. Thorsten Siess, the inventor of the Impella heart pump. I had the privilege of meeting Thorsten a couple of years ago and it is one of the highlights o...
2025-07-031h 01
Heart Talk with HillarySienna's Story - HLHS & Severe Heart FailureSend us a textIn today’s episode you’ll get to hear from Fano and Francesca, the proud parents of a beautiful 4yr old girl named, Sienna. Sienna was born with HLHS which stands for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. HLHS causes the left side of the heart to be underdeveloped. Thankfully it has a good prognosis with the help of multiple surgeries including an open heart surgery that usually occurs when a baby is just a few days old. Sienna was doing really well until their entire family got sick with the flu in December of 2022 and...
2025-01-1658 min
Heart Talk with HillaryAcute Viral Myocarditis - Tru's StorySend us a textIf you follow me on instagram then you know how special this episode is. Back in June of this year a friend of mine had sent me a post on instagram about a little 3 year old boy named Tru who was on vacation in Hawaii and suddenly became very ill. It turned out that he was fighting acute viral myocarditis. I immediately began praying for this little boy and his entire family. I shared every update I saw over the course of the next few weeks and I know many of you were...
2024-11-1448 min
Heart Talk with HillaryJenna Tanner - Myocardial InfarctionSend us a textIn today’s episode you get to meet Jenna Tanner a wife and Mom of 3 from Oklahoma. Jenna shares her story of surviving a sudden and major heart attack while home alone in 2022. In our conversation Jenna shares about her subtle symptoms leading up to the heart attack and how easy it is as women to disregard these symptoms. We discuss the disparity of information on female heart attack symptoms as opposed to male’s. She also shares about the critical moment she managed to call 911 and how quickly the first responders made it t...
2024-10-3144 min
Heart Talk with HillaryMichelle Averitt - Cardiac ArrestSend us a textIn this episode you get to meet my friend, Michelle. I was so encouraged after this conversation. Michelle’s cardiac arrest happened in 2011 and yet she’s still out here sharing and bringing awareness to what happened to her. I can only hope that I’ll be doing the same in another decade or so.Michelle's story is one of incredible resilience while enduring many trials. In 2011 while in her early 30’s, Michelle was a wife and young mother. She was incredibly active running 4 miles a day and very health conscious. So it wa...
2024-10-1735 min
Heart Talk with HillaryFranziska Bleis - Myocarditis and Heart TransplantSend us a textAbiomed has been such a wonderful resource for me, connecting me to so many people all over the world who have experienced heart failure. Today, I get to introduce you to Franzi. She lives in Germany which also happens to be where Thorstein Seiss, the inventor of the Impella lives and is from. Franzi shares her story about how coming down with the common cold led her on a scary years long journey of battling heart failure. She went from a common cold to heart failure and needing an Impella, to her husband...
2024-10-0345 min
Heart Talk with HillaryAlex Gehle - Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)In today's episode you get to meet Alex Gehle, a 32 year old husband and father to 3. Earlier this year Alex had a very sudden heart attack while playing flag football. I connected with him over instagram recently and I really wanted to hear more of his story. Alex not only survived his heart attack but he also survived coding multiple times. He had both the Impella CP and the Impella 5.5 and he was sedated for the majority of his hospitalization but there is one thing he shares about his Impella removal that really shocked me! His story is...
2024-09-1934 min
Heart Talk with HillaryChavez Adams - Viral Myocarditis & CardiomyopathySend us a textI am so excited for you all to hear today’s episode. This conversation is definitely the most I’ve ever laughed while discussing heart failure. Chavez has the most infectious and positive personality and he just radiates joy. Today he shares his story of battling viral myocarditis at 29 years old after having recovered from covid. We talk about everything from law school to food blogging to heart failure and hospitals. Chavez graciously highlights the disparity he experienced as a black male seeking help when he was sick and how important it is...
2024-09-0544 min
Heart Talk with HillaryCheyenne Tallmon - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy & Heart TransplantSend us a textWelcome back to the podcast. In this episode I interviewed my friend, Cheyenne. I first heard about Cheyenne through a friend whose sister was being treated for acute viral myocarditis at Providence St.Vincent’s just like I had been. My friend told me there was this girl who was also at St.Vincent’s due to heart failure but she had also just given birth. I remember praying for Cheyenne as I heard bits and pieces about her story but hadn’t met her. In April of last year I received a messag...
2024-05-091h 03
Heart Talk with HillaryMarcie Westwater - SCAD SurvivorSend us a textOn today’s episode you will get to hear from my friend Marcie Wastewater. She is a beautiful, healthy, super active wife and mom of 2. She is going to share with you her story of surviving SCAD (S-C-A-D) which stands for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. It’s as scary as it sounds and it has also been called the “healthy woman’s heart attack”. I can’t wait for you to hear how proactive and intuitive Marcie was with her initial symptoms and how her quick actions and directions helped save her life. We also talk...
2024-04-2552 min
Heart Talk with HillaryJessica Grib - Peripartum CardiomyopathySend us a textIn this episode you get to meet my friend, Jessica Grib. Jessica is a peripartum cardiomyopathy and paraganglioma survivor and advocate. In this episode she shares her story about the birth of her 2nd born child in 2016 and how she experienced heart failure and nearly died in the recovery room after delivery. Jessica later learned that she had a tumor called a paraganglioma that was the actual cause of her heart failure after giving birth. Jessica and I have only met via instagram but both have a shared connection with Abiomed as we a...
2024-04-1147 min
Heart Talk with HillaryLauren Delaney - Acute Viral Myocarditis & Heart TransplantSend us a textIn this episode you get to meet my friend, Lauren Delaney. Lauren and I met through social media and as wild as it sounds we also had the exact same team of cardiologists. Lauren lives about an hour north of me and super close to Providence St. Vincent's Hospital. Today she's sharing her heart failure and heart transplant story with you all. I'm so grateful for her willingness to share when she is only just shy of 6-months post transplant. If you have not registered to become an organ donor please take a...
2024-02-2958 min
Heart Talk with HillaryLauren Delaney's Heart Transplant Story - Acute Viral MyocarditisIn this episode you get to meet my friend, Lauren Delaney. Lauren and I met through social media and as wild as it sounds we also had the exact same team of cardiologists. Lauren lives about an hour north of me and super close to Providence St. Vincent's Hospital. Today she's sharing her heart failure and heart transplant story with you all. I'm so grateful for her willingness to share when she is only just shy of 6-months post transplant. If you have not registered to become an organ donor please take a minute of your time and follow...
2024-02-2958 min
Heart Talk with HillaryBobby Goines - Acute Viral MyocarditisSend us a textIn this episode, you get to meet my friends Bobby and Carly Goines. Abiomed's Patient Advocacy program connected Bobby and I in the Spring of 2022 a few months after we had both recovered from Acute Viral Myocarditis. Our stories are eerily similar which has created a lifetime bond for our two families. We got to meet in person last February and I am really excited for you all to hear his story. We talk about his initial symptoms, his ambulance rides, hospitalization, isolation, scars and even vaccines. We both hope you learn a...
2024-02-161h 08
Heart Talk with HillaryAcute Viral Myocarditis - Part 2 of Hillary's StorySend us a textIn this episode my husband and I walk you through the remainder of my hospitalization. From arriving at the second hospital while bleeding out in the ambulance all the way to discharging a few weeks later and going home. We did our best to summarize a 20-day hospitalization in two 1-hour episodes. There is certainly a whole lot more that could be said here and we could spend hours just on a single topic like recovery, isolation or an acute heart failure diagnosis but I hope that these two episodes have given you...
2024-02-151h 06
Heart Talk with HillaryAcute Viral Myocarditis - Part 1 of Hillary's StorySend us a textFor the very first episode of Heart to Heart I thought it would be helpful as the host to share my own experience with heart failure. I'm excited to also have my husband, Daniel along for this 2-part episode sharing his own perspective. In the first 48 hours of my hospitalization I was in and out of consciousness and Daniel was there with me. Soon after we were separated while I was put in Covid isolation. Daniel's perspective is not only helpful in piecing the timeline together but he also adds some helpful medical...
2024-01-3045 min
Programme BLe PizzagateLe 4 décembre 2016, un homme muni d’un fusil d’assaut entre au Comet Ping-Pong, une pizzeria située sur la Connecticut Avenue à Washington. Il tire à plusieurs reprises : touche des murs, une porte et un ordinateur de bureau, mais par chance, ne blesse personne.À l’origine de cet acte délirant, la propagation d’une rumeur conspirationniste accusant le camp d’Hillary Clinton, alors en pleine présidentielle, d’être impliqué dans un réseau mondial de traite d’être humain et de pédophilie.Juliette Livartowski remonte le fil de cette histoire.Programme B est un podcas...
2023-09-2915 min
Aufwachen!Facebook(t)rubelFreitag, 3. November 2017, 15:35 UhrWie teuer ist eigentlich ein amerikanischer Präsident? Gängiger Marktlogik entsprechend hoffen amerikanische Medien natürlich auf Milliardenbeträge. Doch plötzlich steht der Verdacht im Raum, man könne sich ins Weiße Haus für 5 Rubel 80 einmieten. Wie im Kongress darüber gesprochen wird ist ganz witzig. Außerdem schalten wir uns kurz in die Berichterstattung zum “DNC-Hack” – dem von Hillary Clinton. Und um die laufende Diskussion aufzulösen, befassen wir uns auch mit dem “Märchen vom Fachkräftemangel” und reden über das sinkende Erwerbspersonenpotential.
Wir danken unseren Produzenten Jannik, Dari...
2017-11-033h 17Aufwachen!Facebook(t)rubelFreitag, 3. November 2017, 15:35 UhrWie teuer ist eigentlich ein amerikanischer Präsident? Gängiger Marktlogik entsprechend hoffen amerikanische Medien natürlich auf Milliardenbeträge. Doch plötzlich steht der Verdacht im Raum, man könne sich ins Weiße Haus für 5 Rubel 80 einmieten. Wie im Kongress darüber gesprochen wird ist ganz witzig. Außerdem schalten wir uns kurz in die Berichterstattung zum “DNC-Hack” – dem von Hillary Clinton. Und um die laufende Diskussion aufzulösen, befassen wir uns auch mit dem “Märchen vom Fachkräftemangel” und reden über das sinkende Erwerbspersonenpotential.
Wir danken unseren Produzenten Jannik, Dari...
2017-11-033h 17
On Leading - Restorative Leadership InstituteAtossa Soltani — Giving Life Force To Local Wisdom for Global ImpactWith radical compassion and strategic savvy, Atossa Soltani does the seemingly impossible by leading international campaigns to protect the world’s tropical rainforests from extractive industries and large-scale energy projects. As the founder, former Executive Director, and now board president of Amazon Watch, Atossa has been advocating for indigenous rights and rainforest preservation for decades. Her success at convincing oil companies and international financial institutions to adopt stronger environmental and social standards earned Atossa the prestigious Hillary Laureate Award for Leadership in Climate Equity. In this interview, Atossa reveals the power of restorative leadership in action by listening deeply to he...
2016-04-2923 min