Executive Resilience Coach · Stay In The Room™
Resilience is not a mindset.
It is an infrastructure.
A structured, embodied system that keeps Business Women in business, in leadership, income, and in the room, when life disrupts everything.
The Question
Every Business Woman facing life disruptions asks herself two questions:
Will my business surive this?
Will I survive leading this?
The challenge is not simply surviving the disruption. It is staying in the room whilst it happens.
Reframing Resilience
The conversation needs to change about resilience.
The Traditional Model
- Resilience is a personality trait
- Push through. Keep going.
- Mindset is enough
- Disruption is a personal problem
- Step back until you're ready
The Strongher Model
- Resilience is a built system
- Adapt. Continue. Lead differently.
- Structure is what holds you
- Disruption is a business risk
- Stay in the room. Lead from here.
The StrongHer Resilience System
Built in the everyday.
Proven in the storm.
A practical framework built from lived experience, not theory. Four interconnected pillars that strengthen the body, mind, relationships and leadership capacity needed to deal with life's toughest disruptions.
01
Strong Leadership
Take Ownership
Purpose
Strategy
Action
02
Strong Body
Feel Stronger
Food
Move
Snooze
03
Strong Mind
Think Clearly
Calm
Clarity
Confidence
04
Strong Relationships
Stay Connected
Me
We
Thee
Leadership is the decision. Resilience is the system. Staying in the room is the result.
Adelle Martin MBA
Written from inside the room. Not from the stage.
I write as a woman navigating life in real time, not as a researcher studying women from a distance. My authority comes from lived experience first, and professional expertise second.
I have navigated early menopause, myeloma, melanoma, business ownership, and senior corporate leadership. I know what it means to try to lead when life is asking everything of you.
The StrongHER Resilience System™ is not a wellbeing concept. It is a business-critical framework, currently being developed into a formal academic model: the Embodied Resilience Infrastructure Model (ERIM).
years in corporate leadership, coaching and business ownership
interconnected pillars in the StrongHER Resilience System™
central belief: no woman should choose between her health and her wealth
Where My Work Lives
Coaching · Speaking · Research · Writing
Resilience Coaching
Executive Resilience Coaching for Business Women dealing with disruption, motherhood, divorce, menopause, chronic illness, caregiving or grief..
Speaking & Keynotes
Keynotes, panels and professional events focused on resilience as leadership infrastructure, not wellbeing culture. Available for conferences and corporate events.
Research & Writing
Developing the ERIM, a formal academic model. Guest lecturer at Kent Business School. Thought leadership on resilience as embodied infrastructure.
What Professional Women Say
Adelle coached me to stay in my business when everything felt impossible
Adelle showed me structure when life became uncertain.
Adelle helped me maintian my income whilst dealing with my chronic illness.
Real-world Application and Public Voice
My work is informed by real systems supporting women in business through disruption, including my role as Co-Founder of Stronger Together Through Cancer CIC, and my broadcast work with the South East Business Radio Show.
This ensures my work is not theoretical, but rooted in lived experience and applied leadership.

Stronger Together Through Cancer CIC
PROTECTING KENT BUSINESS OWNERS WITH CANCER
We exclusively support and protect Kent Small Business Owners with cancer by providing access to personal and professional services.
South East Business Radio Show
Are You Ready To Start A Conversation
Let's talk about what keeps women leading when life changes everything.
Because no woman should have to choose between her wellbeing and her livelihood.

