Ep 124 | In 1999, Carroll Dey was out for a jog when a driver ran a red light and hit her. She came to on the other side of the street, and she says she heard God tell her, “Your life will never be the same.”

This week, Jen sits down with her dear friend Carroll, a DC real estate advisor and Go-Giver speaker, for a conversation about building resilience one season at a time. Carroll opens up about rebuilding her body after the accident and finding her voice at 70. She also shares why she sees investing in your health as the decision that gets everything flowing again.

This one’s for you if you’re sitting in a hard season right now and wondering whether it gets better. After decades of rebuilding, Carroll’s answer is a warm, honest yes.

🕒 In this episode:
04:20 – How Jen and Carroll met on a West Palm Beach rooftop (and why voice messages keep their friendship close)
13:04 – The 1999 accident, a month in the hospital, and healing without surgery
21:13 – Working with her trainer Chris and treating your body the way you’d treat a good friend
30:14 – Finding her voice at 70 and becoming a Go-Giver speaker
41:04 – How a real estate agent helps clients through emotional moves
56:34 – City living, green space, and the pull to get back outside
1:00:52 – Where to begin in a hard season, and why Carroll tore up a toxic letter without reading it
1:10:06 – Brain training after four concussions, and why Carroll calls healing an investment

Hard seasons don’t get the final word. Sometimes they’re what gets you ready for your best chapter.

Meet Carroll Dey:
Carroll Dey has called Washington, DC home for more than 40 years. After two decades in wine importing and sales, she moved into real estate and now guides clients as a member of Sotheby’s International Realty. She’s also a speaker guided by the principles of The Go-Giver, sharing her story of rebuilding after a life-altering accident. Carroll serves on the leadership council of Sitar Arts Center and is working on a book about resilience.

🌿 Resources:
Website: https://www.carrolldey.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrolldey/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carroll.dey/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carroll-dey-61a38529/

🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/10/27/building-resilience-and-investing-in-your-health-at-any-age/

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Ep 123 | Somewhere along the way, you learned who to be. Maybe you were the shy kid, or the one Grandma blamed whenever something went missing. Penny Chiasson found hypnosis as a nurse anesthetist looking for better ways to manage her patients' pain. Now she helps people see how those early labels sink into the subconscious mind, and how to rewrite them.

In this conversation, Jen and Penny talk about how identity takes shape in childhood, from the fear you pick up watching Mom react to a spider to the praise you chase to feel safe and loved. Penny explains why trauma doesn't have to be big to shape a whole life, and how hypnosis can help you rewrite the old stories running in the background. She also shares why a chaotic home can keep the brain stuck in survival mode long after you've moved out.

If you still feel on edge in a calm home, that unease may be part of the same invisible wall you keep running into everywhere else. Give this one a listen.

🕒 In this episode:
4:30 – From nurse anesthetist to hypnotist: the pain management research that started it all
14:00 – Penny's own breaking point with high-functioning anxiety and depression
19:30 – How the subconscious mind builds your identity before age seven
28:30 – Why trauma doesn't have to be big to shape a life
34:18 – Why identity is only the halfway point, and how to avoid building yourself a new cage
35:50 – How a chaotic home and too much clutter keep the brain in survival mode
45:15– "Addicted to chaos": why we repeat old patterns
50:30 – Breaking the Fibro Code and Penny's take on chronic illness and chronic stress

The stories you picked up as a kid can be rewritten, and a home that feels safe gives that work room to stick.

Meet Penny Chiasson:
Penny Chiasson spent 25 years in healthcare, including 15 as a nurse anesthetist, before walking away to help people create lasting change at the subconscious level. She's a board-certified hypnotist and the #1 international bestselling author of Breaking the Fibro Code. She also created The Identity Matrix™ and founded Elite Hypno Pro™, where she trains practitioners to rewire the subconscious and create change that sticks. On The Soul Fusion Podcast, she has the real talk most people avoid, about identity and becoming who you are underneath who you learned to be.

🌿 Resources:
Penny's website: https://pennychiasson.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penny.chiasson
Facebook: https://facebook.com/penny.chiasson.7

🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/10/20/hypnosis-your-subconscious-rewiring-who-you-learned-to-be/

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Where Else to Find Jen:
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📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JenHellerLifestyle
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🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-heller-30b8a0126/

Ep 122 | Since 2015, Rob Lawless has sat down one-on-one with more than 7,700 people in over 90 countries, an hour at a time, all in the name of human connection. Jen Heller is number 7,719.

This one's for anyone who feels lonely despite a full phone and a busy calendar, and for anyone sitting in a job that looks great on paper and still isn't the thing. Jen and Rob swap stories about leaving a corporate job and why so many of us stay parked in what feels safe. They also get into how comparison culture on social media can wear down our mental health, plus the simple questions Rob uses to get to know anyone, anywhere.

🕒 In this episode:
04:10 – Leaving a "safe" corporate job when your gut says it's time
06:50 – Feeling lonely after college, and the idea to meet 10,000 people
15:35 – Person #1, and why people say yes when you have nothing to sell
22:05 – Comparison culture and taking back control of your social feed
24:40 – Why we stay stuck in what feels safe, and learning to like uncertainty
39:50 – The simple questions Rob uses to get to know anyone
49:05 – A lesson from Jen's time at Hippocrates about living without regret
53:15 – What comes after 10,000, and where human connection is headed

Rob's goal might be 10,000 people, but his first step is the same one open to all of us: saying hi to the person next to you.

Meet Rob Lawless:
Rob Lawless studied finance at Penn State, then worked at Deloitte Consulting and in sales for a tech startup before setting out to spend one hour, one-on-one, with 10,000 different people. Since November 2015, he's met more than 7,700 people from over 90 countries. After a layoff in June 2016, he took the project full time. Today he's a keynote speaker on the untapped value of human connection, inspiring people to make more room for it in their own lives.

🌿 Resources:
Rob's Website: https://www.roblawless.com
Rob's 10K Friends: https://www.robs10kfriends.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robs10kfriends/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-lawless-robs10kfriends/

🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/10/13/human-connection-and-the-mission-to-meet-10000-people/

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Create Space is an intimate two-day Homes That Heal™ retreat designed to help you look at your home, your well-being and yourself through a new lens.

You’ll learn from thoughtful experts, experience practices that invite you to slow down, connect with women who are asking some of the same questions, and leave with a clearer understanding of what supports you and what you want to create more space for.

Connect with Me: Website - www.jenhellerlifestyle.com

Where Else to Find Jen:
📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenhellerlifestyle/
💻 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560317546116
📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JenHellerLifestyle
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🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-heller-30b8a0126/