The Heart Warrior Project

16/12/2025

✨ Taking a moment to reflect on everything that has happened at The Heart Warrior Project this year (2025) — and to thank you all.

Everyone who joined me on the podcast, on YouTube (either as a guest or a listener), and/or at the meetups: thank you. ❤️

I am deeply grateful for the friendships and incredible people I’ve met through this project — and genuinely excited for what lies ahead, and for the Heart Warriors I’ve yet to meet. ❤️

I sincerely hope The Heart Warrior Project has been a source of support for you — and that it can continue to be one. I care deeply about making this project better, and I want to do this together with you.

Therefore, it would mean a lot to me if you could take a short moment to fill in this anonymous feedback form. You can find the feedback form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf40ScqfcMFtABRXSXeXVma6_04zUegCxUTGzrcyXjku443gA/viewform?usp=header

Happy holidays to you all! 🎄✨

https://youtu.be/RsKo0FRDKEc?si=gNmpKSv5TVFikwYR

I sincerely hope The Heart Warrior Project has been a source of support for you — and that it can continue to be one. I care deeply about making The Heart Wa...

09/12/2025

The Heart Warrior Project has been featured in a major research paper in the Heart Rhythm Society❤️‍🔥.

Support groups for those who survived an SCA, or who are at high risk and living with an ICD, play a vital role in emotional recovery, confidence building, and long-term well-being ❤️‍🩹💛

While many fellow heart warriors — and I — who join our meetups already know how much this kind of support can help, it’s still great to see it confirmed in a research paper 📄🙌

From reducing anxiety and fear of shocks to creating a space for shared stories and real understanding, support groups like The Heart Warrior Project remain a powerful tool for healing, whether in person or online 🤝💬🌍

And while I’ve highlighted the key findings in the graphic, you can read the full paper here: https://www.heartrhythmopen.com/article/S2666-5018(25)00122-9/fulltext

05/12/2025

Looking for a meaningful gift this year? 🎄✨

Explore our Heart Warrior merch — from hoodies 🧥 and mugs ☕ to tote bags 🛍️, bottles 🥤, and more.

Every purchase directly supports The Heart Warrior Project ❤️ and helps keep our mission alive. Your gift becomes more than just a physical item — it helps provide support for SCA survivors 💖, promotes CPR awareness 🫀, and spreads heart-health education 📚.

Browse our merch: https://heartwarriorproject.com/merchandise/

02/12/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday. 🤍

Consider supporting The Heart Warrior Project.

Your gift helps SCA survivors feel less alone, grows our resources, and strengthens our mission to raise CPR awareness.

Because of you, more lives can be saved — and heart warriors everywhere can find hope, connection, and the courage to keep going. ❤️

Make a Donation: https://ko-fi.com/heartwarriorproject

22/11/2025

Hey everyone!

The end of the year is approaching, and we want to celebrate it during our last meetup of the year! 🎉

We have three possible dates — the one with the most votes will be when our Heart Warrior Christmas/New Year Meetup takes place.

Bring a drink, put on that Christmas sweater, and let’s talk, toast, celebrate, and simply enjoy some time together.

You can vote for your preferred date through the link below:

👉 https://calendly.com/d/cthd-pzj-jgv/hwp-christmas-meetup-2025

Hope to see many of you there! ❤️🎄

Jellis

20/11/2025

A few days ago, I was invited, together with my girlfriend, to be speakers for the Belgian Resuscitation Council🫀, for doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Here are a few things that stuck with me:

1. I wished there were events where healthcare professionals and those who aren’t could meet and talk with each other 🤝, and hear the challenges both sides experience. A lot of people never hear the behind-the-scenes of healthcare professionals or the difficult work situations and decisions they’re placed in 🏥.

Since starting this project, I’ve met extremely passionate, caring, and good-natured health professionals who are doing their absolute best to provide high-quality care ❤️. Yet they often battle against a system that isn’t optimal ⚙️.

2. And my second insight: from the questions in the crowd to the conversations afterwards, it became painfully clear that healthcare professionals receive almost no psychological support for the traumatic things they witness 😔. They carry so much, yet have so little space to process it.

As a psychologist-to-be, these stories break my heart 💔—and it motivates me even more to be part of the change. Mental health support shouldn’t be a luxury in medicine; it should be a standard 🧠✨. It’s vastly lacking right now… and it’s a problem we can and must fix.

FYI: I’m not a doctor. They accidentally made me one on my speaker card 😅. Who knows—maybe a glimpse of the future.

10/11/2025

A new date for our November meetup is up!❤️‍🔥 Come join us and meet fellow SCA survivors and those at risk.

https://calendly.com/d/cskq-vhj-22g/cardiac-comeback-crew-open-discussion/confirmation

06/11/2025

Despite the struggles my heart disease and SCA have brought ❤️‍🩹, I’ve also met some truly incredible, strong-minded 💪, kind, and inspiring people through this journey. People I’m deeply grateful for 🙏. It was awesome meeting a fellow heart warrior from our community in person! Looking forward to meeting many more heart warriors from our community along the way ❤️.

04/11/2025

🎙️ A new episode is out on our YouTube channel and podcast! ❤️‍🔥
In this conversation, I talk with George Biesmans, a fellow heart warrior from our community, to discuss the complexities of living with heart disease and the progressive heart disease he has, DSP cardiomyopathy. George shares the emotional impact of the diagnosis, the uncertainty of the condition, and the challenges of navigating relationships and life in general.

In this conversation, I talk with George Biesmans, a fellow heart warrior from our community, to discuss the complexities of living with heart disease and th...

30/10/2025

📅 We have a new date for our next meetup in November! ❤️ Come join us to meet and talk with fellow SCA survivors and heart warriors. 💪💓

https://calendly.com/d/cwmh-xpc-6nk/cardiac-comeback-crew-open-discussion

25/10/2025

🎙️ A new episode is out on our YouTube channel and podcast! ❤️‍🔥

This episode features Karen, a fellow heart warrior 💪 and member of our community here at The Heart Warrior Project. In this conversation, she shares her journey of being diagnosed with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy 🫀 — a heart condition she was diagnosed with two years ago — and the many changes and emotional challenges that have come with it

If you’d like to learn more about living with heart disease, check out the full video, where George, Karen, Dr. Sears, and I share insights on navigating tha...

24/10/2025

💓 Every Second Counts 💓

Worldwide, the survival rate for out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest is heartbreakingly low — often between 1% and 10%. But there’s hope: immediate CPR can double or even triple a person’s chance of survival. 💪

At the Heart Warrior Project, we believe knowledge saves lives. You don’t need to be a doctor or have a certificate — you just need the courage to act.

This free RevivR tool teaches you how to perform life-saving CPR in just 15 minutes — anytime, anywhere, right from your phone or computer. ❤️🫀

Please share this post. Together, we can turn bystanders into lifesavers. 💖

RevivR is a short, self-directed CPR training from British Heart Foundation, that could teach you how to save someone's life.