The secret to resilience isn't through pushing through. It's actually in pulling back.

We power our way through exhaustion, through overwhelm, through seasons when everything

feels like it's falling apart, and we wear it like a badge of honor, right? It's like

proof of our worth, like evidence that we're strong enough to handle anything that life throws at us,

because for the most part, we've had to handle anything that life throws at us. But what if the

strength that brought you this far isn't what you need to get where you're going? What if there's

a different way to be resilient that doesn't require you to run

yourself to the ground? Today we're talking about a different kind of resilience, not the kind

that comes from white knuckling your way through stress until your knuckles bleed. That's quite a picture.

The kind that comes from knowing how to recover, how to rest on purpose with intention, how to build rhythms that don't

keep you going, but actually make you whole. Because we don't just want to keep going,

we want to feel whole. But before we get started, I want to remind you,

okay, let's dive in. I want to tell you a story about a woman who thought she was thriving until her Apple Watch staged a full-blown intervention. That woman is me. At the time, I was juggling what most people would consider, well, a complete circus. So I'm the mom to five energetic boys, running multiple

businesses that demand a lot of attention, and leading teams across different projects and

speaking at events across the country and writing deadlines and caring with my husband who has

been dealing with a serious illness. I'm doing all these things. Now, on top of all that,

one of our sons was also navigating some really serious health challenges at the time, which

meant doctor visits and therapy appointments and advocating for his needs. It was a lot. But to me,

it was just normal life. It was a normal Tuesday. I was pushing through, functioning at what I thought was a high level, checking the boxes, meeting deadlines, showing up for everyone who needed me. You know how it is. You've been through this too with different seasons of your life. Our lives look different in the details, but I think most of us are living the same life.

I think from the outside, I looked like I was crushing it.

I think from the outside, you probably look like you're crushing it, too.

People would ask me how I managed everything, and I would just say, oh, you know, you do what you have to do.

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