Grace, Alignment, and New Beginnings.

Welcome: Grace Is the New Grit

August 21, 20251 min read

For years, we’ve been taught to push harder, do more, and hold it all together. But the truth is—what many of us call strength is really survival mode.

This blog is an invitation into a different way. A way of living and leading that starts within: noticing what’s true, honoring your own energy, and allowing grace to carry you instead of grit alone.

Here you’ll find weekly reflections, stories, and practices designed to help you:

  • Shift from control to connection

  • Create space for presence and possibility

  • Lead and live from alignment, not exhaustion

This isn’t about adding more to your plate. It’s about remembering who you are underneath the efforting—and choosing to come home to yourself.

If this resonates, I’d love for you to join me. Subscribe below to receive new posts each week, and be part of a community of high performers who are reclaiming grace under pressure.

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With gratitude for your journey,
Mary

Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D., helps high performers shift from burnout-driven grit to energy alignment through neurofeedback, stillness practices, and embodied leadership. She is the founder of PlenaVita Shift and the voice behind Grace Under Pressure.

Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.

Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D., helps high performers shift from burnout-driven grit to energy alignment through neurofeedback, stillness practices, and embodied leadership. She is the founder of PlenaVita Shift and the voice behind Grace Under Pressure.

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