Truckee Chamber Lunch and Learn - Feel Alive Again: Recovering from Burnout

Join us for our September Lunch & Learn, Feel Alive Again: Recovering from Burnout, presented by Brent Freeman, entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and author of the forthcoming book The Alchemy of Joy. Brent has guided thousands of high-achievers around the world, from company teams to leadership organizations like EO and YPO, through the same shift he'll lead in this session: why the burnout quietly draining today's workplaces isn't a time-management problem but a nervous-system one, and what actually reverses it.

This session is built on The Alchemy of Joy, Brent's neuroscience-backed framework for helping high performers recover their energy, focus, and drive without slowing down or burning out. Drawing on two decades of building and scaling companies, and the collapse that forced him to rethink everything, Brent will break down why willpower and "just do less" advice never stick, and teach the science-based practices behind his Joyful Operating System® that retrain the brain and body for resilience. This isn't a talk you only listen to; expect a live reset you can feel in the room.

Attendees will leave with practical, research-backed tools they can use the very next morning, including a 90-second technique to calm the nervous system on demand, no apps, retreats, or major time commitment required. It's the same work Brent delivers to founders, executives, and teams worldwide, distilled into one powerful midday session. Whether you're a leader whose stress sets the tone for your team or an employee trying to stay sharp without running on empty, you'll walk away with a clear, doable path to feeling alive again, at work and beyond.

About Our Speaker

Brent Freeman is a 20-year entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and the author of The Alchemy of Joy (brentfreeman.com). He has shared his work with thousands of people worldwide, keynoting for companies, conferences, and leadership organizations including the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), and his ideas have been featured in Forbes, GQ, and Men's Health. He was named one of Forbes' "Names You Need to Know." As the founder of Stealth Venture Labs, the growth lab behind brands like MUD/WTR, Home Chef, and HelloFresh, and co-founder of more than 20 companies, Brent knows the cost of relentless performance firsthand.

He learned it the hard way. After years of chasing success at full speed, Brent collapsed from burnout in 2018, a turning point that sent him deep into the neuroscience of stress, resilience, and human flourishing, and into study with teachers like Tony Robbins and Dr. Joe Dispenza. Out of that came The Alchemy of Joy: a practical, "scientific yet soulful" method, built on his Joyful Operating System®, that helps high-achievers turn pain into power, pressure into presence, and burnout into joy, without burning down what they've built.

Today Brent guides founders, executives, and entire teams through that transformation on stages around the world. A longtime EO member and proud full time Lake Tahoe resident, he's passionate about showing business owners and teams a truth most workplaces miss: performance and well-being aren't a trade-off; they're built on the same foundation.