Meet Geovana Attwell

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

Geovana, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?

I believe my resilience was born from the moments when I had to hide parts of myself just to survive. As a little girl, I felt abandoned and unseen, so I tucked my inner child away, her dreams, her voice, her softness. I thought that keeping her hidden would protect me from more pain.

But healing taught me that resilience isn’t about becoming harder; it’s about daring to bring her back. Now, I’m learning to let my inner child step into the light again, to give her permission to dance, to create, to hope. Every time I write a poem, I feel like I’m holding her hand and telling her she is safe now.

That is where my strength comes from, transforming what once silenced me into words that bloom. Publishing my first book, It Rained Until the Flowers Grew, was a way of showing both myself and other women that you are never too broken to grow again. Resilience, for me, means honoring the little girl I once hid and helping her bloom into the woman I am becoming.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

I am a poet, and right now I am in a process of discovery and healing. My debut book, It Rained Until the Flowers Grew, was born after several heartbreaks that left me feeling shattered, but they also pushed me to create. In its pages, I tell the story of a little girl who once hid her art, waiting to be loved and seen. What I’ve learned is that she was always the magic she needed. Writing has become my way of turning pain into poetry, and of giving that girl the freedom to finally be herself.

Beyond writing, I also love fashion and photography because they allow me to express my creativity in visual ways. I am also a singer, music has always been another way for me to share my emotions and connect with others.

My heartbreaks were not the end of me,they were the beginning of my art. Writing is just the first step; I want to continue expressing all that I am through more books to come and through every form of art I love.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

For me, the three most important qualities are confidence, resilience, and faith in my work.

Confidence allows me to stand in my truth and share my art without fear of being “too much” or “not enough.” Resilience helps me keep moving forward when the days feel dark and rejection stings. And faith in my work reminds me that even in difficult seasons, beauty will bloom if it is meant to be.

My advice is this: don’t believe the voices from the past or the present that tell you that you’re not enough or that you can’t do it, because those voices lie. You are capable of reaching the stars. If you have a dream, fight for it, no matter the circumstances, because if it is in your heart, it is there for a reason. God has already planted it within you—it is only waiting for you to make it bloom.

Looking back over the past 12 months or so, what do you think has been your biggest area of improvement or growth?

My biggest area of growth in the past 12 months has been learning to transform pain into purpose. For years, I carried heartbreaks and wounds that made me hide my voice. But this year, I finally gave myself permission to write, to be seen, and to share my story.

Publishing my debut book, It Rained Until the Flowers Grew, has been both an act of healing and an act of courage. Through it, I allowed the little girl inside me,who once thought she wasn’t enough,to bloom. I realized that resilience isn’t about pretending to be unshaken, but about allowing yourself to be broken and still choosing to rise again.

This growth has taught me to believe in my dreams, to trust the process, and to see my art not just as words on a page, but as a garden where others can also find healing and hope.

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