ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Do Not Disturb: The Inside Story is a podcast for women building careers, growing families, and quietly wondering: “How am I supposed to manage it all?”
Hosted by Simona Deifta — founder of NOJO and a working mum navigating her own questions — each week features raw, honest conversations with women who aren’t afraid to go deep. We talk about ambition, relationships, sex, money, fertility, burnout, resilience, reinvention — and everything in between.
These are the conversations we usually have behind closed doors — but we’re having them out loud, so more of us can feel a little more seen, and a little less alone.
🎙️ New episodes every Wednesday. Hit Follow to get the latest as soon as they drop.
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Hosts:
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
56 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
36 episodes
since April 6, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Are women naturally better carers—or have practice, expectation and power made familiar roles feel inevitable?
Simona Deifta speaks with award-winning science journalist and author Angela Saini about what science has got wrong about women, where ideas about gender come from, and why supposedly natu…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Why are mothers expected to cope while everyone checks on the baby? Simona Deifta speaks with Laura McGrath, co-founder and CEO of Lola&Lykke, about the experiences that led her to build a maternal-health company.
Laura talks candidly about pregnancy loss, advocating for her own care, returning…
What does it take to make Britain obsessed with beans? Simona Deifta sits down with Bold Bean Co founder Amelia Christie-Miller to talk about building a challenger food brand, creating a new category, the reality behind Dragons’ Den, and the naming decision that nearly sent the business in a very d…
What happens when you leave your job, start a business and discover you are pregnant in the same week?
In this episode, Simona speaks with Sabrina Sarl, creative business adviser, artist manager and host of Mothers of Creativity. Sabrina has spent more than 15 years working across the creative indu…
Many women prepare carefully for the baby. Far fewer are prepared for what motherhood will do to their identity, relationships, body, ambition and sense of control.
Simona Deifta is joined by Becky Selbie, a therapist specialising in maternal mental health and the founder of Motherway. Together the…
Comparison is the thief of joy—but motherhood can make the timelines women are measured against feel even louder.
In this episode, Simona speaks with Gillian Orr, award-winning journalist, former Editor-in-Chief of Refinery29 UK and writer of Slouching Towards Bethnal Green. Gillian reflects on bui…
Anna Hushlak: Why Women Feel Disconnected From Themselves
When did life start feeling like something you were managing rather than truly living?
In this episode of Do Not Disturb, I sit down with Anna Hushlak, author of Turn Yourself On, to explore why so many women feel disconnected from themselve…
What happens when the advice parents receive is driven more by fear than by evidence?
In this episode of Do Not Disturb, I sit down with economist, bestselling author and mother Emily Oster for an honest conversation about modern parenting, decision-making, risk, and why so many parents feel p…
Hiba Siddiqui: The Truth About Postpartum Recovery
Why are women expected to prepare for birth, but not for what comes after?
In this episode of Do Not Disturb, I sit down with Hiba Siddiqui, founder of The Tenth Wellness, to discuss postpartum recovery, maternal health, motherhood, and the realiti…
Mimi Ikonn: Motherhood, Ambition & Choosing Yourself
What happens when the life you've worked so hard to build no longer feels aligned with the person you're becoming?
In this episode of Do Not Disturb, I sit down with entrepreneur, author, and mother Mimi Ikonn for an honest conversation about…
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