Meet Dr. Kylie Victoria McBride

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Dr. Kylie Victoria McBride a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Dr. Kylie Victoria , appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?

I believe resilience is forged in the presence of resistance and opposition. Like many, I’ve faced adversity throughout my life. The painful experience of childhood sexual abuse shaped my worldview, my relationships, my habits, and the thought patterns that became my default. Confronting the negative patterns born from trauma demanded deep, deliberate work. The strength to begin—and continue—that work comes from the same resilience that helped me survive those experiences in the first place.

Resilience is essential for success, and though I wish I had discovered and cultivated mine under gentler circumstances, every experience—both the beautiful and the brutal—has developed this vital trait in me. The irony is that this difficult path toward resilience ultimately revealed my purpose: to help others evolve into their fullest selves, even when life has thrown its hardest blows.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

Through my work as a coach, I try to build bridges at the intersection of purpose, healing, and leadership. As an educator, minister, and coach, I have been privileged to guide leaders through the demands of influence, helping them serve well without sacrificing themselves. My work blends spiritual insight with practical wisdom, creating a roadmap for those who teach, lead, and pour into others. Through my writing and speaking, I endeavor to remind leaders that resilience is sacred and wholeness is within reach.

As an author, pastor, educator, and leadership coach with years of experience in classrooms, churches, and community spaces, I have a unique understanding of the emotional and spiritual weight that comes with leading and use that understanding to help others navigate it with clarity and courage.

My first book, Leaving My Brother’s House, is a reflection on healing from childhood trauma and embracing life fully. This book required transparency and vulnerability on a level that I had never experienced. Writing it helped me feel what I ask of those that I teach, mentor and coach. Progress and healing cannot come without taking the covers off. My second book, The Moses Mentality, explores the complexity of leadership through the tension between human limitation and divine calling. This work is reflective of my leadership journey and continues to help me fully embrace my development as a leader.

I always try to challenge audiences to move beyond survival into wholeness and bridge faith and real-world practice—rooted in wisdom, shaped by experience, and delivered with grace.

Learning and growing are lifelong commitments for me. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in English from Coker University and is a National Board Certified Educator. I have also earned a graduate certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from Capella University, a Master’s in Pastoral Counseling, a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Counseling, and a Doctor of Ministry in Urban Ministry from Liberty University. I am an avid reader, documentary watcher and audio book listener. Knowledge is attainable, and I choose to pursue it.

When I’m not speaking, teaching, preaching, or writing, I find joy in traveling, and spending time with my daughter, extended family, and my fur baby, Magic.

My newest book will be released in January 2026.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Of course, developing resilience has kept me in the game. This mindset has become the filter that quiets my negative self-talk. When I reflect on how resilience carried me through past challenges, quitting simply stops being an option. The path isn’t easy, but I’ve learned it’s the only road that leads to my full potential—and to the impact I’m called to make in the lives of others.

Secondly, the flexibility to evolve at different stages of my journey has been essential. It’s easy to cling to what’s familiar, but just as we outgrow clothing and move from one grade level to the next, we should expect to grow into better versions of ourselves. That kind of growth requires ongoing self-evaluation, openness to constructive feedback, and a commitment to gaining the knowledge that aligns with our purpose.

Lastly, I believe leaders must be readers. We may not have the chance to sit at the table with the great thinkers of our time, but we do have access to their wisdom through the books they’ve left behind. Ignoring that treasure would be a loss I’m not willing to accept. For that reason, I’m intentional about engaging books in every format available.

Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?

The biggest challenge for me right now is creating and consistently following systems that help me manage the many roles I hold in my family, community, church, and relationships. Balancing purpose with the real limits of my humanity is something I’m still learning to navigate. I cannot be everything to everyone while being nothing to myself. I’m learning that I have to show up for myself first before I can show up well for others.

That’s hard for me, because my default has always been work. But I’m realizing that rest is honorable, not optional. I’m grateful for a circle of friends who hold me accountable to self-care while also reminding me of purpose. Balance, I’ve learned, is mostly an illusion—so instead, I’m training myself to be fully present wherever I am, whether my feet are in the sand at the beach or planted behind a podium addressing an audience.

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