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Change of Heart: My Journey of Transplantation, Revelation & Transformation Kindle Edition

by Kristy Sidlar (Author), Ann Atkins, Elizabeth (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

4.7 30 ratings

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She was loving her life as a healthy, young professional and fitness instructor.

But one day while teaching an aerobics class, she collapsed-and spiraled into a life-threatening health crisis.

Kristy Sidlar needed a new heart.

Now, in her gripping memoir, Change of Heart: My Journey of Transplantation, Revelation & Transformation, she provides fascinating and inspiring insight into her extraordinary survival story that chronicles her frightening heart failure-and her triumph over what could have ended her vibrant life far too early.

In engaging vignettes, Kristy takes you on an intimate journey as her failing health prompts doctors to put her on the heart transplant list. Then, miraculously, a donor heart becomes available. Page by page, Kristy takes you through her death-defying experience as she courageously-and optimistically-endures surgery and recovery.

Then she embarks on a new life that's so healthy and energetic, she's training for a triathlon.

While Kristy shares her story in a way that sparkles with her humorous, upbeat personality, she also introduces you to her Wellness Widget, a tool that she created for anyone wanting to cultivate wellness across multiple dimensions of their lives.

This book makes you laugh, cry, and ponder deep questions about living and dying, while inspiring you to cherish your life and loved ones as never before. Thanks to an organ donor family that was grieving the loss of their loved one, Kristy explores the power of gratitude and the inexpressible joy that the greatest gift of life can bring.

Kristy is on a mission to use her remarkable survival story as a heart transplant recipient to encourage men and women everywhere to make overall wellness a priority. She advocates for heart health, especially for women, as a long-time volunteer and board member for the American Heart Association. And she's a board member for Project Beautiful - Inside and Out.

Her career in the staffing and recruiting industry has enabled her to live and work in Singapore, and travel the world.

A Michigan native, Kristy has a Bachelor of Arts from Hope College. She and her husband, Dave, enjoy spending time in Northern California.

Kristy's hobbies include photography, fitness, card-making, and driving and admiring exotic and classic cars. After completing three 5K races since her surgery, she's currently training for a triathlon.

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Few people get a second chance at life. But Kristy Sidlar had a second and a third. She dodged death twice, both times thanks to total strangers. The first was when she collapsed from a life-threatening heart condition and someone was at the right place at the right time. The second was when she finally received the greatest gift of life - a donor heart. Now she shares her experiences to inspire others. In her memoir, Change of Heart: My Journey of Transplantation, Revelation & Transformation, Kristy shares her powerful story with humor, heartache, and hope. The book features Kristy's Wellness Widget, a tool for readers to use to upgrade their minds and bodies to strive for optimum health. As a long-time volunteer and board member for the American Heart Association, Kristy advocates for heart health, especially for women. She's also a board member for Project Beautiful, Inside and Out. A life-long sales professional in the staffing and recruiting industry, Kristy has lived and worked in Singapore and traveled the world. Kristy is a Michigan native with a Bachelor of Arts from Hope College. She and her husband, Dave, love spending time in Northern California. Kristy's hobbies include driving and admiring exotic and classic cars, photography, fitness, and cardmaking. After completing two 5K races since her surgery, she's currently training for a triathlon.

Elizabeth Ann Atkins loves escorting writers along the exhilarating yet sometimes exhausting and intimidating journey of writing, publishing, and promoting books. She's written about 40 books-fiction and non-fiction, published by major New York publishing houses as well as by the company she founded with her sister, Two Sisters Writing & Publishing.As America's Book Coach, she guides aspiring writers along the sometimes treacherous terrain of writing, publishing, and promoting a book in her "6 Months to Book Success" program.As creator and host of The Goddess Power Show with Elizabeth Ann Atkins, and author of The Biss Tribe: Activating Your Goddess Power, she's on a mission to edu-tain women to live bigger, better, and bolder and achieve their infinite potential. She co-hosts the Emmy Award-nominated TV talk show MI Healthy Mind, which airs every Sunday on major networks across Michigan, and aims to shatter the stigma around mental illness, addiction, and abuse.Elizabeth writes fiction and nonfiction, ranging from erotica to memoirs for accomplished leaders, as well as spirituality, such as her 2019 memoir, God's Answer is Know: Lessons from a Spiritual Life.With a master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan, Elizabeth's books include novels White Chocolate, Dark Secret and Twilight (with Billy Dee Williams). Elizabeth has ghostwritten books for executives, prominent government and civic leaders, physicians, a surgeon, veterans, an intuitive medium, a family that triumphed on NBC's The Biggest Loser, an insurance agent, and a quadriplegic man who lived his dream to become a record company CEO. Her novellas about empowering women to overcome abuse and identity crises were published in My Blue Suede Shoes: An Anthology and Other People's Skin: An Anthology. Elizabeth runs Two Sisters Writing and Publishing with her sister, the young adult author Catherine M. Greenspan. Together they have published dozens of books, including two annual anthologies of short stories by international writers who won the Two Sisters' ongoing short story writing contests. Elizabeth is a health and fitness enthusiast whose 100-pound weight loss was featured on Oprah. She has taught writing at Wayne State University, Oakland University, Wayne County Community College District, and at national conferences. As a speaker who promotes human harmony, Elizabeth was previously represented by the American Program Bureau. She rouses ovations by reciting her autobiographical poem, "White Chocolate," and has spoken at Columbia University, the University of Michigan, GM's World Diversity Day, Gannett, 100 Black Men, the NAACP, and many other venues. As an actress, Elizabeth plays a major role in the feature-length film Anything Is Possible, nominated for "Best Foreign Film" by the Nollywood and African Film Critics Association. And Elizabeth plays a 1950s journalist in the international shipwreck drama, The Andrea Doria: Are The Passengers Saved?Elizabeth has been a guest on Oprah, Montel, NPR, Good Morning America Sunday, The CBS Evening News, and many national TV shows. After writing her master's thesis about mixed-race Americans, her work appeared in The New York Times, The San Diego Tribune, Essence, Ebony, and many publications. Her Detroit News articles on race were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and she wrote a biography for the Presidential Medal of Freedom tribute for Rosa Parks.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09T2K18TR
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atkins & Greenspan Publishing; 1st edition (March 26, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 26, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5317 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 220 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,424,258 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #262 in Physical Impairments (Kindle Store)
- #468 in Heart Disease (Kindle Store)
- #768 in Physical Impairments (Books)

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Excellent Read!

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2023

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Ms. Sidlar is a great writer. She draws you right into the center of her life. Positive and upbeat, I was hooked as soon as I started reading and loved learning about her and her transplant journey!

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Well-written, inspirational and super relatable!

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2022

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This book perfectly weaves together an inspirational story with tons of wisdom and advice for those of us who are working to be our best selves. Yet somehow even with all that, it never feels too heavy or dense. The author is open, vulnerable, and has a sense of humor and positive outlook that keep you turning the pages. She makes you feel like she’s right there with you on your own journey. Highly recommend!

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Aimee Mackovic

Wonderful story of grit and grace

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2022

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This was a fantastic story about one woman’s (and her friends and familiy’s) transplant journey. Humorous and vulnerable, it is a great read for anyone who had been through a major medical crisis or loves someone who has.

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Sandra

A Book Written with "Heart"!🥰🥰

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2022

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I loved this book! It was so readable and so inspiring!! The author is such a role model for everyone. She writes with humor and authenticity.
I found myself cheering for Kristy at every turn!!
I hope I have an opportunity to meet her personally in the future. I'm buying this book for my friends for Christmas!

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022

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Writing is a skill and telling a story is super power. Kristy has done justice to her story in the form of this book. Her storytelling skills and her talent is clearly evident as you dive chapter after chapter. Also, great way to share her journey with others who are thinking of a transplant.

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Kate Mata

Impactful, educational, and delightful read.

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2022

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Kristy shows perseverance and the power of positive thinking as she goes through the hardest transition in her life. I am also a fan of the Wellness Widget at the end, that acts as sort of a workbook to apply the principles to your own life and working through hardship.

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ark

Inspiring book that demonstrates the power of positive thinking and resilience

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2022

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Kristi tells her story in such an honest, vulnerable way. And through all of it, she really has such a positive outlook on life and lots of gratitude. The wellness widget is a great tool to balance all aspects of health. Thanks for sharing your story!

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024

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Its a good easy read slot of good tools for life. I like the easy read parts not preachy . do some walking.