Where do you get your resilience from?

Resilience is often the x-factor that differentiates between mild and wild success. The stories of most of the wildly successful folks in our community have exhibit an extreme degree of resilience and we’ve come to believe that if our goal is to help our community achieve great outcomes we have to help build resources and knowledge around how one can become more resilient.

Dulce37

I have watched women struggle all of my life, and as a woman who has survived and warred through life myself, I have leaned on faith for as long as I can recall, way before I knew I was an artist. My long life curiosity to understand death, emotions, faith, the story of genesis and humanity grew stronger in 2007, when I lost a loved one to suicide. At the time, my oldest brother Nick had bought me a book titled “Searching for Mary Magdalene”-it was full of vibrant art. Read more>>

Liz H. Kelly

Resilience, or successfully adapting and bouncing back from challenging life events, is a powerful skill that we first learned when we failed second grade. Our parents were always encouraging, and the way that I handled this setback surprised everyone. I was only 7 years old, and had transferred from a Catholic school to a private prep school. For some reason my report cards had not arrived, yet all of my classmates had received them. Read more>>

Carmen Rein

Wow that’s a loaded question. It’s just who I am. I have been faced with challenges all my life, since childhood. Of course, I didn’t have the language to know what that was as a child, , or that my response was resilience, it felt more like survival. Starting life in Spanish Harlem, going into a shelter and then through a couple of dysfunctional foster homes, my main guidance was faith and education, and stubborn determination. Read more>>

Hailey Lunsford

Resilience has been a cornerstone of my journey as a photographer, and I owe much of that strength to my mom. She has always been a pillar of inspiration and support, demonstrating what it means to face life’s challenges with grace and unwavering positivity. Read more>>

Billy Thomas Iii

My resilience has came from turning the hardest moments in my life into positive outcomes that benefit my life more than once. I always focus on moving forward and taking the lesson despite how much the situations hurt in the moment. Just a couple that pop into my head are the following: Read more>>

Gina Morbitzer

As they say, life is journey. The beauty in that journey is how we respond to the events that shape us. I’ve built resilience out of survival along the way. Like many others, I have experienced my fair share of earthly tribulations – abandonment, abuse, stalking, suicides of people in my inner circle, and more death than I can count on both hands. An introvert by nature, these experiences have transformed me into a fierce protector, a justice seeker, a wrong-righter, and a defender of victims and the weak. Read more>>

Fernanda Romero

My family has a strong lineage of women, especially my two grandmothers, who were both single mothers due to the early loss of their husbands. They were both incredibly strong. Read more>>

Heidi Mcnulty

I got my resilience from my mom. She has always gotten up early and been productive regardless of surgeries, five children, or any other things that make life busy and get in the way. She is always helping other people and taking care of our family.
When my husband passed away, I tried every day to be a good mom like my mom and be productive for my kid. Read more>>

Lindsey Mcdermott

For most of my life I arranged myself to become what other people needed me to be. If I needed to be smaller or softer or less sure of myself, I would do that. When I turned 40 most of my self-identifiers started falling away. My 20 marriage was ended, my relationship with religion was changing, I was no longer having babies, my career and friends and most of what I knew about life was changing. In 2020, right as Covid was hitting, my marriage finally broke. With that went the last of the identities I had built up to keep myself safe.  Read more>>

Chad Might

I believe in myself when obstacles come my way. Often, as a Freelance Photographer, I can go weeks or even months without work, My secret resilience has been with me at a very young age, always reminding myself this is what God wants me to do, and also never giving up. Read more>>

Jonathan Freeman

I had a pretty rough go of it as a kid. I was figuring things out on my own from around the age of 13. My mother died. I was being sexually abused by my uncle. And my dad…well, let’s just say he was preoccupied with things other than his children. When you’re young and there’s nobody around to show you how the world works, you gotta find a way to navigate life by yourself. So that’s what I did. By force. Not by choice.  Read more>>

Juan Matallana

My resilience as the founder of Uma Concierge comes from a blend of my upbringing and personal experiences. Growing up in Bogotá, Colombia, I attended Colegio Andino Deutsche Schule, a prestigious private German school that instilled in me discipline and a strong work ethic. Moving to Miami, I continued my education at Chaminade Madonna, a private Catholic school where I further developed a commitment to excellence and integrity.  Read more>>

Zoe Felix

Resilience, for me, comes from embracing every single part of my journey—especially the tough moments. It’s about choosing to dance in the rain rather than waiting for the storm to pass. I’ve learned to see resilience as more than just bouncing back; it’s about using each experience, every setback, every so-called ‘failure,’ as a building block to become stronger and wiser. Read more>>

Nicole Renteria

Through all of the obstacles and challenges I have experienced, I have learned resilience from my mother and my daughter, as well as inside myself. Did I just say that? WOW! I just gave myself credit..that’s huge!  Traumatic experiences change a person. However, it is no longer the last thing I think of at night and the first thing I think of each morning. Read more>>

Siri Hoffmann

My journey combines resilience with creativity. It has been deeply intertwined with both challenges and the healing processes that followed. Experiencing trauma at a young age was incredibly difficult, but it also became the catalyst for my resilience. I realized that I had two choices: to be defined by what happened to me or to use those experiences to fuel my growth. I chose the latter. Read more>>

Briana Faucette

My resilience is rooted in my personal journey and my faith in God. Being adopted as a baby and experiencing rejection throughout my life could have held me back, but these challenges became the foundation of my strength. My faith has consistently guided me, providing support and purpose during difficult times. Read more>>

Ava-yvonne Mercado

I saw my single mom of 4, work all of her life to protect us from generational detriments, to keep us safe & to give us stability to pursue opportunities that she never got a chance to pursue. I saw she was resilient. This created the blue print for myself on how I envisioned creating my healthy, American dream. I sought to take on any opportunity that I can assist with using my strengths. Read more>>

Ri-ann Pully

Resilience, for me, is deeply rooted in acknowledging where I’ve come from. Growing up in Bermuda, a small island with a population of 64,000, I was always acutely aware of my queerness and gender identity. Yet, there was always a sense of “sameness” or “oneness” that all Bermudian people share, regardless of sexuality, race, or religion. That’s what I’ve always loved about my home—we are Bermudian first. Most Bermudians follow a similar path: attend college or university abroad, then return home to contribute to our small island. Read more>>

Zachary Wixon

A year ago I lost my sister to Triple Negative 2b Breast Cancer. She was young, she was full of optimism, and she fought hard. Watching how she handled herself over the course of the year she battle this disease shed a light on resilience I hadn’t really tuned in to. As I watched her be resilient with raising 4 year old twins and go to great lengths to beat cancer it started to be a constant reminder “she’s doing something really hard so can you”.  Read more>>

Hannah Cutts

Adapt and Overcome – words small business owners have to live by. Just like our Heroes and Herionins in our favorite fairytales, we face unexpected twists in our small businesses but we must adapt and make the best of our situations. Find those few words that are the heart of your inspiration, and repeat those words over and over to yourself every time you face a challenge, face a slow day, or face a failure. Read more>>

Cynthia Bischoff

I have always believed that every moment is an opportunity to show up fully no matter what life offers, to make the most of whatever presents. I have found that in life’s challenges, I am always given an opportunity to learn, to practice integrity, and to come from a resilient spirit. Read more>>

Lauren Mcdonough

Life presents its everyday challenges, then there are those moments in life that wreak havoc and put your resiliency to the test. I would say I get my resilience partly from my Mom. One quote I love is from her favorite actress she named me after, is “You learn to rise above a lot of bad things that happen in your life. And you have to keep going.” – Lauren Bacall Read more>>

Rhea Damani

You’ll often hear me say, “Everything happens for a reason” as I navigate through life’s highs and, more importantly, the lows. When the path I’m on turns rocky and uneven, these words echo louder than the sound of my footsteps. It’s a belief that has been deeply rooted in me since childhood. Growing up, I often heard family members say, “Jo hota hai, ache ke liye hota hai” (translated from Hindi: “whatever happens, happens for the best”) whenever I went to them, whining about something. Read more>>

Marissa Astill

I believe it started when I was a kid! As the oldest of 5 I always had a lot of responsibility. This played a huge role as I grew, started working, and continued going through life. My parents also instilled a very strong mindset of independence and resilience. Allowing us to do things on our own and problem solve. Knowing that you have support while also accomplishing things on your own provides you with so much power! To accomplish anything you set your mind to. Read more>>

Elise Zeng

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Kimberly Yvonne Humphreys

Thank you for inviting me, and your wonderful audience for this opportunity to meet🙏🏾💖 and thank you for this question; it’s something I’ve never fully reflected on before. The source of my resilience, I must say, is my unwavering belief in an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent spirit of life that breathes life into me and every living being with each breathwe receive. I believe this power knows what I am here to experience and accomplish, and it is ever-present and available, especially when I’m faced with challenges that seem beyond my capacity. Read more>>

Stacy Baron

I get my resilience from my mother. Learning about what my mom went through to create a life here in the states as an immigrant and became a successful business owner. She overcame traumas early in her life and then battled her cancer at the end of her life, yet always was determined to have kids and be a good provider and supporter until the end. Everytime I went through a difficult time, I thought about my mother getting out of much worse and thinking about her telling me that i was even smarter and better off to handle anything. Read more>>

Jacobe Daugherty

I get my resilience from watching my father struggle, he never gave up he always made it happened . Read more>>

King Champion

In this interview, I’ll be discussing where I get My resilience from. In this field, resilience will be required, as you work towards the highs and to keep you uplifted during the lows. The will be many elements that you have to focus on as an Artist, from the Music itself, to ensuring that the Music is of a high enough standard to release, to then pushing and marketing a Track, whilst getting it onto platforms for reviews and coverage- This alone requires resilience, and this is just the beginning. Music incorporates many things, and so resilience is big factor for a career. Read more>>

Xinyi Wu

Growing up in a traditional Chinese family, I was taught to never give up, no matter how challenging the situation. As a competitive child, I consistently chose the toughest paths and strived to outdo others, driven by a desire to be the best. I aim to achieve my full potential and continually seek my purpose and passion. My life goals push me to constantly improve, and I’m always curious to see how far I can go. Read more>>

Sarah Fuselier

Being quite honest, resilience came to me after repetitive events trying to knock me down, combined with pushes of support from those close to me. I grew up moving every few years because my father is a naval officer. We started travelling when I was only five years old, and each time we moved to a new place it was difficult for a different reason. Leaving friends and community behind is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever experienced. Read more>>

Steven & Belynda Davis

Ultimately, our resilience comes from our faith. We understand and accept the extremes we may face in life. In many instances, those extremes are far beyond our control. (truth is, they all are). However, we believe in and personally “know” He who is always in complete and total control thus, we find solace in knowing God, the Creator, the Almighty, the Everlasting Father. We have experienced and endured some traumatic events and we are beyond blessed and eternally grateful, God kept and sustained us through them all. Read more>>

Teresa Cabello

Many times it is difficult to cope with situations that are beyond our control. I am a visual artist, a sculptor, so it is very easy for me to take refuge in art and express my feelings through it. Any artistic expression allows us to communicate in an intelligent and calm way. One of the reasons art has the ability to heal is because it turns mistakes or adversities into opportunities. It is the most honest way to express oneself. That’s why it’s so important to teach art to children at an early age because it makes them more confident adults. A confident and honest person is capable overcome any challenge. Read more>>

Candice Camille

Resilience, to me, is about relentless forward motion. It is the ability to adapt and thrive in the face of adversity. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. captured this perfectly when he said, “If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” That is what I think about when I think of the word resilience. Let us be on the same page when it comes to the definition of the word.  Read more>>