Before You Quit Your Fundraising Job: Power, Control, and Choice

A guided inquiry for nonprofit fundraisers navigating burnout, job stress, and career decisions.

The average fundraiser stays in their role for just 16 to 24 months — a statistic that points to burnout, pressure, and chronic stress in nonprofit fundraising jobs.

If you’ve ever thought:

• I can’t do this anymore
• My boss expects too much of me
• The board doesn’t understand fundraising

This episode is for you.

In this guided episode, Erin leads nonprofit fundraisers through a gentle inquiry process adapted from Byron Katie’s The Work (https://thework.com/), designed to help you slow down, question stressful beliefs, and reconnect with your own power before making a major career decision.

Rather than asking “Should I quit my fundraising job?”, this episode explores:

• Where you may be outsourcing your power at work
• What’s truly within your control — and what isn’t
• The difference between quitting from clarity vs. quitting from emotional urgency

This is not about convincing you to stay or go.
 It’s about making an empowered, informed decision rooted in agency instead of burnout or scarcity thinking.

You may want to listen once to absorb…
 and again with a journal to work the inquiry more deeply.

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