INSIGHTS

The question beneath the question. The pattern worth naming. One written insight from each Do Not Disturb conversation, every Monday.

The Inside Story · Every Monday

LATEST INSIGHTS

Insights

Jul 20, 2026

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3 min read

She Asked Everyone to Be Quiet

Katherine Rose Bloom, Hermione Olivia, and Simona Deifta on what happens when women stop listening to the noise around birth — and start listening to their bodies instead.

Simona Deifta

Insights

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

She Had Everything. That Was The Problem.

Mimi Ikonn had the marriage, the business, and the money — and the panic attacks that came with them. On the discomfort of leaving something that looked, from the outside, entirely fine.

Simona Deifta

Insights

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

What Actually Breaks First

Julie Menanno on the conversation most couples never have — and why relationships rarely fail from conflict. They fail from the slow erosion of emotional connection underneath it.

Simona Deifta

Insights

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

She Worked In Fashion. She Bought Five Things.

Tiffanie Darke ran the machine that told women to buy more — then found the number that changed how she buys, and why five might be the most radical rule in fashion.

Simona Deifta

Insights

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

You Were Not Supposed To Make It This Far

Mandy Hickson, Lisa Ing Marinelli, and Natalie Chassay on the invisible cost of staying in rooms that were never built for them — and what it actually takes to not stop.

Simona Deifta

Insights

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

What You Think About You

Sarah Corbett-Winder on why the relationship that determines everything else isn't the one with your partner — it's the one you have with yourself.

Simona Deifta

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