Lisa Ing Marinelli on the Hidden Cost of Being a High-Achieving Mom

In this episode

Simona and Lisa talk about the pressure high-achieving mothers carry privately: ambition, responsibility, family, performance and what it costs to look capable while quietly running at full capacity.

Themes in this conversation

• High achievement and the private cost of holding everything together
• Motherhood, ambition and invisible pressure
• The emotional load behind visible success
• Identity shifts after becoming a mother
• The difference between capability and support
• Why women need more honest conversations about burnout

About Lisa Ing Marinelli

Lisa Ing Marinelli speaks about motherhood, achievement and the private emotional reality behind being seen as capable. Her conversation on Do Not Disturb looks at what high-performing women often carry beneath the surface.

About Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb: The Inside Story is a filmed long-form podcast hosted by Simona Deifta about modern female life beneath public success: motherhood, ambition, identity, relationships, money, fertility, burnout, emotional resilience and reinvention.

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