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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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.

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Ep 121 | Your home can look gorgeous, check every "green" box, and still be the reason you don't feel well. This week, Jen sits down with healthy home expert Andrew Pace to untangle the difference between a green home and a healthy home, and what it takes to make your space one that supports your health instead of adding to your body's toxic load.

Andrew has spent 35 years and more than 30,000 clients learning where the hidden stuff hides: the off-gassing carpet, the low-VOC paint that's mostly marketing, the mold in the walls, the spray foam nobody warned you about. He and Jen chat about why your indoor air quality matters more than almost anything outside your four walls, how your home's toxic load ties into the inflammation your body is already carrying, and why the goal was never a perfect home. It's a better one you can actually afford.

This one's for you if you suspect something in your house isn't right and you have no idea where to start. If you've been down the Dr. Google rabbit hole at midnight, doom-scrolling mold accounts and feeling more panicked than helped, Andrew's "sensible homeowner" approach is a deep breath and a solid place to begin.

🕒 In this episode:
07:20 – Why your indoor environment matters more than the air outside (we spend 90% of life inside)
10:10 – Green vs. healthy: the difference most well-meaning renovators miss
19:25 – Andy's take on "the house needs to breathe" (and where mold really starts)
24:31 – The inflammation bucket: how your home's toxic load connects to chronic illness
28:56 – The sensible homeowner approach: doing what you can afford instead of chasing perfect
36:35 – The mental-health toll of a toxic home, and why Andy says to log off social media
43:16 – Where 90% of the off-gassing comes from, and where to spend your money

You're more in the driver's seat of your home's health than the internet wants you to believe. Small, affordable changes count.

Meet Andrew Pace:
Andrew Pace is a Healthy Home Materials Expert and the founder of The Green Design Center. For more than three decades he's been the trusted resource for homeowners and builders who want the intersection of sustainability and human health, with over 30,000 clients along the way. He hosts the Non-Toxic Environments podcast and specializes in chemical sensitivity and mold-related remediation, including CIRS and MCAS. His new book, Building for Health, pulls it all together into plain-language guidance for anyone living in, renting, or building a home.

🌿 Resources:
Building for Health (book + free download): https://www.buildingforhealth.com
Non-Toxic Environments Podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nontoxicenvironments
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nontoxicenvironments/

🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/10/06/healthy-home-vs-green-home-safer-materials-air-quality/

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Ep 120 | If the CPSC issued infrared sauna recall affecting nearly 42,000 units caught your eye and left you wondering what the fuss was about, this one's for you. Jen's got the rundown, and a little reassurance.

This is the sauna conversation nobody wanted to need, but here we are. Jen breaks down which brands got swept into the Sauna360 recall and why Clearlight sits completely outside of it. Then she gets into the question she wishes more people asked before buying: what does the warranty actually cover? If you own a sauna or you've got one in your cart, this is the no-influencer-spin rundown on what to look for.

🕒 In this episode:
00:44 – Why Jen scrapped her planned show to cover the recall
03:02 – The Sauna360 recall explained, and the brands it swept up
04:50 – Is Clearlight part of the infrared sauna recall?
06:05 – What a lifetime sauna warranty should really cover (read the fine print)
09:30 – How heater placement affects your sauna's safety and results
11:45 – EMF, ELF, and what to look for before buying an infrared sauna

Recalls are unsettling, but they're also a nudge to get curious and ask sharper questions before you bring a wellness tool into your home.

🌿 Resources:
Official Sauna360 recall notice (CPSC): https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Sauna360-Recalls-Infrared-Saunas-Hybrid-Infrared-Saunas-and-Infrared-Kits-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards
How to Choose the Best Infrared Sauna (Jen's guide): https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2023/10/24/how-to-choose-the-best-infrared-sauna/

🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/09/29/infrared-sauna-recall-lifetime-warranties-what-to-look-for/

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Ep 119 | After a stroke left Jen's left side paralyzed, ten minutes a day standing on a vibration plate became one of the things she credits with getting her strength back.

In this episode, Jen sits down with Caroline Pearce, a former Great Britain heptathlete and 20-year Power Plate Master Trainer, to get into how whole body vibration supports the body at every stage of life. They talk bone density and osteoporosis through perimenopause, how vibration wakes up muscles that have gone quiet after an injury, what it does for cortisol and hormones, and why nine minutes can be plenty. This one speaks straight to women keeping an eye on their bone density and osteoporosis risk through perimenopause. It's just as useful for anyone rebuilding strength after an injury or illness, or short on time and looking for a workout that fits into a real day.

🕒 In this episode:
0:00 – Intro
03:40 – From Great Britain's heptathlon and bobsled teams to the knee injury that led Caroline to whole body vibration
07:05 – Jen's stroke, a paralyzed left side, and the ten-minute daily habit she credits with her recovery
10:20 – How vibration triggers muscle activation the brain can't switch on consciously
17:05 – Building bone density and easing osteoporosis risk in perimenopause without heavy weights
22:15 – What whole body vibration does for cortisol, hormones, and that post-workout calm
23:50 – Visceral fat, metabolism, and why it gets harder to release the weight with age
29:10 – Bite-sized fitness: stacking the plate with infrared sauna, cold plunge, and red light
39:25 – How to spot a quality vibration plate versus a cheap "shaky plate"

Your body is built to heal, and sometimes the tool that helps is one you can stand on for nine minutes at home.

Meet Caroline Pearce:
Caroline Pearce is a former international heptathlete and bobsled athlete for Great Britain, turned TV sports host and exercise physiologist. She holds a first-class honors degree in Sports Science and a master's in Exercise Physiology, and has been a Master Trainer and ambassador for Power Plate for 20 years. She's a lead trainer for the FitOn fitness app, authored "Better Body Workouts for Women," and currently reports for TNT Sports covering UFC and boxing. Fun fact: she played "Ice" on the UK's Gladiators.

🌿 Resources:
Caroline on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinepearce
Power Plate USA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplateusa
Caroline's fitness app: https://fiton.app/caroline
Find Power Plate on Jen's Recommends page: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/jen-recommends

🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/09/22/whole-body-vibration-for-bone-density-strength-recovery/

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Ep 118 | When Ryan Schiff set out to buy an infrared sauna for his home, he was after better heart health, deeper stretching, and a little more recovery in his day. What he didn't expect was that the quiet inside it would become the place he wrote his first book.

In this conversation, Jen and Ryan talk through what it looks like to bring wellness into your home, from choosing the right infrared sauna (and why heater placement matters far more than the sale price) to the daily cold plunge habit that tests his willpower every single morning. At almost 60 and feeling better than he did in his 30s, Ryan is proof that slowing down and staying consistent can open doors you never saw coming.

This one's for you if you've been thinking about buying an infrared sauna and don't know where to start, or if you're chasing a goal and quietly wondering whether it's the thing that matters.

🕒 In this episode:
00:00 – Meet Ryan Schiff and how he found Jen
5:09 – Why Ryan was buying an infrared sauna: heart health, hot yoga, and recovery
10:05 – How to buy an infrared sauna without the pushy sales tactics
26:05 – Infrared sauna heater placement: the detail most people miss
27:07 – The daily cold plunge routine and the mindset it takes to get in
36:10 – Writing a book in the sauna: stillness, focus, and flow
51:10 – Aging with purpose and what a neighbor taught Ryan about presence

Whether you're eyeing your first sauna or just craving a little more stillness in your day, this is a reminder that the good stuff often shows up when you slow down enough to notice it.

Meet Ryan Schiff:
Ryan is a lifelong athlete, former professional hockey player, and, as of this summer, a first-time author. After a health scare in his late 50s, he built a routine around his infrared sauna and daily cold plunge. It was during those quiet sauna sessions that he wrote A Fool's Errand, a book about golf, presence, and the people who shape us along the way.

🌿 Resources:
Ryan's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H42BKCY1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afoolserrandgolfbook

🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/09/15/buying-an-infrared-sauna-led-to-writing-a-book/

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Ep 117 | Every brain ships with a rewrite option. Most of us just never got the manual. This week, Dr. Patrick Porter hands it over: the neuroplasticity behind how the brain rewires and heals, and why light-and-sound tools like BrainTap can help.

In this episode, Jen sits down with Dr. Patrick Porter, creator of BrainTap, to unpack what that rewrite looks like in practice, and what it means for your focus, your sleep, and your stress. Jen shares how she came back from a debilitating stroke, and how retraining her brain with BrainTap became part of her recovery. She and Dr. Porter dig into how light-and-sound sessions can support everything from deep sleep to releasing stubborn weight, why so few of us can meditate on our own, how neuroplasticity means your brain never stops changing, and why the home you live in shapes your brain health more than you'd think.

🕒 In this episode:
8:32 – How light and sound shift your brainwaves (and calm fight-or-flight)
11:03 – "Brain voltage" and building new brain cells
16:29 – Why so few people can meditate on their own, and what to do about it
24:07 – Rewiring old stress and the stories we replay
33:22 – The "Saving Your Brain" study on dementia
46:25 – Creating a home that supports your brain instead of draining it

If you're the tired-but-wired type, the over-thinker, the light sleeper, the one who's tried to meditate and quit in frustration, this one's for you.

Meet Dr. Patrick Porter:
Dr. Patrick Porter, PhD, is the founder of BrainTap and a longtime pioneer in brainwave training. For more than thirty years he's studied how light and sound can guide the brain into calmer, more focused states. His work is now used by over 120,000 people and 3,000-plus wellness clinics worldwide, and he's been featured everywhere from The Wall Street Journal to CNN to The Joe Rogan Experience. His latest book, Brain Fitness Blueprint (co-written with former Google wellbeing exec Ruchika Sikri), lays out a practical plan for everyday brain health.

🌿 Resources:
Dr. Patrick Porter: https://drpatrickporter.com
BrainTap: https://braintap.com
Brain Fitness Blueprint (book): https://brainfitnessblueprint.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drpatrickporter/
Listener gift: Complimentary 14-day BrainTap trial: https://bit.ly/jenhellerbraintap

🌐 Episode Website: https://jenhellerlifestyle.com/2026/09/08/how-to-train-your-brain-and-regulate-your-nervous-system/

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