Rooted in Resilience: The Weight I Carried, The Wisdom I Learned Paperback – February 18, 2026

Rooted in Resilience: The Weight I Carried, The Wisdom I Learned is a reflective memoir that honors the unseen strength of Black womanhood, telling the truth about what it means to carry responsibility, lead with integrity, and remain whole in systems never designed to fully support you.With honesty, depth, and grace, Dr. Glenda Lawrence-Knight shares lived experiences shaped by womanhood, motherhood, leadership, faith, grief, resilience, and rebirth. This book is not written to perform pain or seek sympathy, but to offer recognition, understanding, and restoration for women who have carried more than their share, often in silence.Through personal reflection and collective insight, Rooted in Resilience invites readers to examine the patterns shaped by survival, expectation, and responsibility, while reclaiming identity beyond what was required to endure. It speaks to women navigating leadership spaces, family dynamics, sisterhood, loss, and renewal, offering language for experiences many feel but rarely name.This book is for women who:• Have carried weight others never saw• Have led, nurtured, and endured without acknowledgment• Are learning to honor themselves without guilt• Are ready to move from survival to alignmentRooted in Resilience is not a guide telling you who to be, it is a mirror reminding you of who you already are.If you have ever felt unseen, unheard, or expected to be strong without support, these pages were written with you in mind. Read more