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Addressing burnout at its roots

At Seven Sisters Rising, we help organisations tackle burnout at its roots. We believe burnout isn’t just personal or professional. It is planetary. Our societies treat unpaid care and natural resources as if they are infinite, endlessly available to be drawn upon without limit.

We assume women’s time and energy, like clean water, fertile soil, or fresh air, can be stretched forever. Yet unpaid care and natural resources are being depleted quietly, persistently, and with profound consequences. When we fail to value care, we burn out women and girls. When we fail to value nature, we burn out our ecosystems. Both crises are symptoms of systems that extract without replenishing, that take without giving back.

Real change begins by making the invisible visible. Whether it’s unpaid care work, hidden hours of overtime, or the slow degradation of natural environments, naming and valuing what is overlooked is the first step toward justice and regeneration. Burnout, so often experienced as a private struggle, can be a political and systemic issue. Solutions must go beyond self-care to address the structures that create chronic overload and environmental harm.

We offer two core services to help you get to the root cause of burn out.

Customised team-building days in nature

Immersive experiences in the South Downs that strengthen team connections, create space to reflect, and explore how undervaluing both care and nature depletes critical resources, globally and locally.

Presentations and talks

We cover the politics of burnout or gender and global value chains online or in person. These sessions connect stories from cocoa farms to corporate offices. They reveal the hidden, unsustainable patterns in value chains, and equip teams and leaders with systemic strategies to create workplaces where people and the planet can truly thrive.

Why work with me?

I have spent my life working for change. In Nicaragua, I stood with women farmers who carried most of the work on cocoa and coffee farms but received little or no pay. Their labour was unseen and undervalued. That truth has stayed with me.

Back in the UK, I built a career in Fair Trade and human rights. I advised global companies on gender, equity, and sustainability. I also earned a PhD in human geography, funded by The Body Shop. From boardrooms to factory floors, I worked to make sure women were recognised, respected, and paid fairly.

But I saw another pattern: long hours, constant pressure, and valuable work overlooked. I experienced it myself. I burned out. That was a turning point. I stepped back, walked in nature, and began again. I wanted to build something different – work that lifts people up instead of wearing them down.

Now I help businesses and organisations support women, prevent burnout, and create steadier ways of working.

Please contact me if you are interested in a team-building day in nature or would like me to present a talk.