Meet Elizabeth Converse

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Elizabeth Converse a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Elizabeth, 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?

My resilience is a byproduct of facing and overcoming challenges and has become the foundation of my personal and professional growth. I can recover quickly from setbacks, withstand stress, and persevere through resistance.
I have always found strength in my mental toughness. Even when caught off guard, I’ve managed to confront external and internal challenges and emerge stronger.
Resilience can transform obstacles into opportunities for growth. Setbacks are temporary and offer a pause to adapt and move forward. This mindset has allowed me to face uncertainty with courage, learn from adversity, and develop the confidence to overcome challenges.
Understanding that time is not linear has helped my resilience.
Understanding that intentions and actions do not need immediate results to realize their outcomes. Planting the seeds is equally essential.
Stress and pressure are inevitable. Resilience under them helps to develop clarity and focus.
Resilience is a tool that grounds me in difficult moments and allows me to support others when they need it.
More than just recovery, resilience is about transformation: hardship to progress – uncertainty to possibility.
Resilience isn’t just a trait; it’s a choice. It’s how I grow, evolve, and face life with determination and hope.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

Something quite definitive about me is that since my teens, I have been a practicing writer and artist. From an early age, I felt the necessity to express myself and have never ignored that need, even if I haven’t always actively promoted it.

Today, I write novels, nonfiction, and create art, mostly paintings. I share my work directly through readings, exhibitions, and publishing. My current goal is to engage a larger audience with my work. To this end, I plan to use as many resources as possible—websites, social media, interviews, and exhibitions—to share my work and become comfortable within a larger public framework.

For many years, I sought no more from my creative process than the personal and intellectual growth inherent in creation. I made indie films, wrote and produced plays, curated art exhibitions, and painted. Alongside these projects, I worked professionally as a writer, artist, teacher, arts organizer, and nonprofit founder and executive director. However, my deeper, more personal work remained private.

Now, it feels right to explore how this work can find its place in a larger arena. I’m excited to see how my stories, art, and experiences will connect with a broader audience and create meaningful new opportunities.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Reading, writing, listening, and expression are the skills that shape our lives and create meaningful connections. These abilities transcend professions, guiding everyone from scientists to artists toward success. For me, compassion, understanding, and acceptance are equally essential. These qualities enable us to connect deeply with others, navigate complex situations, and bring out the best in ourselves and our projects.

While competition and drive may propel us forward, they are incomplete without the emotional tools that foster collaboration and insight. Pure genius, after all, cannot flourish in isolation—it needs a connection to truly thrive.

What’s been one of your main areas of growth this year?

I have been working hard for the last twelve months or more to create, develop, and prepare my work to share with a larger audience. I am focused on publication, publicity, exhibitions, and building contacts for potential venues and marketing opportunities. This has required a disciplined schedule, allowing me to sustain the creation of new, marketable work while refining existing pieces.

Throughout this process, I have consulted with editors, agents, gallery directors, and other interested parties. I’m doing this now because I have a significant body of work that I want to make accessible to the public.

In the coming months and years, I plan to emerge with new writing projects, a revamped website, a new series of paintings, and an expanded social media presence. This is an exciting step forward for me as I continue to connect with a broader audience and explore new opportunities.

Contact Info:

• Website: elizabethconverse.com. COMING SOON
• Instagram: @econverse
• Facebook: elizabeth converse

Image Credits

Elizabeth Converse, Will Richter, Eddie Truman