The Cost of Saying Yes to the Wrong Thing

The Cost of Saying Yes to the Wrong Thing

February 23, 2026 · 43 min · Season 2 · Episode 16

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The episode discusses the challenges of recognizing when opportunities are misaligned with personal values and goals.

In this episode of Heart + Head Work, we explore the moment you realize something in your life isn’t aligned — and you can no longer pretend it is. Rocky Donati and Tessa Arneson share a candid, behind-the-scenes look at a season when momentum, opportunity, and growth began to pull them away from alignment. What looked exciting and expansive at first slowly became heavy, complicated, and unsustainable — not because the idea was wrong, but because it wasn’t right for them. Through the story ...

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Hosts: Rocky Donati, Tessa Arneson

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