The Burnout Beneath Ambition

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Personal Journals, Kids & Family, Technology, Parenting, Society & Culture

4.3 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Why does success still feel so empty for so many women? Executive coach Brooke Taylor says the answer is something she calls “the success wound”: the pain that comes from tying our self-worth to achievement, productivity, perfection, and external validation. In this episode, we unpack why so many high-achieving women are burned out, anxious, over-functioning, and terrified they’re never doing enough. We get into Google hustle culture to addiction, motherhood, ambition, burnout, and the panic spiral that starts with one weird email from your boss. We also talk about the deeper cultural forces shaping women’s relationship to work, why so many women are rethinking ambition in midlife, and how we raise daughters who know they are worthy even when they fail. Order The Success Wound here. Follow Brooke here. Join our newsletter community here. ORDER The Parisian Heist here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:05.0	Mom!
0:06.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:08.0	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:14.0	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.0	Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.5	So its phones down, forks up.
0:25.5	Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time.
0:32.6	Hey all, Joe here, and you are listening to Under the Influence. Quick reminder to order
0:40.3	your copy of the Parisian heist. If you like to hate on rich people behaving badly, this one's for you.
0:46.4	If you love a feminist art heist set in the 90s, oh my gosh, you're going to love it so much.
0:53.6	Grab a copy today for you and none of your friends.
0:56.5	The Parisian heist.
0:57.5	It's not summer without it.
0:59.1	All right.
0:59.6	Now on to today's episode.
1:01.3	This one really hit me.
1:02.8	I mean, I guess all of these episodes lately are hitting me because I think so many women are going
1:07.0	through a lot of the same things.
1:09.6	And I think a lot of us are carrying this around without
1:12.3	having the right language for it. It's this feeling that no matter how much we achieve, it is
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