At The Root of It: Growth with Rolando

In this conversation, Hanisha and Rolando talk about growth as something that unfolds over time, often in ways we don’t immediately recognize. They reflect on how growing up with immigrant parents shaped their early understanding of success as survival, stability, and hard work, and how that definition slowly expanded once they entered the professional world. Rolando shares how discomfort, feedback, and eventually therapy helped him recognize when he was stuck, burnt out, or outgrowing a role. Hanisha explores how much of her own growth showed up quietly, through patience, emotional regulation, and learning to pause instead of pushing harder. Together, they unpack how growth can feel uncomfortable, nonlinear, and sometimes even like loss, while still being deeply meaningful.