"Broken Hearts and Empty Chairs-One Woman's Journey" is a book for all women...With grace, warmth and humor the author unfolds her real life drama of surviving a heart attack and sudden death experience; only to be followed by a year of more life threatening complications. This is an honest, heartfelt composition of juggling life, family and career while dodging death. Completely grateful, she gives credit to Conventional Medicine for saving her life. However, it was her experience that it in itself, fell short in her healing process. Desperate for answers she seeks the help of a Complementary Care Clinic that introduces her to Holistic/Alternative methods. She draws attention to the emotional connection of women and heart disease as she walks you through the Integrative Health strategies she incorporated into her healing process. Her stories inspire confidence and encourage your own advocacy. Each chapter closes with sound recommendations in, "Notes from my heart," suggestions to select and build your own health or healing plan. A compelling dialog for the importance of Integrative Medicine's role as the best defense for emotional health and well-being in combating disease. As stated in the book's introduction: "Had I remained on course with only the Conventional Medical approaches, surely my life would have slipped into the category of: The thousands of women that die within a year of a heart attack. Because you see, I followed all the guidelines, did exactly what I was told to do, and during that first year, I often thought I was dying too...".