21/06/2026
My fiancé Simon had a heart attack at 54, followed by a triple bypass. And in the months after, he was angry. "This shouldn't have happened to me." It's a pattern I've seen in so many people after a heart attack or stroke — but deep down, most people knew.
They knew the stress was too much, the food wasn't right, the drink was too frequent, the movement too little. They'd simply built a life of justifications around it — the business, the title, the responsibilities that made it all feel necessary.
There's a dangerous comfort in "everyone does it." Everyone's overworked. Everyone skips the gym. Everyone unwinds with a drink. And there's an even more dangerous belief that your body will keep tolerating at 50 what it tolerated at 30. It won't. The body always sends the invoice eventually.
If you recognise yourself in the “before” camp — working too hard, telling yourself your manual job counts as exercise, convinced you're "basically fine" — this is your moment to question that story while you still have the luxury of choice.
Simon ran out of that luxury at 54. You haven't yet.
Book a call with me and let's look honestly at what you're doing. The link is in my bio.