Caron Grossman: Losing Her Mother, Surviving a Heart Attack and Starting Again

Adversity to Strength with Lee Freeman · Oct 6, 2026 · 40m

In this episode of Adversity to Strength, Caron Grossman shares a deeply personal journey shaped by grief, addiction, recovery and survival.

Caron lost her mother suddenly to a heart attack when she was just 13. Decades later, at the age of 58, she experienced a heart attack of her own, forcing her to confront the reality of women’s heart health and the importance of recognising that symptoms can present very differently from those typically associated with men.

What began as an article about women’s heart health eventually became her memoir, Listen to Your Heart Song: Navigating the…