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Co-Founder Rebecca tells us the most important lessons she has learned since her burnout. I turned 45 this week 🎉 and I think I’m finally ready to say it: I am not the same person who burned out at 40. Setting up  Madame Papillon   and rebuilding my routines with new priorities—but the same core values—has taught me more than I expected. Here are the 4(5) lessons that have reshaped my life since my 2020 burnout: 1️⃣ Nothing is forever — and that’s a good thing. Decisions can

On Friday, Madame Papillon founder Rebecca joined Tribu Slow founder Nathalie to meet other Brussels Women in Business . This was the...

It was Sunday and we were on a family walk through a foggy forest. As we walked through the trees, we noticed something new. Every so...

I was at the ice rink and I was annoyed. My youngest daughter had needed help getting her skates on, then tightened, then loosened and we...

I love advent, and the anticipation it represents. As we move through December, baking cookies, choosing gifts, singing carols - all...

Yesterday the Madame Papillon members got together to continue their passionate work supporting women in burnout. We are thrilled to...

The Madame Papillon team took a break over the summer months. As we all know, it is vital to make time to rest and recuperate throughout...

During a recent group session, one participant had learned about the stages of burnout recovery and had some questions. How can I know...

Now the ‘Happy New Year!’s have calmed down, and at least a couple of people around you have given up on their new year’s resolutions...

If you’ve come across the Madame Papillon association in the past year or so, you might know about the free walks and talks that we run...

During my burnout recovery, I rediscovered how very important to me my creative side had been, and how it had all but left my life bit by...

When a returning workshop participant shares that she sang in the car on the way to your workshop, or another admits that the workshops...

It started with a day, World Mental Health day, on the 10th October, which started back in the 1990s, but it has now become a week, at...

For something that is so prevalent, the experience of being in burnout can be a very lonely one! One element that comes up continuously...

Having spoken to many women who have been through burnout, it is clear to me that when it comes to resting an exhausted mind and...