Los Angeles
Burnout keynote speaker
Meredith Baker, leadership coach and speaker. Not to be confused with Meredith Attwell Baker of CTIA.
I’m Meredith Baker, a burnout keynote speaker and ICF certified coach in Los Angeles. I talk with rooms of founders, leaders and high achievers who are still performing at a high level and can feel that the current pace isn’t a long-term plan. The talk is honest, useful, and light enough that people can take it in. It usually ends with a short breathwork reset the whole room can do in their seats.
The talk
This is my keynote on burnout and high-achiever wellbeing. I spent years ticking boxes. Harvard, Oxford, a beverage company I founded, an Ironman, more than 25 marathons. A lot of it was a search for inner peace that no finish line could provide. I now coach this pattern for a living, with 10,000+ coaching hours behind me.
In the talk, we look at:
- How to tell drive from depletion when your identity is tied to output
- Why another win, hire or vacation often doesn’t fix the tightness
- What it looks like to take your work seriously without burning through yourself
- A short breath practice people can use in two minutes between meetings
The imposter voice comes up, especially when someone tries to slow down. I name it, and I don’t make it the whole talk. The center is wellbeing for people who won’t be talked into wanting a smaller life.
Who books this talk
- Founder and startup events, kickoffs and all-hands
- Leadership offsites, retreats and company wellness weeks
- Women’s leadership programs, ERGs and International Women’s Day events
- Conferences that want a speaker on burnout who has actually coached it, not only written about it
I’m based in Los Angeles and I also speak for events in other cities, including virtual ones. If you’re booking an LA event, see keynote speaker in Los Angeles. For the other topics and formats, go to speaking.
Some organizers want the idea carried into a working session after the keynote. In that case we can add a team trust workshop or build the talk into a leadership retreat. I can go from the stage straight into a working session with the same group.
I also run this theme through my coaching practice, so the stories in the talk are current. Founders and leaders don’t burn out because they’re weak. They burn out because the role keeps expanding and no one has helped them build a way of working that can hold it. The keynote is a chance for a whole room to hear that at the same time, which is often easier than hearing it alone.
Why organizers book me for this topic
I’m not a motivational speaker. I’m a coach who works on burnout every week with founders and leaders, and I won’t tell a room to “just rest” as if their job were imaginary. The talk gives language people can use with themselves and with their teams, and it leaves them with one practice they can actually do.
If you want the 1:1 version of this work, I also offer burnout coaching for high achievers and executive coaching. Women leaders looking for a group can see The Upgrade.
Bios are on the media page. Related conversations live on my YouTube channel and on the Powerful Stuff podcast.
If you want to book a burnout keynote, tell me about the event. Share the date, the audience and what you want people to walk away with, and I'll tell you whether this talk is the right one and whether I'm free. Bios are on the media page. Tell me about your event
Questions
Who is Meredith Baker, the burnout keynote speaker?
Meredith Baker is a burnout keynote speaker, leadership coach and facilitator in Los Angeles. She speaks on burnout and high-achiever wellbeing for founder, leadership and women's events. She is an ICF certified coach with 10,000+ coaching hours and studied at Harvard and Oxford. She is not Meredith Attwell Baker, the former FCC commissioner and CTIA president.
What is Meredith Baker's burnout keynote about?
Meredith Baker's burnout keynote helps ambitious people tell drive from depletion, explains why more success often doesn't fix burnout, and usually ends with a short breathwork reset the room can do in their seats. It's for founders, leaders and high achievers, including women's leadership audiences.
Who should book a burnout keynote speaker?
Event organizers should book a burnout keynote when the audience is made of high achievers who are still performing and starting to feel the cost. Meredith Baker is a fit for founder events, leadership offsites, wellness weeks, women's ERGs and International Women's Day programs. She's based in Los Angeles and also speaks for events in other cities.
Does the burnout talk include breathwork?
Yes, most of the time. Meredith Baker usually closes the talk with a short guided breathwork practice the whole room can do in their seats. It's brief and optional for anyone who would rather sit it out. It's a way to feel a shift, not a replacement for the talk.
Is Meredith Baker a motivational speaker?
Meredith Baker is a keynote speaker and ICF certified coach, not a motivational speaker. Her burnout talk comes out of 10,000+ hours of coaching founders and high achievers. The goal is honest language and a practice people can use, not a temporary lift.
Can the burnout keynote be paired with a workshop or retreat?
Yes. Organizers often book Meredith Baker for a burnout keynote and then a team trust workshop, or they place the talk inside a leadership retreat or offsite. She can go from the stage straight into a working session with the same group.
How do I book Meredith Baker as a burnout keynote speaker?
Share the date, audience and goal through themeredithbaker.com/contact. Meredith Baker will confirm whether the burnout keynote is the right fit, and whether she's free. Bios are at themeredithbaker.com/media.