Reframing Resilience with Laurie May of Elevation Pictures
And more nuggets to chew on
Many famous people have been through the doors of Laurie May’s office, co-founder and president of Elevation Pictures, one of Toronto Life's most influential Torontonians, and this episode's guest. We talked about our mothers and our own experiences of motherhood, what it means to be resilient in the face of hard business decisions as a woman in leadership, manifesting gratitude, and, of course, some celebrities. We could have kept going, to be honest!
We are doing a series on female resilience, because we need it! Resilience. Go back and listen to our first episode with Jenn Harper of Cheekbone Beauty — a cosmetics company which aims to help every Indigenous person see and feel their value in the world while developing sustainable colour cosmetics that won’t end up in a landfill. Jenn has been featured as Chatelaine’s Woman of the Year in 2019 and was on Canadian Business’ New Innovators list and Entrepreneur Magazine’s Woman of Influence list in 2022.
I made these blueberry muffins from the New York Times and everyone thought I was amazing. So if you want to feel amazing…
Scholar
offers this reframing nugget that we will be chewing on throughout this Black History Month and for the long haul.