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 right beside your desk.

In today’s episode, we’re diving into a feeling every freelancer eventually faces: disappointment in your business. Maybe you built a solid plan — marketing, auditions, outreach, networking — and still… your week, month, or even your quarter didn’t deliver the results you expected.

So what can you actually do when you hit a slump? How do you reset your mindset, rebuild momentum, and get your creative confidence back?

This episode gives you practical steps to move through disappointment, reconnect with your strengths, and return to your client work with more clarity, discipline, and resilience.

If you want to follow along with the exercises from today’s workout, here are the guides: glute bridge hold, side plank, wall sit, and push up hold — all beginner-friendly and equipment-free.

Written and Hosted by: Alison Pentecost

Theme Song: Snakes and Fire by Pär Hagström

Playlist: Bankston

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

Freelance Fitness is a weekly 10 minute exercise break from your workday aimed at freelance creative folks, hosted by freelance voiceover artist and former fitness instructor Alison Pentecost.

Today, I'm talking about something that can make even the most talented freelancers feel a little uncomfortable, myself included — setting rates that reflect your real value. One of the hardest parts of freelancing is figuring out how much to charge for your work. Why do so many creative freelancers feel guilty about asking for fair pay? How can we justify our worth to clients when cheaper options abound online? Should we worry that we'll scare them off?

Running posture checklist is here.

Links to warm up exercise guides are here: Hamstring Sweeps, Dynamic Knee Hugs, Dynamic Quad Stretch.

Links to cooldown stretches are here: Standing Figure Four, Standing Hamstring Stretch, Static Quad Stretch.

Written and Hosted by: Alison Pentecost

Theme Song: Snakes and Fire by Pär Hagström

Playlist: Zyke

To learn more about my Voiceover work visit www.alisonpentecost.com. For comments and questions, you can email podcast@alisonpentecost.com. Or follow me on LinkedIn!

Freelance Fitness is a weekly 10 minute exercise break from your workday aimed at freelance creative folks, hosted by freelance voiceover artist and former fitness instructor Alison Pentecost.

Today I'll be talking about something that I think is very important — especially for those of us who spend most of our time working solo: getting out of the house and talking to other human beings. One of the main reasons I started this podcast, besides needing to be constantly reminded of all this good advice so I could apply it in my own life, was to build community. Let's be honest, though, getting out there and making friends or even work acquaintances as an adult can be challenging. Sometimes it's hard to know where to start.

So I'll be coaching a getting out of the house walking mobility workout. Active stretching and mobility exercises that will limber you up and get you feeling energized so you can go out into society feeling your very best.

Links to exercise guides are here: knee hugs, hamstring sweeps, forward lunges.

Written and Hosted by: Alison Pentecost

Theme Song: Snakes and Fire by Pär Hagström

Playlist: Kylie Dailey

To learn more about my Voiceover work visit www.alisonpentecost.com. For comments and questions, you can email podcast@alisonpentecost.com. Or follow me on LinkedIn!