EP121 - Heart Health, Exercise, and Thriving in a Post-Stroke Life

02/11/19 • 32 min

Air Force Veteran Tamsen Butler was fit and healthy, when she experienced a sudden stroke at age 41, which was later found to be related to a birth defect in her heart. She’s become an advocate for heart health, and has used her experience to change the lives of many people in the process.

In this week’s podcast, we discuss:

Why being healthy and fit is so important, especially before you have a health condition
The importance of community in healing
How her military experience helped shape her
What led her to advocate and educate about heart health

In this week’s podcast, we discuss:

Why being healthy and fit is so important, especially before you have a health condition
The importance of community in healing
How her military experience helped shape her
What led her to advocate and educate about heart health

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Dan Savage is the Head of Military and Veterans Programs at LinkedIn. He’s also an Army veteran and a West Point/Harvard Grad. He’s dedicated his post-military life to achieving real social change for veterans, and is an expert on what effective veteran support looks like.

In this week’s podcast, we discuss:

His military experience, and coming to grips with some tough experiences
Effective support for veterans
His favorite poem: If by Rudyard Kipling and why it’s so meaningful to him.

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