Tanya Hall, CEO and founder of Hearts4heart and member of the World Heart Federation Board, joins us to share how lived experience can reshape care, policy and community. Diagnosed in infancy and navigating a complex journey that includes open heart surgery, arrhythmias, ablations and a pacemaker, Tanya describes the isolation that led her to start Hearts4heart in 2011 and how it has grown into a national organisation supporting, educating and empowering adults with heart conditions. We discu...
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Tanya Hall, CEO and founder of Hearts4heart and member of the World Heart Federation Board, joins us to share how lived experience can reshape care, policy and community. Diagnosed in infancy and navigating a complex journey that includes open heart surgery, arrhythmias, ablations and a pacemaker, Tanya describes the isolation that led her to start Hearts4heart in 2011 and how it has grown into a national organisation supporting, educating and empowering adults with heart conditions. We discu...
Hugo and Louise Taheny: Sport, Advocacy and Life with CHD and Down Syndrome
From The Heart: The HeartKids Podcast
47 minutes
2 months ago
Hugo and Louise Taheny: Sport, Advocacy and Life with CHD and Down Syndrome
In this episode of From the Heart, host Sami Glastonbury speaks with world champion athlete and health ambassador Hugo Taheny and his mum, Louise. Hugo is a Heart Kid living with Down syndrome, along with vision and hearing impairments. His journey has been shaped by resilience, family, and community. Hugo shares how sport became his passion, earning him the nickname “Rockstar” and leading him to represent Australia on the world stage. Louise reflects on Hugo’s early health challenges, the st...
From The Heart: The HeartKids Podcast
Tanya Hall, CEO and founder of Hearts4heart and member of the World Heart Federation Board, joins us to share how lived experience can reshape care, policy and community. Diagnosed in infancy and navigating a complex journey that includes open heart surgery, arrhythmias, ablations and a pacemaker, Tanya describes the isolation that led her to start Hearts4heart in 2011 and how it has grown into a national organisation supporting, educating and empowering adults with heart conditions. We discu...
