Regenerative Pathways through Burnout

Do meaningful work without letting it take everything from you.

Whether you’re recovering from or preventing burnout, this 5-month online program will support you to find regenerative ways of working that sustain you without losing yourself.

How are you going to do work that matters if you're depleted, frustrated, and constantly pushing through?

This program is for those ready to explore burnout deeply, alongside others who get it. You will emerge with new insights and ways to navigate work differently: more sustainable, more honest, more life-giving.

The essence of this program

Next cohort:
November 3, 2026 - April 13, 2027

Over five months and a half you will explore burnout, chronic stress and depletion with honesty, with depth, and with others who know what you're carrying. So that we can do meaningful work and take care of ourselves along the way.

You'll understand the roots of burnout around and within you, and practice new ways of relating to work grounded in what's actually happening in your body and your mind. You'll leave with clarity around what burnout is, practical ways to navigate it rather than push through it, and a community that keeps you honest along the way.

This is work in community at its core. If you want more individual support to go deeper, you can add one-to-one sessions later in the program.

Applications close November 2.

This program is limited to 35 participants. Applications are read personally and reviewed as they arrive.

Inside the program

We ask you to apply so we can make sure the program is in right alignment with where you are right now.

If this feels relatable…

Maybe you know in your bones what burnout is like, and you don't want to go back. Or maybe you sense you're on the verge of it, and want to stay clear of it. Either way, this program is for you if:

  • You keep pushing through exhaustion because the work feels too important to stop.

  • You've long tried to lead and work in line with your values, and felt how much extra energy that costs you.

  • You're doing work to make a difference, and the gap between the change you're working for and what's actually happening is wearing you out.

  • You've read the burnout advice, tried the boundaries and the breaks, and the drain is still there.

  • You feel the state of the world is adding dread on top of the everyday demands of your work.

  • You're questioning whether the way you work is sustainable at all, not just for you, but for anyone.

  • You've started to feel like how you show up to work isn't quite you anymore.

You will be able to…

  • Understand what's actually happening in your body when you push through, and why willpower alone was never going to solve it.

  • Find ways of working that don’t ask you to disappear into your work to prove it matters.

  • Tell the exhaustion of overwork apart from the deeper dread of watching change unfold in ways you can't control. And know that they don't call for the same response.

  • Name the distance between what you're capable of and what your circumstances currently allow, instead of only feeling it.

  • Meet the part of you that keeps pushing through with more compassion than judgment, and start to loosen its grip.

Join our free session “When extraction lives within us: the roots of burnout”

If you’re curious to learn more, we invite you to join this free session on October 20 to explore new ideas and engage in conversation around the systemic reality of burnout and chronic stress. You will:

  • ​Explore why burnout is not a personal failure, and what it might be telling you.

  • ​Look at the stories behind how we live and work.

  • ​Start to see how those stories shape your own experience, and leave with a starting point for what to look at next.

You will also learn more about the program and have the opportunity to ask your questions.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
4-5 pm CEST

Burnout is not an individual failure, but a sign of the times we're living in.
We invite you into a space to understand its roots and to find, together, regenerative ways of moving through it.

A regenerative lens on burnout recovery and prevention

Regenerative means to replenish, heal, and revitalize.

Burnout is not a personal failure. It is a mirror of the current dynamics, narratives, and systems of exploitation that are depleting you, the people around you, and life on our planet.

The Regenerative Pathways through Burnout program is rooted in the fact that how we are living and working is fundamentally unsustainable, and that true burnout recovery and prevention require a new world of work.

We understand that burnout is not just the consequence of chronically being unable to handle workload. It is the state you reach when you’ve been functioning for too long disconnected from your true nature: from your inner voice, your authentic way of doing things, your genuine presence, your honest rhythms, and your humble human capacity.

You are actually buried under layers of what you’re supposed to do and be in this world. You were told stories of worth, wealth, growth, progress, and success that defined how work is understood nowadays for the majority of our societies. Stories that make you push through constantly, overstretching until all vitality is gone from you.

This program invites you to look at the roots of burnout around you and within you to imagine and practice ways of living and working away from systems of depletion.

Do work that matters without letting it cost you this much.

What the program includes

  • 12 Live Sessions

    We gather every other Tuesday for 1.5 hours, from November 3, 2026, to April 13, 2027. Each session follows a rhythm of exploring insights to reflect on, guided meditations, embodied practices and collective sense-making.

    All live sessions are recorded and can be accessed at any time via the Regenerators Academy platform. You’ll have access to the content one year after we’ve finished the program.

  • A held community of change-activators

    Being in community is not a backdrop to the program, but central to it. We reflect and share in both the big group and smaller circles to create deep connections during our five months together. Between sessions, you will have access to a community platform to connect, share and continue the conversation with fellow participants.

    You will also join our Regenerators Alumni community, with over 1,000 people across more than 70 countries.

  • Reflection materials and practices

    Between sessions, you will receive prompts, practices, and selected readings to keep the exploration going in your own time. They are there to help you stay with what has surfaced, to bring the work into your daily life, and to let it settle before we meet again. You can engage with them as much as your energy allows.

  • Guest session with Laura Storm

    Laura Storm, founder of Regenerators and Regenerators Academy, joins us for a guest session. With more than 25 years at the forefront of sustainability and regeneration, she brings a long view of what it takes to sustain this work and of the systems that wear down the people doing it.

  • Individual sessions

    Optional, available separately

    If you want dedicated one-to-one support, you can opt to individual sessions with Judit Sáez Gonzálvez, the program’s main space holder, from March 2027. A more intimate space to go deeper into what is alive for you personally.

Your host during the program

Judit Sáez Gonzálvez

Judit is the main space holder for this program and a systemic coach trained in Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC). She has nearly two decades of experience in marketing, team leadership, organizational culture, and business development. She is also a Regenerators alumna, co-facilitates Regenerators' flagship program Regenerative Leadership Journey alongside founder Laura Storm, and serves as the community and ecosystem nurturer within the Regenerators ecosystem, tending to the conditions for genuine connection and co-creation.

She brings to this program her knowledge in systems thinking and cultures of belonging, her practice in regenerative coaching and facilitation, and her own lived experience of burnout. Judit’s intention is to create a space that holds the complexity of burning out while doing work that matters, without rushing toward resolution or offering superficial comfort that avoid looking at the roots of one of the most widespread wellbeing challenges of our times.

Learn more about Judit.

“We’re all crooked trees.”

Nora Bateson

Over five months, you’re invited to engage in a safe and courageous space bringing all of you. No performing, just showing up as you are. Don’t miss out on the power of your lived experience: your true stories with burnout and chronic stress will be the fuel to find your regenerative pathways.

Nobody in the space has things figured out, holds the role of expert, or aims at finding a cure to burnout. We invite you to let go of fixing and solutionist ideas. Whatever occurs during the program probably won't be either the beginning or the end. You’ll be encouraged to switch goals for intentions and solutions for practice.

A spiral, not a straight line

Burnout does not resolve in a straight line. Neither does this program.

We move in a spiral - inward and then outward again - returning to the same questions with different eyes, different depth, and a different quality of presence each time.

The spiral through these months has six phases:

A journey through inner, outer and ecosystemic dimensions.

As we spiral, we move through three interconnected dimensions:

  • the inner - how we relate to ourselves, our patterns, and our depletion.

  • the outer - how we show up in our work, our relationships, and our communities.

  • the ecosystemic - the ripples that our presence and actions create in the larger systems we are part of.

Regenerative practitioners understand that these dimensions are inseparable. How you show up for yourself deeply influences your ability to create regenerative change in the world. This program tends to all three.

What others are saying

"I feel more confident and with more self-awareness and self-compassion. The sessions helped me a lot to slow down and focus. Also to identify situations at work or feelings I had in the past, which were seeds for my burnout. It has a mirror effect - a tool to change the way you see, and thus, you act. The fact of knowing that Judit talks from experience gives you confidence and creates a common space of mutual understanding."

Raquel Priego, co-founder

"The industrial-age way in which people work has eroded the very essence of what makes us an effective species. Today's leaders must unlearn the behaviours of the past so that we can move into a future where people work better together in the pursuit of meaningful impact. Judit's inspiring approach combines purposeful work and human leadership that will positively impact the lives and work of anyone fortunate enough to work with her."

Alex Hirst, joint CEO

"These sessions have been a stepping stone to practicing regenerative ways of being while evolving and deepening my sense of purpose. I appreciated the variety of interventions and activities, as well as knowing that there was always room for what wanted to emerge. I have gained much more confidence in creating what I believe in rather than perpetuating existing mechanistic cycles and roles."

Veronika Brantova, educator

A note on therapeutic support

This program is held with care and deep intention, which is why it is limited to 35 participants. It’s also why there is a short application process rather than a direct sign up. The application helps us make sure the program is in alignment with where you are right now, and it keeps the space as safe as we can make it: for you, for the other participants, and for the space holders.

This program is not a therapeutic space. Our space holders are not therapists, and the program is not designed to support acute mental health crises. If you are currently experiencing severe burnout symptoms (such as being unable to cope with daily life, signs of anxiety crisis and depression, or extreme fatigue and emotional detachment), we warmly encourage you to seek individual therapeutic support and to consider joining this program at another time. If you apply and this is where you are, please say so honestly. Read more about burnout and its symptoms here.

You can also reach out before applying, if you are unsure whether this program is right for where you are right now. We would rather have an honest conversation than have you join at the wrong moment for you.

Individual sessions with Judit (optional add-on)

Toward the end of the program, you will have the option to add one-to-one sessions with Judit, and to continue them after the program has closed.

The group is a place to learn with and from others. Individual companionship is a place to go deeper into what is alive for you personally: to sit with what the group has opened, to tend to what needs more time, and to keep finding your way through the spiral with support that is only about you. You decide what to bring, and Judit will meet you where you are.

Individual sessions will begin in March 2027, in the final stretch of the program, and can continue afterward, so the support can help you integrate what you have lived and carry it into what comes next. They are booked separately, so you can take part in the whole program without them. Details on price, length and available spots will be shared later in the program, and you can decide closer to March whether you would like this extra support.

BONUS for the first 10 people who sign up

One individual session with Judit

The first 10 people to secure their place in the program receive a 60-minute one-to-one session with Judit at no extra cost. You can schedule it at any point between January and the end of March 2027, in the second half of our time together.

It’s a space to bring what the program has opened in you personally: what has surfaced, what has surprised you, what is asking for more time or more honesty. Judit will meet you where you are on the spiral and help you sense into what wants to emerge from this moment of your journey.

Scheduling is flexible within that window and arranged directly with Judit. Those who apply for the program, receive the invitation to join, and are among the first 10 people who secure their place will receive this bonus one-to-one session.

Guest session with Laura Storm

During the program, we will welcome Laura Storm, founder of Regenerators and Regenerators Academy for a guest session. Laura has worked for more than 25 years at the forefront of sustainability and regeneration. She has founded and led international organizations including the Copenhagen Climate Council, the World Business Summit on Climate Change, and Sustainia. She is co-author of the book Regenerative Leadership: The DNA of Life-Affirming 21st Century Organizations, and she speaks worldwide on how regeneration can reshape leadership, organizations, and societies so that all life may thrive.

Laura brings a long view of what it takes to sustain regenerative work, and of the systems that so often wear down the people trying to change them. That view comes from her work and writing, and from her lived experience as a change-activator. We will explore what this means for burnout with her in this session.

This session will be scheduled as the program advances.

Dates to save in your calendar

The twelve live group sessions will run every other Tuesday, from 4 to 5.30 pm CET (UTC+1).

2027
Jan 5
Jan 19
Feb 2
Feb 16
Mar 2
Mar 16
Mar 30
Apr 13

2026
Nov 3
Nov 17
Dec 1
Dec 15

Between December 16 and January 4 the program will be on an end of the year break. The individual sessions will be scheduled as we go at a time convenient for you and Judit. Guest sessions will be scheduled as we go along the program. Please note that the sessions after March 28, 2027 take place on CEST (UTC+2) and your local time may differ.

Where this program is rooted

Burnout cannot be understood through a single lens. This program draws from neuroscience, philosophy, systems biology, psychodynamics, and decolonial thought - because the roots of burnout reach into all of these territories, and navigating it differently requires more than one map. Some of the theories and frameworks we will weave with:

  • Maslach & Leiter — six domains of burnout

  • Vanessa Machado de Oliveira — hospicing modernity, problems vs predicaments

  • Iain McGilchrist — hemisphere dominance and the divided brain

  • Lisa Feldman Barrett — the predictive brain, body budgeting and social co-regulation

  • Giles Hutchins and Laura Storm — regenerative leadership, the Story of Separation

  • Varma & Petriglieri — the doer identity and false self defense

  • Taibi Kahler — drivers model

  • Hannah Arendt — vita activa, vita contemplativa, animal laborans

  • Byung-Chul Han — the achievement society and auto-exploitation

  • Josef Pieper — leisure as the basis of culture

  • Antonio Damasio — felt consciousness

  • Olivier Hamant — robustness vs performance in living systems

  • Thomas D'hooge — three ways of thinking about time

Week by week breakdown

ARRIVAL
November 3

1


DIVING
November 17

2


DIVING
December 1

3


DEPTH
December 15

4


DEPTH
January 5

5


REST
January 19

6


REST
February 2

7


REFRAMING
February 16

8


REFRAMING
March 2

9


RETURNING
March 16

10


RETURNING
March 30

11


ARRIVAL
April 13

12


The program is designed to allow for natural emergence to happen: we’ll stay responsive and reserve the right to adapt the content as we go.

This program is for you if you want to...

  • Understand burnout differently - not as a personal failure or a productivity problem to fix, but as something you know from the inside, with roots that go deeper than any self-optimization promise can reach.

  • Explore the paradox you're living - the exhaustion of working toward change while being depleted by the very systems you wish to transform.

  • Find pathways forward that don't bypass the difficulty - by looking honestly at your own part in the systems that deplete you, and discovering what becomes possible when inner exploration pairs with a regenerative lens.

  • Build understanding that actually holds - grounded in neuroscience and the systemic roots of burnout, so that what emerges is not another coping strategy but a life-affirming way of being in your work and in the world.

This program may not be for you if you're expecting...

  • A toolkit or framework to implement and execute. There are no quick fixes or one-size-fits-all models here.

  • A step-by-step recovery plan. We will not be moving through burnout in a linear, sequential way, and we’re not expecting to “solve” burnout.

  • Immediate relief. This is a five-month program that asks for patience, presence, and a willingness to stay with difficulty. The insights that emerge do so slowly, not overnight.

  • To sit back and listen. This is not a lecture series. The deep exploration, the practice, the willingness to open up and be present with others are the work itself.

  • A substitute for therapy. Our space holders are not therapists, and this program is not designed to hold acute mental health crises.

Investment Options

Regenerators is a small business, and we believe the way we fund our work should reflect what we teach. Our business model is designed to channel 5% of the profits from all our programs toward land restoration and Indigenous-led projects. Scholarships, payment plans, and this sliding scale keep our programs open to people with fewer financial resources.

The program is the same at every rate. What changes is how much each person contributes, so that people with more resources help make room for people with fewer. All rates can be paid in full or in three monthly payments.

Corporate

Comfortable income. Your spot, plus a sponsored spot for someone who couldn't otherwise join.

1,150 €

NGO / Academia / Self-employed

Moderate income. Keeps the program financially sustainable.

750 €

Between jobs / Low income

Financially constrained, or a local currency that makes euro pricing hard to afford.

550 €

All rates include:

  • 12 live group sessions with Judit Sáez Gonzálvez

  • Community access via the Regenerators Academy platform

  • Guest session with Laura Storm

  • Individual companionship with Judit add-on option

  • Reflective materials and practices between live sessions

  • Recordings from all live sessions available one year after the program has finished

  • Access to Regenerators’ Alumni community at the end of the program

Plus one BONUS individual session with Judit for the first 10 people who secure their place in the program

Scholarships

Scholarship places are available for people for whom even the lowest tier price would be a barrier, with priority for people of the Global South and Global Majority communities.

You can ask to be considered for a scholarship during the program application form. Scholarship requests are open until October 25, and we will let you know by October 27 at the latest.

A regenerative lens doesn't ask how to bounce back from burnout faster. It asks what needs to change at the root - in ourselves, in our work, and in the systems we are part of.

Soil Agreement

The foundation of how we show up together

For you as a potential Regenerators Academy participant, it’s important to understand our non-negotiable ways of being together that this Soil Agreement represents.
We use the term Soil Agreement because soil is foundational for all life to flourish, grow, and thrive — including life on this program.
This Soil Agreement is our foundation for how we want to be together, learn, and unlearn. It is how we lay our shared foundation for a transformational experience together.

Regenerators: A living ecosystem of change-activators reweaving how we live, lead, and design for life.

Since 2018, Regenerators has been developing an approach to leadership, organizational, and personal transformation that’s rooted in living systems wisdom.

Our frameworks and methodologies equip leaders, teams, and individuals to navigate uncertainty, build resilience, restore health and vitality, and respond to today’s challenges from a place of wholeness and wellbeing.

Regenerators Academy has been running online transformative learning journeys in regenerative leadership and living since 2021, starting with our flagship year-long course, the Regenerative Leadership Journey, which now has 1000+ alumni across more than 70 countries.

Why Regenerators, and why now

Over the years, we have seen the same experience come up again and again among the people who join our learning experiences: exhaustion, chronic stress, and the sense that meaningful work can quietly take everything from you.

It’s something many change-activators carry, and it deserves its own space. That is why we are launching this program now, to explore burnout together, in depth and without rushing to fix it. It’s open to members of the Regenerators community, to people already familiar with regeneration, and to anyone who finds themselves in this moment.

Questions you may have

How do we activate meaningful change within the very systems that deplete us?

Join the Regenerative Pathways through Burnout program and explore this with a community that gets you.