The Future is Now

Hi there,

Happy Women’s History Month! How are you honoring the contributions and achievements of women—and your own? I’d love to hear. My lineup includes luncheons, community, and plenty of spaciousness.

The 2026 theme—“Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future”—feels especially resonant. Sustainability begins when we pause, notice, and choose to act from clarity and alignment. So this month, I’m offering an invitation to spruce up your sustainability.

From March 9–31, I’ll guide a small cohort through The Sabbatical Moment—a return to (or brightening of) yourself through rest, remembrance, vision, and joyful action.

For $987 (in honor of 1987, when Congress designated March as Women’s History Month), you’ll receive:

Live weekly coaching sessions

Curated tools and resources

Unlimited between-session support

If now feels like the moment to shape a different future for yourself, you can secure your spot here.

Now, let’s step into this week’s sabbatical moment.

Resting

An invitation to slow down long enough to hear what your mind, body, and heart are telling you.

This year, I’m investing deeply in emotional rest. I meant to find a therapist when I moved back to Atlanta 3.5 years ago. And then life happened (including getting pregnant with my daughter, who just turned three). This year, I made the choice to prioritize this layer of rest, and the lightness I feel already is unmistakable.

Building capacity in my own life expands my ability to hold space for others—loved ones and client partners alike. I recently revisited a short clip by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith on emotional rest, and it prompted an important question: What emotional weight are you carrying that’s ready to be set down?

Whether through conversation, prayer, journaling, or simply naming it, here’s to gently undressing our emotions so we can live more freely and boldly.

Remembering

An invitation to reconnect with your brilliance - the wisdom, creativity, and magic within and around you.

I handed my grandmother my phone so she could read the birthday tribute I’d written about her and my daughter. They were born 88 years and four days apart. She read slowly, intentionally. Then handed the phone back and said, simply: “You’ve always been a writer.”

The words lingered.

She wasn’t wrong. I wrote my first life story at eight. I’ve journaled for decades. I still love handwritten letters. Yet I’ve never fully claimed the title writer. This small exchange invited me to reconsider how I see myself.

That’s the gift of being surrounded by people who know and love you—they reflect back parts of you you’ve quietly set aside.

Recasting/Realizing

An invitation to imagine the life you desire and pursue it with joy as your compass.

Lately, I’ve been dreaming about my ideal clients, including fictional ones. One of them is Mia Jordan from The Morning Show. Her character embodies authority, vulnerability, and deep knowing. I saw myself. I saw my client partners. And I imagined what it would look like to support her return to alignment.

A recent community conversation on imagination and internal storytelling reminded me: dreaming is a leadership practice. My dreams are most vivid when I tend to my body through nature, movement, and (ideally) a midday nap on the porch swing.

Make room to dream. You never know when the future will arrive. If you—or someone you love—would benefit from imagining forward with support, I’d be honored to walk with you this month.

Joyfully,

Elandria

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