

Social change - How not to burn out
Jun 16, 2025
51:08
Effective social change means balancing activism with self-care and maintaining healthy relationships. Burnout in social movements often comes from difficult interpersonal dynamics and unresolved trauma, not just the workload itself.
Sustainable change happens when we can acknowledge others' humanity and work together across differences, even with those we disagree with.
Katherine Golub is a city counsellor and a coach who helps social change workers find more sustainable ways to continue their activism.
This conversation will help you
- Navigate social change work without burning out
- Build better relationships across political differences in your community
- Transform conflicts in activist spaces
Resources
- Connect with Katherine via LinkedIn
- Conflict Decoded – Katherine’s podcast
- Visit Katherine’s website
- Hospicing Modernity: Parting with Harmful Ways of Living, by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
- Connect with Tatjana via LinkedIn
- Visit The Human Greenhouse website to explore and connect