In this TEDxWilmington talk, Jackie Ivy explores the silent epidemic of creative burnout and its impact on leaders, innovation, and imagination. Drawing from her own global career and personal struggles, she shares the unexpected steps that helped her rediscover purpose and resilience. Jackie invites us to see burnout not as an ending, but as a powerful catalyst for transformation and creative renewal. Jackie Ivy is a creative leader in design and systems thinking, with an extensive career in academic and commercial experiential design. She has applied her design to physical spaces, branding campaigns, as well as leadership and non-profits.More recently, Jackie has been a Fellow at the Garrison Institute, where she integrated mindfulness, painting, and embodied social justice practices into her work.Over her career, Ms. Ivy has worked for brands such as Nike, Anthropologie, Soho House, and rag & bone, focused on the design of physical spaces as well as operational and financial management. Ms. Ivy started her career focused on curatorial studies, primarily at the Albers Foundation and the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice, Italy.Ms. Ivy received her Master of Environmental Design from Yale University, graduating with academic honors. She received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx