Motivation Without Burnout? It’s Possible.
Resilience Isn’t Just About Grit
We often glorify grit—the ability to push through, do more, and never quit.
🧠 But neuroscience tells us that motivation isn’t built through pressure. It’s built through safety, purpose, and belonging.
When we feel safe in our bodies and our environments, our brains are more likely to take on challenge, recover from setbacks, and engage with purpose. But many professionals spend their day advocating for others’ needs while silently suppressing their own.
⚒️ This Week’s Strategy:
Write down one moment this week where you made a decision aligned with your values—even if it wasn’t the easiest or most convenient one. That’s resilience in action.
Advocating for your own well-being in a workplace that doesn’t prioritize it is hard. But it’s also necessary. More and more professionals report losing the spark that brought them to the work in the first place.
Let’s change that—by starting with you.
