THRIVE UNDER RELENTLESS PRESSURE: Science-Backed Resilience You Can Use Now
Most leaders assume stress is something to eliminate — or a personal failing when it shows up. That false choice leaves teams either anaesthetized by burnout or paralyzed by perfectionism. Jenny Evans reframes stress as a measurable, trainable capacity and shows leaders how to grow their stress tolerance without sacrificing decision quality or wellbeing.
Drawing on two decades as an exercise physiologist and her best‑selling book The Resiliency rEvolution, Jenny translates stress chemistry and physiology into practical, repeatable tools that work in the moment and over time. Her evidence‑based approach focuses on small, high‑impact behaviors — often deployable in “60 seconds at a time” — that shift body chemistry, restore cognitive clarity, and accelerate recovery. Jenny pairs rigor with high-energy delivery and humor so audiences leave both convinced and equipped.
PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE:
• Leading through sustained high demand and needing repeatable strategies to preserve performance without sacrificing health or creativity
• Responsible for team wellbeing and retention in hybrid or high‑intensity environments and wanting practical, scalable recovery protocols
• Preparing for critical decision moments (board reviews, launches, tight deadlines) where stress impairs judgment and speed
• Committed to measurable improvements in energy, focus, and sustainable output rather than vague “wellness” initiatives
YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH:
• A science‑driven toolkit of micro‑practices to lower physiological stress and restore cognitive function within 60 seconds
• Recovery routines that reduce cumulative stress load and improve sleep, energy, and resilience across the workweek
• Simple assessment cues to recognize when stress is helping versus harming decision making and performance
• A short implementation plan to embed resiliency habits into daily rituals and team routines
After this talk, teams don’t just cope — they gain the capacity to perform dependably under pressure.
POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCE: Practical Physiology for Better Decisions, Energy, and Output
High performance is often presented as mindset or willpower; in reality it’s biology. When leaders understand the physiology behind focus, fatigue, and recovery, they can design days, teams, and systems that deliver consistent results. Jenny Evans exposes the hidden levers of performance and gives audiences tools to optimize energy, sharpen decision making, and sustain high output.
As the founder of PowerHouse Performance and an exercise physiologist who has worked with thousands of executives, Jenny connects lab‑grade science to day‑to‑day choices. She demonstrates how simple shifts in movement, breathing, nutrition, and micro‑recovery change neurotransmitters and hormones that control attention and momentum. Jenny also introduces PowerHouse Hit the Deck™, a compact set of interventions that combine productivity and fitness to reset focus and reduce stress in minutes.
PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE:
• Seeking measurable lifts in team productivity while protecting mental and physical health during peak cycles
• Running distributed or back‑to‑back meeting cultures that erode attention and need micro‑recovery solutions
• Building leaders who must make high‑stakes decisions under time pressure and need tools to preserve clarity
• Designing programs that integrate wellbeing with performance metrics rather than treating them as competing priorities
YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH:
• Actionable, physiology‑based routines to boost focus and energy across the day — including quick movement and breathing sequences
• The PowerHouse Hit the Deck™ concept to transform short breaks into productivity accelerators
• Practical nutrition and sleep resets that minimize cognitive drag and speed recovery after intense work
• A plan to measure impact on attention, error rates, and sustainable output so health and performance move forward together
This talk converts stress science into a playbook leaders can use immediately to elevate performance without burning teams out.
RESILIENT WOMEN, POWERFUL LEADERS: Confidence, Boundaries, and Physiology for Career Momentum
Women in leadership are frequently told to “lean in” or “be more confident” without being given the biological tools to sustain those behaviors under pressure. That gap produces exhaustion, missed opportunities, and stalled careers. Jenny Evans bridges physiology and leadership to help women build authentic confidence, clearer boundaries, and greater career momentum.
Drawing from her Resiliency Academy for Female Leaders and two decades of coaching, Jenny offers research‑forward strategies that target the body’s stress systems — the same systems that undermine confidence when triggered. Her approach reframes confidence as a function of regulatory capacity (not bravado) and teaches concrete practices to manage arousal, reclaim presence, and negotiate influence in high‑stakes settings. Her delivery is direct, humorous, and instantly usable.
PERFECT FOR TEAMS & LEADERS WHO ARE:
• Developing women leaders who need tools to maintain presence and authority during high‑pressure interactions
• HR and talent leaders aiming to increase retention and advancement of female talent through practical resiliency investments
• Emerging women executives preparing for promotion cycles who want to convert capability into visible leadership without burnout
• Organizations aiming to create inclusive cultures where women can sustain performance and influence long term
YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH:
• Concrete physiology‑based practices to reduce threat responses and increase calm, presence, and persuasive impact
• Communication and boundary routines that preserve energy and increase clarity during stressful negotiations and presentations
• A short, implementable resilience plan tailored to career milestones (presentations, reviews, promotions)
• Tools leadership teams can adopt to track retention, engagement, and the advancement of women leaders
Attendees leave ready to lead with durable confidence — backed by the body, not just the bravado.
From Overworked, Overwhelmed & Overstressed to On Fire, On Purpose & On Your Game
Getting clear on purpose is essential for resilience. Research shows that people who lack purpose in life have a higher incidence of depression and anxiety and that they’re less resilient to traumatic events. Insight and deep knowledge of beliefs is also essential for performance in business and life. Many employees are struggling with focus, productivity, and prioritization. Certainty of beliefs immediately creates a sense of clarity, direction and accountability necessary for making important decisions - and taking appropriate action - in stressful times.
• Understand the connection between purpose, chemistry, resiliency & engagement.
• Establish clarity on how you define success professionally & personally.
• The answer to the ONE question that guarantees clarity, direction, commitment, prioritization and accountability both inside and outside of work.
• Learn about neuroplasticity of the brain, storytelling, and how to strengthen stories that work as well as get rid of stories that prevent engagement, action, and accountability.
Micro Bursts: Your Pharmacy For Stress in 60-Second Doses
Exercise is the 1 way to rid your body of the stress hormone cortisol and build resilience. It's also one of the most effective ways to boost energy and improve your sleep. Instead of having to add exercise to your "to-do" list - and your stress levels - you'll learn how to improve your resiliency and fitness in short, doable, effective "Micro Bursts" - that you can do anytime, anywhere, with no equipment.
• Build your physiological resiliency: learn how to recover from stress more quickly and efficiently, as well as to raise your threshold for it.
• Manage your internal pharmacy for stress and learn how to access it.
• Gain knowledge to self-restore the chemistry of your brain, body, and mindset in less than 60 seconds.
• Get ideas on how to improve your resiliency for future stressors.
• Gain ways to increase your energy capacity to deal with the multitude of demands you are faced with on a daily basis.
• Get Play It Out: how to use the stress response to your advantage.
• As a side-effect to being more resilient, you'll also improve your fitness, health, energy, and sleep
Take a Bite Out of Stress
We all have to eat every day, and our choices are often affecting our chemistry and levels of stress without us knowing it. In turn, our chemistry and levels of stress affect the food choices we make. It’s a cycle of stress many people are on.
This new and different perspective on nutrition helps participants understand how to eat in a way that optimizes their chemistry, energy, cognitive performance, focus and health...and that it’s easy and convenient to do. They’ll walk away excited and empowered with a new set of tools for feeling better both psychologically as well as physiologically.
• Learn the physiological connection between nutrition and the big five: stress, cognitive function, mood, decision making, and appetite.
• Uncover how you may be putting stress into your mouth multiple times a day.
• Understand the ways that chemical and biological feedback loops can have serious negative consequences on your focus, concentration, productivity, energy, sleep, health, and weight ... and how to break them.
• Discover how to eat in a way that minimizes stress on the body as well as increases your levels of productivity, performance, energy and health.
• Realize how environment shapes your food choices and how to use this to your advantage.
• Grasp why willpower doesn't work when it comes to nutrition, and what to use instead.