What if resilience wasn’t about pushing through—but about staying steady, clear, and creative under pressure? In this episode of Women Thrive, Luisa Hogan shatters the traditional narrative of resilience. As a leadership strategist who has steered organizations through crisis—including the complete closure of one—Luisa shares what it really means to lead with calm, connection, and clarity. 

She opens up about her unexpected rise to leadership, how she kept team morale high in the face of massive change, and the power of the 90-second pause to manage emotional triggers. With powerful insights on building trust, embracing transparency, and using creativity as a leadership tool, Luisa offers a refreshing take on what strong, human-centered leadership looks like today. If you're navigating change or leading a team through uncertainty, this conversation is your playbook.

✨ About the Guest ✨

Luisa Hogan is a Leadership Resilience Strategist, Founder of Vermelho Consulting, and Co-Founder of Whisper & Thread. She helps leaders redefine strength as steadiness, not strain.

After years of guiding teams through complex change and transformation, Luisa noticed a pattern: too many capable leaders were burning out under the pressure to appear unshakeable. Her work challenges that old narrative. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and lived leadership experience, she teaches a more sustainable model: resilience as regulation, not endurance.

Luisa’s approach helps leaders and entrepreneurs shift from reacting and over-performing to pausing, anchoring, and choosing deliberate action. Through her programs and keynotes, she has helped build teams that stay composed, connected, and effective in uncertainty.

Known for her calm authority, intelligent storytelling, and grounded delivery, Luisa’s work moves beyond motivation. It builds capability. A marathon competitor and author of The Mindset Fitness Workout: Be Fit for Success Without Burning Out, she applies the principles of mental fitness to both sport and leadership.

Her sessions equip audiences with actionable frameworks to stay calm through change, lead with confidence, and build strength that lasts, even when everything around them is in flux.

📢 Important Links 📢

Connect with our Guest:

https://www.vermelho.com.au/ 

https://www.whisperandthread.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/vermelho 

https://www.instagram.com/whisperandthread

https://www.tiktok.com/@whisperandthread 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisa-hogan-04617322/ 

Connect with Women Thrive Media:

Women Thrive Summit: https://womenthrivesummit.com/

Become a Guest on the Women Thrive Podcast: https://womenthrivemedia.com/podcasts

Women Thrive Book: https://womenthrivesummit.com/book/

Women Thrive Magazine: https://womenthrivemagazine.com/magazine/

➡️ Show Highlights

(00:00) Introduction

(03:07) How Luisa Hogan Stepped into Leadership

(09:10) Why Transparency Builds Trust in Teams

(13:19) Resilience, Redefined: Steadiness Over Struggle

(17:05) Leading Through Change and Navigating Resistance

(22:10) Staying Calm and Creative in High-Stress Moments

(31:45) Luisa’s Excitement for the 2026 Women Thrive Summit

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