Hi, I’m Nora. I’m 52, a pharmacist, and five years ago I had a heart attack I didn’t see coming. Except I should have.

For two weeks my body tried to tell me. An ache in my jaw on the stairs (I booked the dentist). “Heartburn” that antacids didn’t fix. Exhausted by three every afternoon. I put it all down to stress, menopause and being 47. Then one Sunday, carrying laundry upstairs, I took an antacid for a heart attack. My daughter called 911 while I was still insisting it was indigestion.

My cardiologist told me the signs had been there for weeks. Nobody had ever told me which small things matter. And when I came home, the big health plans never stuck. What worked, alongside my medicine and my doctors, were small things done every day.

So that’s what I share now. My two books are built on a practicing doctor’s advice, written in plain English, with clear steps and nothing to buy:

What Your Body Is Telling You After 40: the quiet signals worth noticing, and exactly what to do about each one.

The 30-Day Body Reset After 40: small daily habits that quietly change your life.

I’m not a doctor. I’m someone who learned the hard way, so you don’t have to.

Notice early. Act calmly. And please, make the fuss.