S1E5: Finding Stillness in the Chaos: Alice Wyatt on Heartbreak, High-Growth Tech, and Starting Over

5 Mar

Episode Overview

What do you do when you've changed everything — the city, the relationship, the job — and you still don't feel happy? That's the question Alice Wyatt found herself sitting with not long ago. And in this episode, she answers it with a honesty that is rare, refreshing, and genuinely moving.

Alice is a former VP of Marketing who cut her teeth in some of the UK's most exciting high-growth fintechs — Bloomreach, Adyen, Codat. On the outside: a glittering career, frequent flyer miles, and a LinkedIn profile that looked like success. On the inside: a growing sense of unease that no amount of external change seemed to fix.

In this conversation with Hannah Godfrey, Alice opens up about heartbreak in New York, chronic back pain connected to emotional stress, a five-day silent meditation retreat as a self-confessed extreme extrovert, and the long, non-linear road to finding peace. She now wakes up every morning with a baseline of calm she never thought she'd reach.

This is not a polished success story. It's the messy, honest, deeply human middle. And it might be exactly what you need to hear.

"I don't think I'm someone that can be happy. And eight months on, I wake up and I feel peace."

About Alice Wyatt

Alice Wyatt is a marketing leader with over a decade of experience in high-growth tech and fintech. Having held senior roles at companies including Bloomreach, Adyen, and Codat, she now works as a Fractional CMO, helping scaling businesses build and lead marketing functions. Originally from London, Alice has lived in New York and now calls Austin, Texas home. She is a passionate advocate for authentic leadership, mental wellbeing at work, and the power of meditation — even for extreme extroverts.