About this session
Heart health is sometimes treated as something women only need to consider later in life or after a serious diagnosis.
In reality, prevention can begin much earlier through understanding personal risk, attending routine checks and noticing when changes in health deserve a conversation with a healthcare professional.
Many cardiovascular risk factors affect people of every sex, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, limited physical activity and family history.
Women may also have additional considerations connected with reproductive history, pregnancy complications, hormonal conditions and the menopause transition.
Women's concerns may also be overlooked when heart disease is associated too strongly with one age group, body type or familiar symptom pattern.
This session addresses that issue carefully, helping participants communicate clearly and seek appropriate advice without turning the session into a frightening catalog of emergency symptoms.
The focus is prevention and early intervention: knowing useful health information, understanding how risk may change over time and preparing for better healthcare conversations.
The session does not diagnose cardiovascular disease or assess an individual participant's personal risk.
What your people take away
- Understand the main factors that can influence women's cardiovascular health
- Recognize how heart-health priorities may change across different life stages
- Explore the relationship between menopause, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar
- Prepare clearer questions and information for routine healthcare conversations
- Choose practical preventive actions without attempting to change everything at once
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a CrisisA focused 30-minute session on three key points from Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis: start with the factors you can see and check, include family and personal history and look beyond age and appearance.
- Start with the factors you can see and check
- Include family and personal history
- Look beyond age and appearance
Covers 3 of 4 points in Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis.
60 minutes
A prevention-focused introduction to women's cardiovascular health, routine checks, family history, common risk factors and sustainable everyday actions.
- Module 1: Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 3 parts: Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis.
90 minutes
Everything in the 60-minute session, plus how reproductive history, perimenopause and menopause can add useful context to cardiovascular prevention.
- Module 1: Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis
- Module 2: Understand How Risk Can Change Across Life Stages
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 3 parts: Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis and Understand How Risk Can Change Across Life Stages.
3 hours
Covers all 3 parts.
Full day
Full exploration of women's cardiovascular prevention, life-stage changes, menopause, routine checks, healthcare conversations and earlier follow-up.
- Module 1: Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis
- Module 2: Understand How Risk Can Change Across Life Stages
- Module 3: Have Better Conversations and Take Earlier Action
- Live Q&A
Covers all 3 parts, in more depth, with more time to practice.
What’s covered
Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis
Every length- Start with the factors you can see and checkBlood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar may change without causing obvious day-to-day symptoms.
- Include family and personal historyA family history of early heart disease can be relevant, but it does not mean that the same outcome is inevitable.
- Look beyond age and appearanceHeart-health risk cannot be understood from someone's age, fitness level or body shape alone.
- Focus on patterns rather than perfectionHeart-supportive routines may include movement, nutritious food, sleep, tobacco avoidance, stress support and taking prescribed treatment as directed.
Understand How Risk Can Change Across Life Stages
90 minutes and longer- Recognize women-specific health informationConditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome, early menopause and some pregnancy complications may provide additional information about future cardiovascular risk.
- Use perimenopause as a prevention opportunityThe years leading into menopause can be a useful time to revisit blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, movement, sleep and other health factors.
- Understand the menopause transitionMenopause does not directly cause cardiovascular disease, but cardiovascular risk tends to increase around and after the transition.
- Avoid treating every change as "just hormones"Palpitations, disrupted sleep, fatigue, anxiety and changes in energy may have several possible explanations.
Have Better Conversations and Take Earlier Action
3 hours and longer- Prepare for routine appointmentsA short appointment can be more useful when the participant brings relevant readings, family history, medication information and a clear description of any changes.
- Describe experiences clearlyWomen's symptoms and concerns may not always match the familiar stereotypes used in public messaging.
- Respond when concerns feel dismissedA participant may leave an appointment feeling that age, stress, menopause or anxiety was assumed to explain everything.
- Build an early-action planEarlier action may mean arranging a routine check, attending follow-up, discussing family history or making one sustainable health change.
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Women's Heart Health: What Every Woman Should Know
How long is Women's Heart Health: What Every Woman Should Know?
Women's Heart Health: What Every Woman Should Know runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers three key points from Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis: start with the factors you can see and check, include family and personal history and look beyond age and appearance. A 60-minute session covers Understand Your Heart Health Before There Is a Crisis in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Understand How Risk Can Change Across Life Stages. A 3-hour session adds Have Better Conversations and Take Earlier Action. A full-day session covers everything, in more depth, with more time to practice.
Can Women's Heart Health: What Every Woman Should Know be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book Women's Heart Health: What Every Woman Should Know?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Women's Heart Health: What Every Woman Should Know to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.