Resilience is a Living System When people talk about resilience, they often focus on one thing: endurance. Can you push through? Can you persevere? Can you keep going when things get hard? But after years of researching women leaders of color, coaching professionals, and studying how people navigate challenge and…
Resilience Tree
Fruitful Beginnings Part 2: What Sustains Output
A few months ago, I facilitated a conversation with a women’s empowerment group centered on the fruit component of the Resilience Tree. The timing felt intentional. We were in the spring semester; a season often associated with milestones, completions, and visible outcomes. In many spaces, this is the time when…
🌳 Grief and the Resilience Tree
Grief is not something we “get over.”It’s something we learn to carry. Like a tree, grief reshapes us over time – sometimes in ways we don’t expect. My Resilience Tree model offers a lens to see how grief connects with the rhythms of our lives and leadership. 🌱 RootsWhen loss…
How Leaders Stay Grounded Under Pressure
Hold Your Frame Maintaining your frame isn’t about pushing harder.It’s about rooting deeper, aligning internally, and reaching outward strategically. Here’s how that shows up in real life: 1. Grounding + Refueling (Roots) When stress rises, your first responsibility is not output; it’s stability. If you don’t have a way to…
🍎 Fran Ellis Shares Her Fruit
Fran Ellis didn’t grow up thinking about legacy. She grew up in a small house in Christ Church, Barbados where the yard told more stories than anyone ever said out loud. There was a mango tree near the back that leaned slightly to one side, like it had been shaped…