📢#GraceFramework 2024.1.0 has been released 🎉 🚀Upgrade to @ApacheGroovy 4.0.32 @SpringBoot 3.5.15 and @SpringFramework 6.2.19 👉sdk install grace 2024.1.0 github.com/graceframework/gr… #groovylang #springboot

📢#GraceFramework 2024.0.2 has been released 🚀Upgrade to @TheApacheTomcat 10.1.55 and @SpringFramework 6.2.19 👉sdk install grace 2024.0.2 github.com/graceframework/gr… #groovylang #springboot

I didn’t set out to write a book. I set out to understand myself. There was a season where I started to notice something… Not in others first—but in me. I was reacting more than responding. Holding tension longer than I wanted to. Carrying pressure into conversations that deserved presence. I was doing everything “right”… And still not showing up the way I knew I was capable of. And that awareness was uncomfortable… but necessary. Because once you see it in yourself, you start to recognize it everywhere. Not a lack of intelligence. Not a lack of skill. But a lack of grounding. Leaders who were capable—but not steady. Driven—but disconnected. Successful—but internally exhausted. Leaders who knew what to do… but didn’t always know how to be. And I realized something that shifted everything for me: This wasn’t a performance problem. It was a presence problem. So I started doing the deeper work. Not just learning leadership—but practicing it from within. Paying attention to my thoughts. Slowing down my reactions. Becoming more intentional with my energy, my words, my choices. Choosing growth—even when it was uncomfortable. Especially when it was uncomfortable. And over time, something began to change. Not overnight. Not perfectly. But steadily. That’s where The Grounded Leadership Method™ began. Not as a framework first— But as a lived experience. A return to steadiness. A commitment to presence. A decision to lead from within, not just outward. And as I continued doing the work, it became clear that grounded leadership isn’t complicated… But it is deeply intentional. It comes back to five practices: GRACE • Gratitude — choosing to anchor, even in uncertainty • Reflection — creating space to understand, not just react • Awareness — noticing what’s happening internally and externally • Choice — responding with intention instead of default patterns • Encouragement — leading with belief, in yourself and others These aren’t just concepts— They are disciplines. Practices that shape how we show up in conversations, in conflict, in pressure, in growth. Practices that turn leadership into something steady… not reactive. And that’s what led to the book: The Grounded Leader: Leading with Presence, GRACE, and the Courage to Grow But I knew something important— Awareness alone doesn’t create change. Insight without action becomes frustration. So the book became a starting point… A place to see yourself clearly. And the workbook became the place to apply it— to slow down, to process, to practice in real time. And the journal became the space to live it— daily, honestly, intentionally… when no one else is watching. Because that’s where grounded leadership is actually built. Not in big moments. But in small, consistent ones. This was never about creating more content. It was about creating something real. Something usable. Something that meets people where they are— and helps them grow into who they’re capable of being. Because leadership doesn’t start with what we do. It starts with how grounded we are within ourselves. — Ana Gambill Grounded Leadership Method™ #GroundedLeadershipMethod #GRACEFramework #LeadershipDevelopment #AuthenticLeadership #LeadershipGrowth #SelfLeadership

@SpringFramework 7.0.0-M8 is out and upgraded to @ApacheGroovy 5.0.0-rc-1 🚀, @GraceFramework supports both Groovy 4.0 and 5.0 🌟github.com/spring-projects/s…

In @GraceFramework 2023.3.0, you can just use `grace shell`, because we have solved the legacy issue perfectly👍 profiles.graceframework.org/…

📢#GraceFramework 2024.0.0-M1 is out 🎉🚀🏆 🚀Upgrade to @SpringBoot 3.4.7 and @SpringFramework 6.2.8 🍀Support Spring Boot 3.4~3.5 🔥sdk i grace 2024.0.0-M1 github.com/graceframework/gr… #groovylang #springboot

👑#GraceFramework 2023.3.0-RC2 available now, GA will be following after @SpringBoot 3.3.12 🚀Upgrade to Gradle 8.14 🍀Support Spring Boot 3.3~3.5 ⭐️Continuously improve grace-doc Gradle plugin 🔥`sdk i grace 2023.3.0-RC2` github.com/graceframework/gr… #groovylang #springboot

👑#GraceFramework 2023.3.0-RC1 is available now 🚀Upgrade to Spring Boot 3.3.11 and Spring Framework to 6.1.19, Gradle 8.13, Tomcat 10.1.40 ⭐️Rewrite grace-doc Gradle plugin to generate guide document 🔥`sdk i grace 2023.3.0-RC1` github.com/graceframework/gr… #groovylang #springboot

Why not use @ApacheGroovy and @GraceFramework? Groovy is Java , and Grace is the One-Person framework for @SpringBoot 🍀, Groovy powered CLIs and Plugins will help developers build Spring Boot applications quickly and productively.🚀

🎉Grace v2023.0.2 have been released with @ApacheGroovy 4.0.23 NOW 🚀 #groovylang #graceframework #springboot

📢Grace 2023.0.1 Available Now 🚀 👉github.com/graceframework/gr… #graceframework #groovylang #grailsfw #springboot

🚄Grace Roadmap: Next Big version is 2024.0, will be released by the end of this year!🎯 #groovylang #graceframework #springboot github.com/graceframework/gr…

📢#GraceFramework 2023.0.0 goes GA 👑 🔥Grab it now, create your new project now 🚀 `sdk install grace` github.com/graceframework/gr… #groovylang #grailsfw #springboot

📢 I'm happy to announce that Grace 2023.0.0-RC1 and RC2 have been released and are available from GitHub releases. Please install it and give it a try, any feedback welcome. 👏 github.com/graceframework/gr… #graceframework #grailsfw #groovylang #springboot

❤️Grace CLI now adds a new option `--force` for `create-app` to allow create a new app overwritten in exists project directory, so you can use git-diff to show changes between versions 👇 #groovylang #grailsfw #graceframework #springboot

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❤️Grace 2023.0.0 apps NOW could be compiled and running with @ApacheGroovy 5.0.0-alpha-9 🌞 ext['groovy.version'] = '5.0.0-alpha-9' #groovylang #grailsfw #graceframework #springboot

🔥Grace Application Templates supports hooks, execute Groovy Scripts at specific stages during the project generation process. so you can customize the generated project structure and execute initial setup tasks.❤️ #groovylang #grailsfw #graceframework #springboot

👑 DEMO: Use @ApacheGroovy AntBuilder to write Application Templates 🔥 #groovylang #grailsfw #graceframework #springboot