Shortness of breath after 40 can be caused by anxiety, heart issues, lung conditions, or simple deconditioning.

Here’s how to recognize when it’s serious — and when it’s not.

In this episode of The Healing Perspective, Nurse Healy breaks down:
• Warning signs you shouldn’t ignore
• Symptoms that can wait
• How anxiety affects breathing
• When to seek urgent care

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Chest pain is one of the most frightening symptoms a person can experience.
And for many men, the first thought is always the same: “Is this my heart?”

In this episode of The Healing Perspective, Nurse Healy walks through the critical differences between anxiety-related chest pain, muscular pain, and cardiac symptoms — without panic, without minimization, and without assumptions.

Anxiety can create sensations that feel intensely real.
But some symptoms do require urgent medical attention.
Knowing how to tell the difference gives you clarity — not fear.

This episode is about slowing the moment down, understanding what your body may be signaling, and knowing when to pause… and when to act.

If you’ve ever questioned whether your chest pain was “just stress” or something more, this conversation is for you.

This channel isn’t about clicks or alarm.
It’s about perspective, experience, and helping you stay well — longer.

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Most men don’t stop because something is “serious.”
They stop when they can’t push anymore.

In this episode of The Healing Perspective, Nurse Healy talks about the hidden cost of always pushing through — the tiredness, the stress, the brain fog, the quiet signals your body sends long before anything shows up on a test result.

Normal bloodwork doesn’t always mean nothing is happening.
Sometimes it means nothing has broken… yet.

This isn’t about weakness.
It’s about endurance, depletion, and learning to respond while you still have options.

If you’ve been telling yourself “I’ll deal with it later,”
this episode is an invitation to check in — before your body checks out.