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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 1H 21M

Episode 13: A heart attack makes her fearless at 65| Edith Chislett

from Women In The Penthouse · host Serena Wang

If you have ever pushed through exhaustion, masked your stress with a smile or ignored what your body was telling you, this conversation is for you.This episode is for every woman who feels: ✨ High functioning on the outside but quietly overwhelmed on the inside ✨ Disconnected from herself after years of putting everyone else first ✨ Ready to stop coping and start truly living ✨ She knows something needs to change but does not know where to beginEdith Chislett is a mind-body practitioner, Master NLP Practitioner, Master Hypnotherapist, and former senior communications leader at HMRC. From the outside, her career looked successful. Inside, her body was carrying the cost. Then came a heart attack, two arteries blocked at over 90%, straight from the ambulance into surgery. What followed was a complete reinvention. Edith created Heart Mind Wellbeing, inspired by the Japanese concept of Kokoro (heart-mind), to help women stop coping, start listening and come home to themselves.Episode Highlights → Why high-functioning women are often the most disconnected from their bodies → How women's heart attack symptoms look nothing like what we see on screen → The Japanese concept of Kokoro and reconnecting mind, body and spirit → Why fearlessness is sometimes the courage to slow down → How childhood patterns of feeling "not enough" silently shape our lives → Edith's three-step framework: Awareness, Realignment and Embodiment → Why visibility was the hidden block keeping Edith from her dream → What it truly means to live agelessly at 6400:00 Intro 02:25 Edith's career in government and corporate leadership 05:33 Growing up feeling "not enough" and the roots of self-doubt 08:28 How her mother's struggles shaped her relationship with responsibility 10:00 Advice to her younger self: stop waiting for permission 13:13 Childhood patterns playing out in the workplace 17:28 Singing at a Children in Need concert, the moment that started everything 21:12 Leaving HMRC, choosing the unknown over false stability 26:02 The heart attack that changed everything 29:00 Why women's heart attack symptoms are dangerously different 33:10 Becoming the CEO of your own body 34:20 The mind-body connection, your body is your greatest ally 37:01 A new definition of fearlessness: the courage to slow down 42:46 Kokoro, the Japanese concept behind Heart Mind Wellbeing 45:40 What being limitless really means 48:40 The visibility block, and Edith's word of the year 53:08 Advice for any woman ready to be fearless: decide and move 58:41 What being ageless really means at 64 1:02:37 Why Edith feels she is just getting started 1:05:59 Tips for igniting ageless energy in daily life 1:08:11 Take time for yourself to remember who you are 1:16:13 Three pieces of advice for her 20-year-old self 1:18:27 Edith's upcoming book "Thoughtless" and her vision 1:20:36 The Penthouse Rule

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If you have ever pushed through exhaustion, masked your stress with a smile or ignored what your body was telling you, this conversation is for you. This episode is for every woman who feels: ✨ High functioning on the outside but quietly overwhelmed on the inside ✨ Disconnected from herself after years of putting everyone else first ✨ Ready to stop coping and start truly living ✨ She knows something needs to change but does not know where to begin Edith Chislett is a m...

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