Keep Going | What Is It Costing You? Beltane / Full Moon in Scorpio

Episode Summary

This episode opens under the energy of Beltane and a Full Moon in Scorpio — a combination that calls us to go deeper, find our passion, and tell the truth. Host Zadra Rose draws on her years working in the nonprofit sector to name something that doesn't get said often enough in sustainability and mission-driven work: conviction without tools is depleting and misguided. She shares an honest account of what it looked like to love her work and still be quietly falling apart — and introduces the idea that our circumstances don't cause how we feel. It is our thoughts about our circumstances that create how we experience situations.

In This Episode

• Why the sustainability and nonprofit worlds attract people who pour from empty cups — and why that's not a character flaw, it's a pattern worth examining
• The difference between loving your work and letting it cost you everything
• What Zadra witnessed in her nonprofit colleagues — exhaustion, scope creep, funding anxiety — and what it revealed about the gap between dedication and sustainability
• An introduction to thought work — the foundational model she uses with coaching clients
• Why the relief we find in external support, however real, will always be short-lived if we haven't addressed how we're relating to our circumstances

This Week's Reflection Question

Where in my work or my life am I running on conviction alone — and what is that actually costing me?

This Week's Tool

Start noticing the thoughts running on a loop in your mind right now. Don't judge them. Simply notice. This is the first step in working with the thought model — and it costs you nothing but a few quiet minutes.

This Week's Action

Write down every reason this work matters to you. All of them. Then read the list out loud. Notice which reasons feel hollow and which fill you with something real. Both are telling you something true. Keep both lists.

Next Episode

Zadra Rose brings a new story from the intersection of sustainability and nonprofit work — and why that specific Venn diagram overlap is one of the most powerful places to do your inner work.

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Ready to explore what working with a coach could make possible for you? Schedule a conversation at inspired@zadraroseibanez.com or find Zadra on Instagram and LinkedIn @ZadraRose.