Will You Ever Be Enough? A Chat With Melissa Arnot?

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

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

4.3 • 787 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this deeply personal episode, we sit down with extraordinary mountaineer Melissa Arnot, whose achievements include multiple Everest summits including one without supplemental oxygen. But this conversation goes far beyond climbing mountains. Melissa's new book explores the universal struggle many women face: never feeling like we're enough despite accomplishments that prove otherwise. From her tumultuous upbringing to becoming an elite mountain guide while balancing motherhood and relationships, Melissa shares her journey of overcoming the relentless inner critic. This raw, honest discussion resonates with anyone who's ever felt inadequate despite "doing all the things." Like the bestseller "Wild," this isn't just a story about outdoor adventure—it's about discovering what it truly means to be enough in a world that constantly demands more. Join us for a powerful conversation about self-worth, impostor syndrome, and finding peace with who we are rather than what we achieve. Learn more about Melissa and get Enough here. Join our newsletter community here. Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, you want to be a marketer. It's easy. You just have to score a ton of leads and figure out a way to turn them all into customers.
0:08.0	Plus manage a dozen channels, write a million blogs and launch 100 campaigns all at once.
0:12.5	When that's done, simply make your socials go viral and bring in record profits.
0:16.7	No sweat. Okay, fine. It's a lot of sweat.
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0:36.9	One of the things that I think is the most difficult about being a woman is just how hard we are
0:43.1	on ourselves. We are often our very worst critics. At least once a week, but you know, sometimes two or three
0:53.3	times, I just, I think that I am not
0:56.3	doing enough. I think that I'm failing in a lot of ways. I think that I'm not accomplishing all
1:02.4	of the goals that I should be accomplishing. And I also know that it is BS, because on paper,
1:08.9	I'm doing all of the things. I know this. And yet and yet and yet,
1:15.2	I still often feel like I'm not enough. Maybe that's why I saw myself in my guest today's new book.
1:24.7	We're talking to Melissa Arnault. Melissa is an extraordinary mountain guide and climber
1:30.6	who has accomplished the most amazing things. She has submitted Everest multiple times, but she has
1:37.7	also done it without supplemental oxygen. She is a true badass, but for years, she also felt like she wasn't enough.
1:48.3	She felt like she was completely average, that she wasn't accomplishing all of the things
1:52.7	she should be accomplishing, and not just in climbing, but in being a mother and being a
1:58.8	partner and being a woman in the world. Melissa's journey is about so
2:04.3	much more than her astonishing achievements in the climbing world. She's so honest about her
2:10.1	struggles with self-worth, her tumultuous upbringing, and the relentless quest that all of us
2:15.0	feel to be enough.
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