More than ten years ago, exercise saved my life as a distance runner turned heart attack survivor. The years of training built up strength in my arteries that helped me survive two heart attacks with blockages of 80 and 100 percent. That’s why I am so glad I found Molly Doyle Fitness and started working […]
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Feb 2024
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Feb 2024
Today, we will celebrate Go Red for Women in Minnesota at the Evening of Empowerment event. My fellow Go Red Woman of Impact nominees and I, along with 20 heart disease survivors, will mark 20 years of Go Red for Women’s work to raise awareness, improve health equity, and research women’s unique heart disease risks, […]
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Feb 2024
The connection between maternal health and heart disease is intensely personal to me. More than 22 years ago, my first son was born nine weeks early and extremely small (less than two pounds) due to a rare complication called HELLP syndrome (similar to an extreme form of pre-eclampsia). And then, when he was 10, I […]
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Feb 2024
Since 2004, the American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative, Go Red for Women, has addressed the awareness and clinical care gaps of women’s greatest health threat, cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular continues to be the No. 1 killer of women — claiming more lives than all forms of cancer combined. Nearly 45% of women over age 20 […]
To kick off February as American Heart Month, five Twin Cities women are joining the American Heart Association to fight their number one health threat, cardiovascular disease (CVD) through the Woman of Impact initiative. Woman of Impact is an extension of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women® movement, a comprehensive platform designed two decades ago […]
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Feb 2024
Today, on National Wear Red Day, I am excited to kick off my Go Red Woman of Impact campaign in support of Go Red for Women. Throughout the next nine weeks, I will be working to make the greatest impact possible on the future of women’s health. Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of […]
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Jan 2024
It has been a while, but I am back, advocating for women’s heart health and raising awareness of women’s #1 health risk! This year, the Go Red for Women program turns 20! I am one of 20 survivors being featured at this year’s Go Red Gala in the Twin Cities, and I’ve been asked to […]
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Sep 2015
Hello again
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I’ve actually never let my blog go unattended for so long before, and I’m sorry! I really do miss writing and hearing from readers. In addition to the couple dozen started-but-never-published posts stored in my drafts folder, here’s what I’ve been up to since my last post, in no particular order. Started running every day. […]
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Mar 2015
I never met a microphone I didn’t like, and the microphone, stage, and crowd last Saturday at the Minnesota’s Red Dress Collection fashion show did not disappoint. I got to wear a designed-for-me gown by Thom Navarro, get made beautiful by Lili Salon Spa hair and makeup artists, and be adorned with gems by Realia by […]
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Feb 2015
During the month of January, my brother Mike’s family decided to try eating vegan and I asked if I could share some about their experiment and their favorite recipes. It was so fun to share the perspective of their kids — Oliver, 10, Natalie, 8, Jenna, 7, and Lauren, 4 — but we didn’t want to leave […]
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