Meet Helen Draper
Just a couple of years ago, I sat on the floor in the middle of a supermarket.
It wasn’t a form of mass protest. It was an internal one.
My body had given up. I was so depleted and ill that I could no longer use my legs and my brain at the same time. With no chairs in sight, I sat down in the aisle and let people step around me.
I’ve spent almost two decades at the forefront of major UK climate programmes, delivering the net-zero policy, strategy, and infrastructure that the world urgently needs. I cared deeply about the cause and internalised the urgency.
In 2021, I developed a chronic neurological condition that took me from running marathons to being unable to walk around a shop.
The collapse of my nervous system was a brutal reckoning. Everything I had built my identity on—leadership, purpose, solving the world’s problems—came crashing down.
Over the past three years, through a deep commitment to nervous system science, personal development, and healing, I’ve transformed my life.
That journey became the seed of Climate Calm™: a fresh approach to how we show up in the face of global crisis.
Not through dysregulation and burnout, but through grounded, wellbeing-oriented, inspired solutions.
As an author and speaker, I shift the energy of the climate conversation. Helping us move from fight-or-flight into empowered solutions.
In addition to building this platform and preparing to publish my first book, I continue to support mission-led organisations through Executive and Non-Executive Advisory roles.
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With a passion for enabling the conversations that matter, Helen has hosted audiences of hundreds in person, and thousands online. As expert panellist on decarbonisation and net zero, chairperson and event host she injects the energy and relevance needed to truly engage an audience, either live, or on podcasts. Contact Helen for bookings and collaborations.
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Helen helps mission-led consulting firms and programme leaders bring forward their net zero ambitions, decarbonisation goals, and renewable energy investments. Book a Strategy Call now to ensure that your ambitions move off the shelf and onto the planet.
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Helen is a trusted NED to mission-led organisations seeking to embed sustainability and climate at a strategic level. Currently serving the board of Wales’ leading sustainable development charity, she brings a rare combination of commercial acumen, market insight, and applied delivery leadership. She adds value through governance, risk oversight, and systems-thinking leadership. Contact Helen if you are seeking a Non Executive Director to strengthen your board’s sustainability oversight and strategic impact.
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Shift the energy of climate engagement to a healthier place. Burn-out has impacted 80% of the UK workforce in the last two years. Changemakers even more so. Get the support that you or your organisation deserves with a Climate Calm™ workshop or one-to-one leadership support. Find out more or get in touch today.
Find your Climate Calm™
After three long years of research and healing, Helen developed the Climate Calm™ method to help others overcome difficult climate emotions with a fresh, well-being orientated approach. Inspired by her healing journey, and becoming a yoga and meditation teacher, Helen combines her passion for feel-good solutions with incredible insight into how the transition away from fossil fuels really gets done.
Helen is currently working on the book; Climate Calm: Seven Steps from Chaos to Inspired Solutions. In it, she teaches The Climate Calm™ method, transforming climate anxiety and difficult climate emotions, into personal empowerment, in seven easy steps.
Get early and exclusive access. While the book is in the works, join the community for free. Discover life-changing practices and workshops that will help you navigate difficult climate emotions with ease.