Peak Performance Expert | $2B Sales Leader | Mental Toughness University Partner | Keynote Speaker

Jen Guidry is a former top-producing sales leader turned Peak Performance and Trauma Recovery Expert and keynote speaker with a performance record few can match. Over her 27-year mortgage career, she closed nearly $2 billion in loans and ranked among the top 175 loan originators in the U.S.—earning the title of "Top 10 Most Empowering Women in Mortgage” globally in 2023. She was also the #1 loan officer in San Antonio for multiple years.

Now, she brings that same drive into helping others succeed at the highest level—without sacrificing their health, peace, or purpose. Jen is the founder of The High Level Life Method™. Her method is designed to rewire her clients from the inside out—so they stop burning out and start leading better, thinking clearer, and performing stronger.  It’s a total upgrade to their internal operating system - a recalibration that produced lasting peace.

The Origin of The Peace Protocol

The Peace Protocol was not something Jen learned in a classroom. She had climbed to the top of her industry and was performing at a high level...producing incredible results. But internally, her body was living in constant activation. Her mind never stopped scanning. Her nervous system did not know how to rest. She did not realize it at the time, but she was living in a prolonged state of survival.

Then her body forced the issue. Facing cancer and the real possibility of losing her life stripped away every illusion of control she thought she had. It forced her to confront something much deeper than physical health; it forced her to confront the internal patterns that had been running her for years. The pressure...the hypervigilance...the constant bracing for what might go wrong. She began to realize that peace was not something you find once your circumstances improve. Peace is something your nervous system must be trained to hold. She immersed herself in understanding how the nervous system works. She studied trauma physiology, somatic regulation, neuroplasticity, identity formation, and behavioral conditioning. But more importantly, she tested everything on herself first. She learned, through direct experience, that lasting peace does not come from changing your thoughts alone - it comes from stabilizing your physiology, separating from unconscious fear patterns, installing a new identity rooted in internal certainty, and acting from that identity consistently enough for it to become your baseline. She has dedicated well over 20,000 hours to research and learning about the methodologies that she embodies.

Over time, she realized this process followed a repeatable structure. Not a motivational idea, but a biological and psychological sequence. Regulation. Separation. Installation. Embodiment.

This became The Peace Protocol - part of the High Level Life Method™.

It is the method through which a person stops living in survival mode and becomes someone whose nervous system, identity, and behavior remain stable regardless of external conditions.

Peace is not the absence of difficulty. Peace is the presence of internal stability.

The Peace Protocol is how you build it.

Jen is a Certified Integrative Trauma Practitioner and Coach with advanced training in neuroplasticity and a Practitioner in somatic breathwork. Whether working with a Fortune 500 sales team or a driven executive, she helps clients overcome pressure, rewire old patterns, and unlock long-term, sustainable success.

A best-selling author of The Storm and Grit & Gratitude, she’s known for blending personal resilience with performance psychology in a way that’s powerful, practical, and immediately actionable.

As a partner with Mental Toughness University, Jen works alongside renowned performance coach Steve Siebold, bringing next-level resilience and tactical emotional mastery to corporate sales forces across the country. MTU has driven over $1.3 billion in sales increases for companies like Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Caterpillar, and the U.S. Military.

Breaking the Burnout Myth: The Truth About Success & Stress

For years, I noticed a common theme among high achievers — they wore their ability to handle extreme stress like a badge of honor. Pushing through exhaustion, working endless hours, and believing that grind equals greatness.

​I used to believe it too.

​In the corporate world, performance over people wasn’t just an unspoken rule — it was the entire culture. Success meant sacrificing yourself for the win, and admitting you were overwhelmed was seen as weakness.

Everything changed when I discovered nervous system regulation — and realized that managing stress, anxiety, and my own well-being wasn’t a liability. It was actually the most essential skill for sustained success, clear leadership, and creative thinking.

That revelation led me to do something bold — I walked away from my 7-figure career to bring awareness to high achievers and corporate leaders, helping them understand that regulating their nervous system is the ultimate success strategy.

Now, I’m on a mission to change the narrative around what it really takes to succeed and create a culture shift where performance and well-being work hand-in-hand.

It’s time to stop glorifying burnout — and start building success that lasts.