Heart Health Support For Women - You Matter
Our Approach
Our focus is exclusively on women because women can experience poorer cardiovascular outcomes compared to men.
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We view heart health through a positive psychology perspective, which means focusing on your strengths, not your weaknesses. We get curious about what supports and challenges you, and then guide you with ways to promote your physical and emotional well-being
—caring for your body, heart, and mind.
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Meet Heather
I have had the privilege of practicing as a cardiovascular nurse for over 30 years. I have found that women find it easier to recover or make lifestyle changes with caring support. Each person experiences health differently! It is my honor to work alongside women, promoting both their heart health and psychological well-being.
After completing my PhD in Nursing, I opened Sage Well-being as I saw a strong need for a women’s heart health initiative in Calgary. Currently, there is a disparity in the cardiovascular outcomes between women and men. Women are unique. Experts suggest the reason for this disparity is that women have been ‘under-researched, under-diagnosed, under-treated and under-supported during recovery’. We're here to change this!
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At Sage Well-being we promise to provide you with compassionate and knowledgeable care.
Areas of interest:
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women's heart health
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psychological well-being
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reducing cardiovascular risk factors
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supporting women whose weight poses a cardiovascular risk
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hakomi therapy
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cardiorespiratory fitness
Education
PhD Nursing - Women's Health - 2023
University of Calgary
Canadian Advanced Learning in Bariatric Care Certificate - 2023
Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy Certificate - 2021
Master of Nursing - 2011
University of Calgary
Bachelor of Nursing - 1992
University of Lethbridge
Background
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Founder, Sage Well-being (present)
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Faculty of Nursing (present)
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Program Nurse, TotalCardiology Rehabilitation
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Nursing Practice Instructor, University of Calgary
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Cardiovascular Research Nurse, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Staff Nurse, Cardiovascular ICU, Foothills Hospital
