Do Not Disturb: The Inside Story
Lisa Ing Marinelli on the Hidden Cost of Being a High-Achieving Mom
Lisa Ing Marinelli joins Simona Deifta for a filmed long-form conversation about achievement, motherhood, identity and the unseen cost of holding everything together.
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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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Frequently asked questions
What is Lisa Ing Marinelli’s Do Not Disturb episode about?
Corporate lawyer, fashion creator and mother Lisa Ing Marinelli joins Simona Deifta to discuss ambition, marriage, motherhood and the hidden cost of trying to perform every role at a high level.
What topics does Lisa Ing Marinelli discuss?
Career ambition, motherhood, marriage, financial independence, cultural identity, boundaries and redefining success.
Where can I listen to the full episode?
Listen to Lisa Ing Marinelli on Do Not Disturb:
https://shows.acast.com/do-not-disturb-the-inside-story/episodes/3
Read more conversations and ideas in The Edit:
Do Not Disturb · A podcast about motherhood
Lisa Ing Marinelli:
The cost of being expected to do everything well
Lisa on a demanding career, family life and the trade-offs behind looking as though you do everything well.
The Do Not Disturb edit
Three things to take with you.
Three ideas from the conversation, in our words.
Do
Make the trade-offs in a demanding career and family life visible.
Not
Treat a shifting balance as proof that you are doing life wrong.
Disturb
The expectation that a high-achieving mother must excel everywhere at once.
What does doing it all actually require?
Lisa and Simona discuss achievement, motherhood and the work behind keeping both moving. They talk about the choices that can disappear from view when a woman appears to be managing everything.
The conversation makes those trade-offs visible, including the way priorities and balance can change over time.
What comes up
- A demanding career and motherhood
- The choices behind achievement
- Changing priorities and emotional load
Keep the conversation going
Mandy Hickson ↗
For ambition and achievement beyond the expectation to put motherhood first.
Sabrina Sarl ↗
For questioning the working arrangements mothers are expected to absorb.
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