This event takes place on Crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. This event is free, but registration is required. 

Charis welcomes Alicia K. Anderson in conversation with Sara A. H. Butler for a celebration of Burnout Recovery: A Neurodivergent-Friendly Guide to Healing Burnout Through Nature's Wisdom, a holistic guide to identifying, recovering, and growing from the stress and burnout cycle.

Burnout is a fact of life for most working adults, but many people lack the tools they need to truly recover from it. Even those of us who have tried therapy or self-help guides in the past may continue to cycle in and out of burnout for years, unable to find something that really works. 

Burnout Recovery offers a holistic and neurodivergent-friendly approach to burnout. In this practical self-help guide, Alicia King Anderson argues that for many of us, burnout is not just a symptom of a stressful workplace. When reducing our workload slightly or taking a vacation doesn’t seem to help, we need to consider the entire network of intersecting stresses in our life: physical, psychological, sensory, social, environmental, and political.

Taking the metaphor of “burnout” literally, Anderson skillfully maps the stages of wildfire burns to the psychological experience of burnout. Drawing from her training in ecopsychology and mythology, she finds profound lessons in the natural cycle of wildfire to help us explore our own potential for healing and growth after a “burn” period. This unique book:

goes beyond ‘work stress’ to address all kinds of burnout, including autistic and ADHD burnout, creative burnout, and professional burnout

introduces grief work as an essential part of burnout recovery, to let go of idealized and unsustainable versions of yourself

provides step-by-step guidance to identify where you are in the burnout cycle—and make a plan ahead of time for the next stages ahead

Each chapter includes a variety of practical tools, including self-discovery exercises, activities, rituals, and journal prompts. For those tired of one-size-fits-all burnout advice, Anderson’s guidance will help you identify your unique burnout cycle, helping you get beyond short-term recovery and toward a more sustainable, nourishing, and meaningful life.

Alicia K. Anderson has a PhD in mythological studies with an emphasis in depth psychology, from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her dissertation on the Storyteller archetype explores the responsibilities of storytellers. Her areas of interest include career pivots and transitions; trauma; burnout; fairy tales (particularly fairy tale retellings); mythology retellings; and archetypal symbols such as the tarot and unicorns. She has scholarly chapters forthcoming in two volumes by Vernon Press and is currently editing a collection of essays called Essays on Advanced Unicorn Theory, which will be published by McFarland in 2026. Anderson has presented at the American Folklore Society annual meeting, the London Arts-Based Research Center conference “The Art of Storytelling: Archetypes in Focus,” the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association conference, and at the Progressive Connexions conference “Trauma, Shame, and Testimony.” She offers workshops, 1:1 coaching, and on-demand online courses on achieving lasting burnout recovery. Her latest book, Burnout Recovery: A Neurodivergent-Friendly Guide to Healing Burnout Through Nature's Wisdom will be published in March 2026 with North Atlantic Books.

Sara A. H. Butler is an Atlanta-based writer and marketing professional who authored Fortune and Folly: The Weird and Wonderful Life of the South’s Most Eccentric Millionaire. Her research into the original Coca-Cola family and the undocumented history of Asa Candler Jr. led to the discovery of lost Atlanta lore from the early- to mid-1900s. With a specialized interest in the story of how the Atlanta Speedway evolved into Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Butler seeks to humanize Atlanta’s history through the lives of the people who built it.

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Burnout Recovery: A Neurodivergent-Friendly Guide to Healing Burnout Through Nature's Wisdom -- Alicia K. Anderson in conversation with Sara A. H. Butler