103: The Healthy Debate Show with Dr. Belynder Walia - Episode 103103: The Healthy Debate Show with Dr. Belynder Walia - Episode 103
UK Health Radio Podcast
Dr. Belynder Walia talks with executive mentor Edit B Kiss about how high-performing leaders can maintain success without sliding into burnout, addiction or health problems. The conversation outlines her Conscious Success Blueprint, focusing on subconscious beliefs, mindfulness, trauma release and meditation as practical tools for a healthier, more sustainable version of success.
40:02•8 May 2026
High Performance Without Burnout: Edit B Kiss on Conscious Success
Episode Overview
- High performers often mask stress with caffeine, alcohol and overtraining, which keeps them stuck in survival mode rather than addressing root causes.
- Conscious Success Blueprint focuses on reprogramming subconscious beliefs, practical mindfulness, and releasing unresolved trauma to create lasting change.
- Success defined only by money and status is incomplete; health, relationships and emotional wellbeing are presented as essential parts of real success.
- Early warning signs such as anger, daily alcohol use, heavy caffeine intake and stress-related health conditions should not be ignored.
- Starting a consistent 20-minute daily meditation practice can support better sleep, clearer thinking, greater resilience and kinder behaviour.
“"They stuck at the managing phase instead of having a solution which doesn’t need these addictions."”
What can we learn from those who have battled addiction to work, stress, and overachievement? This episode of The Healthy Debate Show on UK Health Radio brings that question centre stage, especially for executives and high performers who feel they’re running on fumes. Host Dr. Belynder Walia chats with executive mentor Edit B Kiss, whose "Conscious Success Blueprint" supports corporate leaders under heavy pressure.
Edit shares how her own rise through engineering ranks looked impressive on paper, yet behind the scenes she was struggling with her health, mental wellbeing, and family life: success outside, chaos inside. That contrast will ring a bell for anyone who’s looked “sorted” while quietly falling apart. The conversation digs into how many leaders lean on caffeine, alcohol, and even excessive exercise just to get through the day.
As Edit puts it, they’re stuck “at the managing phase instead of having a solution which doesn’t need these addictions.” She explains how unresolved grief, past betrayals, and old beliefs like “I’m not good enough” can push people into burnout, depression, or unhealthy coping, even while they’re still hitting their targets.
Edit breaks down her Conscious Success Blueprint in simple terms: reprogramming self-sabotaging beliefs, practising practical mindfulness by taking charge of thoughts, emotions and actions, and releasing buried trauma from the unconscious. She also challenges the old idea that success is purely material, arguing that genuine success includes health, happy relationships, and a calmer inner life.
For anyone in recovery or flirting with burnout, her advice is refreshingly concrete: watch for early warning signs like anger, daily drinking, chain coffee, and stress-related health issues, and start with just 20 minutes of meditation a day.
As she says, “If you don’t have 20 minutes a day to meditate, then you definitely need to start meditating.” If high performance has started to cost you your peace of mind, could it be time to rethink what success really means for you?
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