Do Not Disturb: The Inside Story
Arina Schneitter on I Gave Up Everything to be a Mom
Motherhood, identity and the cost of choosing family on your own terms.
In this episode
Simona Deifta speaks with Arina Schneitter in this filmed long-form episode of Do Not Disturb: The Inside Story. The conversation explores motherhood, identity and the cost of choosing family on your own terms.
Themes in this conversation
- Choosing family on your own terms
- Motherhood and identity
- The private cost of reinvention
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Arina on putting family first for a while, listening to her children and keeping a creative life in view.
The Do Not Disturb edit
Three things to take with you.
Three ideas from the conversation, in our words.
Do
Listen before turning a child’s experience into a lesson.
Not
Treat a season of family life as the end of a creative career.
Disturb
The demand that success must follow an uninterrupted upward line.
Does ambition have to move in a straight line?
Arina and Simona discuss the choices that come with motherhood and the feeling that taking time for family can mean stepping away from a career. They talk about what a pause means when you still have ideas and plans.
Arina also reflects on listening to children before turning their experiences into something to teach.
What comes up
- Choosing a season of family life
- Creative work and ambition
- Listening before offering a lesson
Keep the conversation going
Sabrina Sarl ↗
For a creative career that changes shape around family life.
Hermione Olivia ↗
For rebuilding professional direction after a life transition.
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