Anna Hushlak spent years running on empty and calling it discipline. This conversation is about what happens when you finally stop — and what it actually takes to feel switched on again: in your body, your work, your relationships, your life.
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In This Episode
Anna and Simona talk about what it actually means to feel alive again after a long stretch of survival mode — the difference between rest and shutdown, why pleasure gets deprioritized first, and the small, unglamorous steps that rebuild energy from the inside out. They get into desire, boundaries, and the version of ambition that doesn’t cost you your body.
Themes In This Conversation
Rest versus shutdown, and how to tell the difference
Why pleasure is the first thing to go when life gets full
Rebuilding energy in small, unglamorous ways
Ambition that doesn’t require self-abandonment
About Anna Hushlak
Anna Hushlak joined Do Not Disturb to talk about reconnecting with pleasure, energy and aliveness — what it takes to turn yourself back on to life after years of putting yourself last.
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 and reinvention. New filmed episodes every Wednesday. The Inside Story lands every Monday.
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