Freelance Fitness is your weekly 10-minute movement break designed for creative freelancers, voice actors, designers, writers, editors, and anyone who spends their days creating, producing, and problem-solving. Hosted by freelance voiceover artist and former fitness instructor Alison Pentecost, each episode blends mindset coaching, creative productivity, and simple exercises you can do anywhere.

Today, we’re talking about the devil you know and why we stay with them.

What do I mean by that? I mean, why do we stay with clients who drain us?

Agents who underperform.

Suppliers who overpromise and underdeliver.

Managers who stopped advocating.

Collaborators whose goals no longer align with ours.

Is our loyalty a virtue or is it misplaced and holding us back?

The question isn’t whether this relationship is comfortable.

The question is: Is it building the career you want five years from now?

So, how do we know when we've been with a collaborator, supplier or manager too long? And what should we do about it if we do need to move on?

If you want to follow along with the exercises from today’s workout, here is a guide to Laying Figure Four, Bridge Pose, Thread the Needle, Down Dog, and Overhead Arm Stretch, all beginner-friendly and equipment-free.

Written and Hosted by: Alison Pentecost

Theme Song: Snakes and Fire by Pär Hagström

Playlist: Maybe

To learn more about my voiceover services — including commercial, corporate, e-learning, and narration work — visit www.alisonpentecost.com. Questions or feedback? Email [email protected] or connect with me on LinkedIn.