Michael Peres sit down with Andre Walton—TEDx speaker, best-selling author, and social psychologist—to explore how creativity, resilience, and emotional intelligence can help us overcome burnout and build healthier lives and businesses. Andre shares his deeply personal journey of severe burnout, how creativity became both his refuge and solution, and why resilience is the foundation of sustainable success. From his unconventional upbringing with two highly creative parents to founding multiple global businesses and later earning a PhD in social psychology, Andre reveals how his experiences shaped the Banishing Burnout framework he now teaches.
In this conversation, you’ll learn:
•What “real” burnout is—and why it’s different from everyday stress.
•How creativity and emotional intelligence use the same neural pathways.
•Why structure can kill innovation (and how to balance logic with imagination).
•The role of resilience, mindfulness, and relationships in recovery.
•The “three Rs” framework: Recreation, Responsibilities, and Relationships.
•Practical tools to help entrepreneurs avoid (or recover from) burnout.
