The 3 Pillars of Resilience™ Philosophy, Neuroscience, Epigenetics
About the Creator
How The 3 Pillars of Resilience™ Came to Life
When I was invited to speak on resilience at a Women's Summit in Texas, I went searching for a framework that actually made sense for my story. Something that reflected how resilience feels and felt to me so that I could present it authentically.
But I couldn’t find one... So, I started building one myself.
Everything I came across felt flat, overly clinical, or detached from real lived experience. I wasn’t looking for theories about resilience; I was searching for something that could explain more than just what we go through.
Philosophy helped me understand the stories we tell ourselves.
Neuroscience showed me how our minds and bodies respond to stress.
But something was still missing, the piece that explained why certain patterns, fears, and reactions seem to live inside us before we even experience them.
That missing piece was epigenetics, the understanding that we’re not just shaped by our environment but also by what we inherit. Some of our responses to life are not simply learned; they’re carried. We are, in many ways, born with the echoes of generational trauma and just as powerfully, the capacity to heal and rewire it.
I spent months reading, researching, and reflecting, blending philosophy, neuroscience, and epigenetics into something I could finally understand not just with my head, but with my heart.
Crystal Lengua-Rowell
Creator | The 3 Pillars of Resilience
A Personal Framework, Not a Scientific One
I’m not a scientist. (I wish!)
Everything within The 3 Pillars of Resilience™ comes from my own study, interpretation, and lived experience and through years of leading, surviving, rebuilding, and learning how the mind and body work together to help us (me) adapt.
This framework isn’t meant to replace professional research; it’s meant to make it relatable.
It’s how I’ve made sense of my own journey through adversity and how I now want to help others make sense of theirs.
What the Framework Represents
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Philosophy: The meaning we make.
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Neuroscience: The wiring we regulate.
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Epigenetics: The inheritance we transform.
Together, these pillars create a way to see resilience not as endurance, but as integration & how we come home to ourselves after being tested.
Why I Share It
I built this framework because I needed it.
And now, I share it because I know others do too.
Resilience isn’t about bouncing back, it’s about becoming whole again, with a deeper understanding of who we are and what we carry forward.
“I’m not teaching resilience as science. I’m sharing it as someone who has lived it, studied it, and found meaning in it.”
-Crystal Lengua-Rowell