Posts by Giovanna Rossi

What does it really mean to “have it all”?

For many ambitious women, the phrase has started to feel more like pressure than possibility. We’re expected to excel professionally, be deeply present at home, care for our communities, and somehow still maintain our own well-being.

It’s no wonder so many women feel overwhelmed.

In this episode of The Well Woman Show, economist and Wharton professor Dr. Corinne Low joins us to unpack the realities behind the myth of having it all. Drawing from research and her bestselling book Having It All, she shares practical ways women can rethink priorities, design careers across different life stages, and make choices aligned with their values.

But this conversation isn’t only for individuals.

For listeners who lead organizations, teams, or businesses, Dr. Low also shares important insights about how workplace structures can support — or undermine — women’s ability to thrive.

When we look at the data, one thing becomes clear: thriving isn’t just about personal resilience. It’s also about creating systems that support real lives.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why you feel more overwhelmed than ever — and why it’s not your fault
• The concept of a “utility function” and how it helps clarify what matters most
• Why radical prioritization can create more ease and reduce burnout
• How comparison can disconnect us from self-trust
• Why letting go of certain things isn’t failure — it’s a strategy
• How community can lighten the load in ways no productivity hack ever will
• What employers and leaders can do to create workplaces where people can thrive

This episode is a practical, grounding reminder that you don’t have to do it all — you just have to do what’s most yours.

✨ Ease in giving yourself permission to let go of what isn’t working, in making decisions from clarity instead of guilt, and in knowing that leading your life with less friction is not laziness, it’s wisdom

✨ Joy in watching your relationships blossom when you finally put your own oxygen mask on first and in discovering that joy is not a reward for getting everything done, it’s the foundation that makes everything else possible

✨ Impact in creating workplaces where women don’t have to choose—and in knowing that when you thrive, everyone around you feels it

✨ Self-trust. Dr. Low’s utility function model is ultimately a tool for coming home to yourself. When you stop measuring your life against someone else’s and start listening to your own values, you already know what the next right step is.

This episode is part of our 10th anniversary celebration of The Well Woman Show. Thank you for being part of this community. 🎉

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✨ Join us on April 30th at the Family Friendly New Mexico Business Awards Luncheon at Sandia Resort & Casino, where I’ll be in conversation with Dr. Low about what the data tells us about work, caregiving, and the structural changes needed for both people and businesses to thrive. 

As host of the Well Woman Show and Founder of Family Friendly New Mexico, I’m thrilled to bring this conversation to employers, HR leaders, policymakers, and community partners across our state — and to celebrate the businesses that are leading the way in creating workplaces that truly work for families. Grab your tickets at familyfriendlynm.org — hope to see you there!

✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed — so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough. 

🔗 Click here to join The Well Woman Academy™ group coaching program now! https://wellwomanlife.com/academywaitlist

✨ Experience the Power Up Workshop

“The wants felt frenzied. The desires felt calm. Like planting seeds.” — Sarah, workshop participant

The Power Up Workshop replay is now available. Join Giovanna Rossi for 90 minutes to reflect, release, and ground yourself before moving forward.

This is the anti-hustle, anti-resolution approach. The work that comes before the goals.

Use it anytime you’re in transition or ready to reset.

Get instant access: https://wellwomanlife.com/powerupworkshop

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Resources Mentioned

• Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours by Corinne Low, PhD
• Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success by Ruchika Malhotra
• Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want by Judd Kessler

Connect with Dr. Corinne Low

• Website: https://www.corinnelow.com/
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/corinnelowphd
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/p/Corinne-Low

Connect with Giovanna 

• Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#
• YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

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Creativity is not just something we do — it’s something we follow.

In this episode of The Well Woman Show, host Giovanna Rossi sits down with writer and filmmaker Giovanna Capone for a reflective conversation about creativity as a guiding force, cultural memory, and the courage to be seen.

Giovanna Capone shares her journey from public librarian to documentary filmmaker, and how her film Finding the Italians: A Granddaughter’s Journey grew out of a longing for cultural connection after moving from New York to California. What began as academic research became a deeply personal story about ancestry, belonging, and voice.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• How to organize your life around creativity while managing financial pressures and multiple responsibilities
• Why “going slowly is okay as long as you don’t stop”—and how to keep moving forward at your own pace
• The role of women as culture-keepers and storytellers
• How to push back against fear and anxiety instead of letting them become your default
• What happens when you proceed even when you’re not sure—and why your gut knows more than you think
• Why telling your personal story creates healing not just for you, but for everyone who hears it
• What it means to trust yourself when visibility feels uncomfortable

This episode is a powerful reminder that when women trust their intuition, tell their stories, and move at a humane pace, they create work that sustains joy and leaves a lasting impact.

✨ Ease in finally letting go of the pressure to be “practical” all the time—which frees you to make decisions that honor your creative truth, organize your days around what lights you up, and accept that managing multiple responsibilities doesn’t mean abandoning what matters most

✨ Joy in reconnecting with your roots and discovering the richness of where you come from—in interviewing elders and hearing their stories—in watching audiences spontaneously share their own family histories because you gave them permission to remember

✨ Impact by preserving voices that have been overlooked or erased from mainstream narratives—by using creativity to educate and inspire—by proving that ordinary people’s contributions matter—and by showing that telling your story creates ripples of healing far beyond yourself

✨ Self-trust in proceeding even when you’re not sure, even when you have no formal training, even when you’re scared—in believing that your gut knows what you’re doing—in pushing back against fear instead of letting it run your life—and in trusting that the story you can’t stop thinking about is the one you’re meant to tell

🔗 Watch Giovanna’s documentary film Finding the Italians: A Granddaughter’s Journey: https://giovannacapone.com/film

🎉 10th Anniversary Celebration

This March, The Well Woman Show is celebrating 10 years of conversations about finding yourself, trusting your path, and leading with ease and joy.

We want to hear from you: What’s your favorite episode of The Well Woman Show? What conversation has stayed with you, and why?

Share your top 10, top 5, or just one episode that mattered. Head to Instagram and Facebook posts and drop it in the comments or send us an email.

Coming in February: We’re counting down our top 10 episodes from the last decade—the conversations that shaped us and this show.

Thank you for 10 years of listening, growing, and leading alongside us.

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✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed — so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough. 

🔗 Click here to join The Well Woman Academy™ group coaching program now! https://wellwomanlife.com/academywaitlist

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✨ Experience the Power Up Workshop

“The wants felt frenzied. The desires felt calm. Like planting seeds.” — Sarah, workshop participant

The Power Up Workshop happened on December 27th, and the feedback was incredible.

The replay is now available. Join Giovanna Rossi for 90 minutes to reflect, release, and ground yourself before moving forward.

This is the anti-hustle, anti-resolution approach. The work that comes before the goals.

Use it anytime you’re in transition or ready to reset — not just for year-end.

Get instant access: https://wellwomanlife.com/powerupworkshop

Resources Mentioned

• Finding the Italians: A Granddaughter’s Journeydocumentary film by Giovanna Capone
• A People’s History of the United Statesby Howard Zinn
• The Shame of Point Reyes(film)
• Una Storia Segreta: The Secret History of Italian American Evacuation and Internment During World War II by Lawrence DiStasi
• Italian Oaklandby Rick Malaspina
• The Melting Plot(play)

Connect with Giovanna Capone 

Website: https://www.giovannacapone.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/giovannas.capone

FB: https://www.facebook.com/giovanna.s.capone

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

Your story isn’t just personal—it’s powerful. Your creativity isn’t a distraction—it’s your compass. And the work that scares you most might be exactly what the world needs.

Listen, subscribe, and share this episode with a woman who’s ready to stop waiting for permission and start trusting what she knows.

What if the very thing that makes you feel like you don’t belong is actually your greatest creative gift? 

In this moving conversation, I sit down with Amanda Pascali, a singer-songwriter, translator, and Fulbright Fellow who’s turned the experience of never quite fitting in into her life’s work. A Harrington Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, she researches Italian studies and ethnomusicology while revitalizing centuries-old Sicilian folk songs for modern audiences. Having built a community of hundreds of thousands online, she’s proven that the space between cultures isn’t empty—it’s where authentic connection is born. 

Amanda translates and reinterprets the work of Rosa Balistreri, one of Italy’s first women to publicly denounce social inequality through music, bringing women’s perspectives to stories that have long been filtered through a male gaze. Her latest album, Roses and Basil, transforms ancient lullabies and protest songs into something that speaks to anyone who’s ever felt like the outsider looking in.

What makes Amanda different—and why this conversation felt so essential—is that she’s not here to tell you how to fit in. She’s here to show you what becomes possible when you finally stop trying. She understands the exhaustion of pretending, the power of claiming your own space, and how the very thing that made you feel different can become your greatest source of strength.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• How feeling like the “weird girl” became the foundation for authentic artistry
• Why Amanda picked up a guitar at 12 and decided to create space for herself through music
• The story behind her Fulbright Fellowship translating Sicilian folk songs in a UNESCO-endangered language
• How she reinterprets centuries-old songs to center women’s voices and experiences
• How to use ancient wisdom to speak to our most modern struggles
• What it’s like to balance online visibility with real-life authenticity
• Why she believes music is how we say the things we can’t say with spoken word

This conversation reminds us that our greatest challenges often hold our greatest gifts. When you stop pretending to fit in and start trusting who you really are, you create:

✨ Ease in finally letting go of the exhausting performance of trying to belong—which frees up energy to honor what matters most to you, pursue work that aligns with your values, and show up authentically in every space you enter

✨ Joy in discovering community with others who also don’t fit the mold—in finding your unique voice when traditional paths don’t serve you—and in creating rituals that ground you and reconnect you to what’s meaningful

✨ Impact by centering voices and perspectives that have been marginalized or overlooked—by giving others permission to embrace what makes them different—and by proving that making people feel less alone is one of the most powerful things we can do

✨ Self-trust in believing your perspective has value even when it challenges convention—in choosing to reclaim parts of yourself on your own terms—and in knowing that the dreams your ancestors couldn’t pursue are now yours to live

🔗 Get Amanda’s new album Roses and Basil (bilingual reinterpretations of Sicilian folk songs): https://amandapascali.bandcamp.com/album/roses-and-basil

✨ Experience the Power Up Workshop

“The wants felt frenzied. The desires felt calm. Like planting seeds.” — Sarah, workshop participant

The Power Up Workshop happened on December 27th, and the feedback was incredible.

The replay is now available. Join Giovanna Rossi for 90 minutes to reflect, release, and ground yourself before moving forward.

This is the anti-hustle, anti-resolution approach. The work that comes before the goals.

Use it anytime you’re in transition or ready to reset — not just for year-end.

Get instant access: https://wellwomanlife.com/powerupworkshop

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📅 Also happening this month, 100 Women Albuquerque will meet on January 28 at 5:30 pm in Albuquerque to amplify our impact and assist under-supported organizations. The WWS will continue its sponsorship of this great work in 2026. Come be inspired by the collective power of women. Join us to meet like-minded women committed to making a difference. Members can nominate local nonprofits and promote a business or event during our meeting. Click here! http://100womenabq.org/ 

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📣 Nominate a remarkable woman (or women) for KRQE’s Remarkable Women 2026 contest. It’s a chance to spotlight women whose dedication and community impact deserve to be celebrated. Click here to submit your nominations today: https://www.krqe.com/contests/remarkable-women-2026/

Resources Mentioned

• Amanda’s new album Roses and Basil 
• Rosa Balistreri: Italian protest singer and folk musician
• The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (English Edition)
• The Leopard – Netflix TV Series
• The Leopard – 1963 Film

Connect with Amanda 

Website: https://www.amandapascali.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/amandinapascali

FB: http://facebook.com/amandinapascali

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the Well Woman Show on your favorite podcast platform and leave us a review. Share it with a woman who needs to hear this. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations with incredible women leaders who are changing the world.