Jenny Evans
- Jenny Evans moves people from feeling overloaded to ON POINT; from overstretched to ON PURPOSE and from overwhelmed to ON FIRE.
Jenny Evans Speaker Biography
Jenny Evans is obsessed with human performance and has created a career and life designed around maximizing her own potential, and helping others do the same. With a blend of confidence, creativity, stubbornness and some naïveté (which is sometimes key), she has gone headlong into following her passion and purpose…and figured out how to make a living while doing it.
Jenny is an inspirational speaker, author, and organizational consultant on resiliency, stress, confidence and human performance. She is founder and CEO of PowerHouse Performance and author of the award-winning book The Resiliency rEvolution: Your Stress Solution for Life – 60 Seconds at a Time. Working with thousands of C-suite executives, leaders and employees worldwide, Jenny helps audiences tap into their personal power and confidence, as well as learn how to increase their capacity for stress and to recover from it more quickly and effectively. Clients improve their performance and productivity, all while enhancing their health.
Jenny has spoken on the TEDx stage , is the resiliency subject matter expert for Optum and The Big Know’s digital courses, writes as a blogger for The Huffington Post and was an NBC Health & Fitness expert for over four years. She has been quoted on National Public Radio, in Health Magazine and Women’s Health, while being showcased on FastCompany.com, Inc.com, Entrepreneur.com, Shape.com and Elle.com.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with an emphasis on Psychology from the University of Minnesota, has been an American Council on Exercise Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor for over 20 years, and is a certified Exercise Nutritionist. In her spare time she is an aerial arts performer…because you never know when you’re going to need a backup plan.
Jenny’s corporate client list includes Yale School of Management, Ameriprise Financial, U.S. Bank, AT&T, Estée Lauder Companies, Comcast, Nationwide, Procter & Gamble, Target, and many other Fortune 500 companies.
Book this SpeakerFeatured Videos
Speech Topics
Resiliency Rx: STRESS-PROOF YOUR BRAIN & BODY SERIES
Stress isn’t just a psychology issue—it’s a chemistry cascade that hijacks focus, drains energy, and tanks performance. The good news? It’s fixable.
With Resiliency Rx, Jenny delivers a forehead-smacking paradigm shift: you can’t reduce stress, but you can rewire how your brain and body respond to it. Packed with simple Micro Strategies designed to fit into even the busiest schedules, this keynote takes your audience from feeling OVER IT to ON IT—fast.
Formats:
You can book it as a standalone, high-impact keynote that gets people laughing, learning, and taking action immediately… or go all-in with the full 5-part Resiliency Rx Series that builds resilience layer by layer for lasting culture change. Either way, the results stick.
Audience Outcomes:
Reframe stress as chemistry they can control
Reset energy & focus in 60 seconds or less
Reduce burnout & disengagement with daily practices
Build resilience that sustains performance long after the event
Planner ROI:
Your audience doesn’t just walk away inspired, they leave with tools they’ll still be using weeks later. That means higher engagement scores, stronger teams, and yes, rave reviews for your event.
Banishing Burnout
Burnout isn’t just draining energy—it’s draining profits through turnover, disengagement, and rising healthcare costs. Most “solutions” tell people to slow down, but that’s not an option in high-demand workplaces.
In this keynote, Jenny shows audiences how to flip their stress chemistry so energy, focus, and performance become sustainable—even when pressure never lets up. Burnout isn’t inevitable. It’s fixable.
Guiding Principles for Creating a Purpose-Driven Life
(And How They Can Help You Find an Elephant When Necessary)
While tracking elephants in Namibia, Jenny learned six unforgettable principles that change how we find meaning and direction. Through vivid storytelling, research, and metaphor, she equips audiences to cut through the noise and stay aligned with what truly matters.
This keynote helps people spot the “tracks” that lead to clarity, fulfillment, and resilience—at work and in life. Purpose stops being abstract and becomes practical, actionable, and deeply energizing.
Performance on Purpose: Igniting Unstoppable Energy
Disengagement and turnover are costing companies their best people. Teams are uninspired, drained, and disconnected from purpose.
When employees understand their purpose—and see how their work feeds into the company’s mission—businesses benefit measurably: purpose‐driven organizations see up to 21% higher profitability, and engaged workers are 21% more productive.
Jenny reignites passion by reconnecting employees to the why behind their work—transforming a culture of “just surviving” into one of resilience, commitment, and impact.
The Chemistry of Confidence & Resilience for Female Leaders
Research proves that companies with more female executives are more likely to outperform companies that don’t. Unfortunately 42% of professional women report being burned out, and many are considering stepping back from their careers. Jenny tackles this head-on with science-based strategies that fuel confidence, energy, and resilience in female leaders.
This keynote equips women to navigate real systemic challenges while sustaining their performance and impact—and equips organizations to retain their top talent.
Energy for Resilience
Every thought, decision, and action requires biological energy. Without it, nothing works. But most high-achievers treat it like it’s limitless—until they crash. Jenny teaches audiences how to build, protect, and recover their energy using strategies grounded in physiology and neuroscience.
The result? Teams that stay clear, sharp, and high-performing, even in the most demanding environments.
