Do Not Disturb: The Inside Story
Anna Hushlak
Anna Hushlak, author of Turn Yourself On, joins Simona Deifta to explore why so many women feel disconnected from themselves and how to reconnect with desire, creativity, energy and aliveness.

Episode
How To Turn Yourself On To Life Again
Anna and Simona discuss the pressures of modern life, motherhood, burnout, people-pleasing, self-abandonment and the slow ways women can lose touch with what they actually want.
Themes in this conversation
- Why so many women feel disconnected from themselves
- The hidden cost of people-pleasing
- Burnout, exhaustion and emotional numbness
- Motherhood, identity and desire
- Reconnecting with your body and intuition
- Creating a life that feels good from the inside out
About Anna Hushlak
Anna Hushlak is the author of Turn Yourself On and a scientist, co-founder and writer whose work explores desire, aliveness, energy and the relationship women have with themselves.
Core question: When did life start feeling like something you were managing rather than truly living?
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