The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Coach Brian Yates from New York’s Capital District shares his heart attack journey and how it has shaped him, his career as a Coach and as a Ph. D. student who is working on his disertation research, focusing on endurance athletes who have suffered an acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Coach Brian suffered a NSTEMI in July of 2022 just a few weeks after completing...

Send us Fan Mail In this long overdue episode I share where I’ve been and why I have been radio silent over the past couple of months! Much Love! The Heart Attack Thriver! Thank you for listening and please be sure to hit “SUBSCRIBE”, and “SHARE” this podcast with anyone that you feel could benefit from it. If you’d like to reach me for support or to leave a comment or feedback, please send an ema...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast, I’m in conversation with Pete Robertson of Mansfield, England. Pete and I have been trying to tee this up for sometime and we are both excited to finally be able dive in to his heart attack journey!  Pete shares the ups and downs of his heart attack journey, how he has battled with anxiety, and how he is once again found his str...

Send us Fan Mail Tom Willard from Minnesota suffered his heart attack on October 16th, 2024 and as a flight attendant for a major airline realizes how fortunate he is that he wasn’t working and in the air when his heart attack symptoms suddenly appeared.  Thanks to his experience working as an X-ray technician, Tom quickly recognized his symptoms and was able to not only get himself quickly to the...

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks Episode I’m honored to share the conversation I had with Dr. Akil Taher who is still a practicing physician and who in 2009 at the age of 61 discovered he had cardiovascular disease that would require cardiac bypass surgery!  Incredibly only a year later he ran his first full marathon and followed it up a year later by climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro!  Dr. T...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I’m in conversation with David Hayes  from Ireland who at 42 years young suffered 2 heart attacks that ultimately led to him requiring open heart bypass surgery! The struggles in the beginning were real for David and his positive attitude and the support of close friends and family helped him not only pull thru but has him truly thriving after! Be sure to listen un...

Send us Fan Mail It was so great to catch up with Ian again and have him share his recent experience with heart issues that ultimately required an international effort to get the answers doctors needed to get finally get to the bottom of his chest pain and other symptoms heart attack symptoms.  Thankfully persistence paid off, and Ian is back feeling more like himself and logging some good trainin...

Send us Fan Mail Kicking off 2025 with my first IG LIVE interview with Matt Felis @mcfelis  Matt shares his powerful heart attack story including his struggles with depression and how he recently celebrated his 1 year anniversary by completing a 10 K Running Race in Atlanta  #heartattack #heartattacksurvivor #heartattackprevention #awarenessiseverything #knowthesigns #knowthesymptoms #knowyourfami...

Send us Fan Mail Its been sometime since I’ve uploaded a new Podcast Episode and I wanted to kick off 2025 and my plans to reinvigorate the Podcast with new and returning guest and a little back story on why I took a break from Social Media and my Podcast. I’m excited about 2025 and want to thank you for sticking with me! Much Love… Brian You can now reach me via email at heartattackthriver@icloud...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I pick up where I left off in the last episode after safely getting out of Nicaragua during the attempted Coup and into Honduras.  Once I was safely in Honduras I could breath again and let out a huge sigh of relief and was free to continue on my solo journey back in to Mexico and onward to Mexico City to explore a friendship that had become romantic with Mexican S...

Send us Fan Mail After an afternoon showing my Moto some love (gave her a much needed and thorough cleaning) I felt inspired to talk about my 2013 Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 that I took on my solo trip all the way from Toronto to Costa Rica and then back to California where she and I now reside.    All in all, we visited 9 Countries, 21 states and 6 Provinces!   Oh the stories she would tell if s...

Send us Fan Mail This week on T.H.A.T. Podcast I’m in conversation with fully plant based Cardiologist and author Joel Kahn MD.   Joel is a practicing cardiologist, and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine.  He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Michigan Medical School. Known as "America’s Healthy Heart Doc", Dr. Kahn has triple boar...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode I was in conversation with Karyn Forsyth Duggan who is a functional nutritionist and a certified natural chef, with over 17 years of experience, including working as One Medical’s lead nutritionist from ‘08 through ‘17.  She’s on a mission to help people minimize the need for medication(s) to manage their heart health; she works to address blood sugar, cholesterol,...

Send us Fan Mail This week on T.H.A.T I was in conversation with Dr. Richa Mittal who is the Founder and Medical Director of Radiant Health Weight Loss and Wellness in Frisco, Texas.  As an Internist and Diplomate of the Boards of Obesity Medicine & Lifestyle Medicine, she provides comprehensive preventive & metabolic health services, medical weight management and diabetes care in the Dall...

Send us Fan Mail This week on T.H.A.T I was in conversation with Psychotherapist Elena Rybko  I met Elena at our yoga studio in Westlake Village @theritual_wlv and we immediately hit it off. In our interview Elena share her 15 yrs of experience and how your important your mindset is. She shares here journey to where she is today and what she does in her practice and what it was that led her to bec...

Send us Fan Mail This week on T.H.A.T.  I had a very powerful conversation with my friend and mentor Dan Metcalfe  IG:  @danmetcalfe_official Dan suffered a life changing brain injury where part of his brain died. He had to learn how to function and even speak properly again. Undeterred, he took his life into his own hands. Understanding the power of the brain is life changing. We are born to heal...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Tracy shares her journey from a young girl diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy to adulthood finding out thanks to her husband that she was in heart failure and would need a to have a heart transplant. It wasn’t until her early 40’s that doctors told her that her conditioned had worsened and that she need to stop all physical activity.  Tracy was put on a he...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode I was in conversation with Dr. Jonathan Fisher who is a Mount Sinai and Harvard trained Cardiologist and author of the just released book “Just One Heart: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing, Health, and Happiness” Grateful Jonathan stuck with me on this as we had several technical issues.  I’m feeling humbled and super grateful we were able to make this powerf...

Send us Fan Mail Turning 57 today and to honour what has  become a yearly thing for me to do this is my reflections on the year that was and my next trip around the sun! As always thank you for listening and for following along with me on this journey! Much Love! Brian The Heart Attack Thriver Thank you for listening and please be sure to hit “SUBSCRIBE”, and “SHARE” this podcast with anyone that...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode of T.H.A.T. Podcast I’m in conversation with Dr. Sonal Haerter who is a weight loss and Obesity Specialist.   We dive in to how Obesity or Diabesity as I like to refer to it is impacting the healthy of millions of Americans and is at a point of epidemic proportions. We talk about how she helps her patients to take the steps to begin living a healthier lifestyle and...

Send us Fan Mail It really is surreal that today marks four years since I did my first Instagram live interview with Nigel Mullis.  Over the past four years I’ve interviewed 111 people which to me is just crazy!   It lead to me launch this podcast platform and the reception has been incredible. I’m super proud and humbled by the reception of this content, and how the sharing of other Heart Thriver...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk once again about my Meditation journey and the benefits I have received from my practice.   I hope you find it helpful and I end it with a short Guided Meditation. Much Love! B Thank you for listening and please be sure to hit “SUBSCRIBE”, and “SHARE” this podcast with anyone that you feel could benefit from it. If you’d like to reach me for support or to le...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast I had the honor to speak with Dirk Thompson from Texas.   Dirk suffered 4 strokes over 2 days when he was 3 years old which ultimately led to him using the use of his left arm. Dirk shares is powerful mindset mantra “Innovation is Greater than Limitation” and embodies that mindset every day. Dirk is incredibly inspiring and thru...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode of The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast, I talk about the book that is in me and how I'm moving from a place of self doubt to a place of a writer who knows he has a powerful story to share and is here to help others who are struggling after a life changing Cardiac Event of the Heart. The passing of Bruce has reminded me how fleeting life is and that I need to cont...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Heart Attack Thriver Podcast I am in conversation with sleep specialist Autumn Martin from Boise Idaho. Autumn is a PA and works with patients who struggle to get good quality sleep with the emphasis is “Quality”. So many of us are walking around sleep deprived and when we are in a state like this it can lead illness and Dis-Ease. Autumn and I will discuss s...