I Didn’t Write About Resilience—I Wrote From It

At first, I didn’t even know what to call my book.

No catchy title. No grand strategy.

Just stories.

Stories of falling, failing, and somehow getting back up again.

Eventually, I saw the through-line and was supported by a few beta readers.

Resilience.

But I’ll be honest—my first thought was: Who the hell am I to write about resilience?

Then it hit me.

I wasn’t writing about resilience.

I was writing from it.

I didn’t study it from the outside.

I lived it.

In refugee camps.

In rejection.

In rebuilding everything—again and again.

That’s when the shift happened.

The book wasn’t a performance. It was an extension.

And suddenly, my marketing became simpler.

Just live the message. Share the experiences and document the work.

Seth Godin said, “Marketing is the generous act of helping someone solve a problem.”

For me, that meant showing people what resilience looks like in daily life.

No shortcuts. No filters.

The way I see it now—writing and sharing from this place feels like Tai Chi with life.

Whatever comes, I don’t fight it.

I move with it.

Let it teach me.

And then I share that lesson with whoever needs it.

To the authorpreneurs out there—Don’t rush the message.

Embody it.

And let your life do the talking.

That’s why I called my marketing media company, Rising Authors.

After we fall, we rise.

It’s a reminder to me to keep at it.

#risingauthors #gardenwarrior.