Ted Rogers Heart Failure Patient Education

Learn about heart failure, treatment options and how to better manage your health and live with heart failure.

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    • Expressive Writing Workshop
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Expressive Writing Workshop

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Being diagnosed with heart failure or disease can make you feel as if your world has turned upside down. Powerful emotions arise that are often difficult to express.

Expressive writing has proven emotional and physiological benefits for those managing chronic illness, hardship or trauma. The act of writing can help you feel better.

This non-medical extension of therapy is done in a safe and supportive environment with others and guided by a facilitator.  During the 90-minute free online workshop, heart failure, heart transplant or others living with heart conditions will learn why – and how – writing can be healing, learn expert tips on how to get started, and complete short sample writing exercises.

Join Sharon Bray, EdD, author, educator and heart failure patient for this free online workshop from 1 pm -2:30 pm EST on Thursday, March 11, 2021.

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Download Expressive Writing Tip-sheet and Resources PDF

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In This Section:

  • Preparing for Your Heart Function Clinic Appointment
  • Heart Failure Zones
  • Daily Weight Record
  • Expressive Writing Workshop
  • Heart and Stroke Foundation Report on Heart Failure
  • Additional Resources

About Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research

Through an integrated program of outstanding research, world-class education, and exceptional clinical care, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research will provide the world with new diagnoses, treatments and tools to help people prevent, manage and survive the devastating consequences of heart failure.

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