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A podcast for fundraisers ready to stop burning out and start showing up whole.

Summary

Welcome to The Brave and Balanced Fundraiser, a podcast created for fundraisers who are committed to their mission and ready to care for their inner world. Hosted by former professional fundraiser and coach Erin McQuade-Wright, this show is your space to breathe, realign, and reconnect with the part of you that chose this work for a reason.

Each week, you’ll explore practices that help you shift from stressed and stretched thin to grounded, brave, and on purpose — in your work and in your life.

What This Podcast Is About

Every episode opens a window into the internal side of fundraising so you can:

• Understand and work with the nervous-system responses that shape your fundraising
• Break unhelpful patterns that keep you anxious, overextended, or stuck
• Strengthen donor relationships by showing up regulated, present, and confident
• Discover how getting out of your own way leads to raising more money, building deeper trust, and living more meaningfully
• Create a sustainable fundraising career rooted in alignment rather than depletion
• Feel more connected, resourced, and empowered in the work you do

If fundraising often feels meaningful and exhausting, you’re not alone — and this podcast will help you navigate both with more ease and clarity.

Join the Community

Connect with other fundraisers practicing these tools inside The Brave & Balanced Fundraiser Facebook Group.

Stay Connected

Website: VitalistCoaching.com
Instagram: @erinmcquadewright

✨ Stay Connected & Continue Your Fundraising Growth

Listen to all episodes + subscribe:
https://thebraveandbalancedfundraiser.buzzsprout.com

Join the community:
The Brave & Balanced Fundraiser Facebook Group
👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/braveandbalancedfundraiser

Book a Brave & Balanced Breakthrough Call:
A personalized 1:1 session to support your inner clarity and fundraising wellbeing.
👉 https://calendly.com/vitalistcoaching/brave-balanced-breakthrough

Learn more about Erin’s coaching & nervous-system based support:
VitalistCoaching.com

Connect on Instagram:
@erinmcquadewright