12 | Why Am I This Tired Every Day… And Nothing Is Changing?

EP12: WHY AM I THIS TIRED EVERY DAY… AND NOTHING IS CHANGING?

📅 31 March 2026

 

You get to the end of the day and you just sit there. Not just physically tired — mentally finished. Emotionally wrung out. And the thing that makes it worse? Nothing is actually changing. You show up again tomorrow and do it all over again.

 

That kind of tired isn't laziness. It's what happens when you've been carrying too much for too long without enough support, without enough breathing room, and without anyone asking if you're okay. If you're a social worker mum, you know this feeling better than most — because the caring never stops.

 

In this episode, Ade gets real about what burnout looked and felt like from the inside — not the polished version, the actual one. And she talks about the small shift that started to change things, not overnight, but enough to begin seeing a different way forward.

 

In this episode:

- Why "I don't have time" is often not the whole truth — and what's really underneath it

- What feeling stuck actually looks like day to day when responsibility keeps rising but income and energy don't

- The honest moment Ade realised burnout wasn't just affecting her work — it was affecting how she showed up at home with her children

- Why she was sceptical about anything online and how she moved past that

- The one question she changed that started to shift everything — from "do I have time?" to "can I start small?"

- Why starting imperfectly, in small pockets of time, counts far more than waiting for the perfect moment

 

If you're listening to this and thinking "I need somewhere to start" — the Breathe Again Burnout Reset Bundle is that gentle first step.

 

👉 Breathe Again — just £17 → https://payhip.com/b/7qNLs

 

If you're also curious about what building income alongside social work could look like:

 

👉 https://www.adefunkelarigo.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=ep12

 

Connect with Ade:

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelarigo/

📱 WhatsApp: +44 7348956483

 

Around here, we dey change our story. 👑