Cameron HeroldFounder of the COO Alliance & Invest In Your Leaders Training

I Kept Saying I Was Fine. I Wasn’t

18 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Cameron Herold was 34 when his mother got terminal cancer, his marriage fell apart, and his company lost $64 million. A stress test scored 435 points, putting him at near-certain risk of a heart attack. He'd been saying he was fine the whole time.

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I was 34. I was clinically redlining, and it was 'cause I was so out of balance, and my entire identity was my business. I went to the doctor 'cause I was buying a home in Vancouver, and I needed to get a medical to get insurance for the house. And when I was getting my medical, the doctor said, what's up? I'm like, I don't know, I've got this weird metallic taste at the back of my neck. I was always very tight and stressed in my neck and shoulders. He goes, what's going on? I go, not much. I said, my mom is dying, she's stage 3B cancer, and I just quit my job in Seattle. I'm moving back to Vancouver. My wife's pregnant. I realized I'm not happy in the marriage, and the NASDAQ crashed by 78%. So we lost the $64 million company. We're getting our mortgage. My wife just quit her job. And he goes, wait, this is all like right now? I'm like, yeah, I'm fine. It's all good. He gave me this test and you have to fill out all these questions. If you get 150 points, you have a 50% chance of a heart attack. If you have 250 points, you have a 90% chance of a heart attack. I had 435 points.