Elle Michell

I have always been an old soul and appreciated mature experiences. Between age 18 and 31, every summer, I attended the Frankie Beverly and Maze concert at the Chastain amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia. It was always a good time. I was accompanied by a crew of people who were old enough to be my parents, and we were all in stride. Since that season, I have had the pleasure of experiencing Frankie Beverly and Maze many more times to include the time I hired them to perform a private show at a conference in Atlanta.

The soundtrack of my life would certainly include their entire concert playlist. Thank you for the love, light, and joy for so many years! Your talent and unmatched energy were a joy to behold.

Bless your heart! Rest in Power Frankie Beverly.

Happy birthday!!! Thank you for your enriching contributions of creative energy, light, love, and laughter.

Storytime: suggested help me with my staging my office. So we connected and attempted to make it happen. As I was sharing my vision born from my pbe of words and wanting to write on the walls as I am inspired to, she listened gleefully. When I got to the desk, I conveyed to her that I wanted a rustic dining table to be used as a double sodes sldesk with a work station on one end. Her look changed to frustrated confusion. She looked up and said, "What else are you trying to put on this desk?" In a tone that said she not only disagreed but was horrified. She caught me giving her major side eye, and she said, "Oh, I didn't mean it like that!" To which I replied, "Oh yes, you did, and it's okay. I appreciate honesty." We laughed. She went on to express her concern that the desk would be too crowded and become difficult to maintain. The reason the desk is NOT pictured is because she was RIGHT! It is always a damn mess!

We added pops of gold around the room to capture my thank-you cards, house my live plants, and tell time.

She also insisted that I get a real sign vs. a virtual background when I was on Zoom calls. She ordered the sign, and it came back with a clear background, which didn't work against the dark paint. She was super patient with me and had the vendor add the cream background to make it pop.

Every time someone mentioned the sign, I am reminded of the power of collaboration and consensus.

Thanks, Londie, for depositing your creative energy into my office.

Note: all walls are not shown because some of my words are just for me!

Happy Juneteenth!

The impetus of this holiday is delayed freedom due to ignorance being weaponized against those who were enslaved. Today, ignorance continues to be a powerful weapon that impedes freedom.

It is interesting how so many people deem themselves free, and yet they do not spend their freedom freely. Instead, they allow ignorance and fear to take the front seat of their souls while freedom lives inside of them as a metaphor or fantasy.

IMO, the best way to approach anything optimally is to become ORIENTED to it intimately. Are you intimately oriented to freedom?

On Friday evening, in partnership with the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management Professionals, I will give an address, Orientation to Freedom, at the Zucot Gallery in Atlanta.

An Orientation to Freedom
Zucot Gallery
100 Centennial Olympic Park Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30313
June 21, 2024
5.30PM - 9.00PM

Please join me! It would be great to see your face...

Registration link in bio.

I am taking a social media break to:

Write;
Focus on completing some projects for my paying clients;
Live life; in real life; and
Make in person connections.

If you are interested in doing business with me, feel free to schedule a discovery call to get started.

If you want to connect in real life, call me! 404 955 3831

I will be back one of these days. In the meantime...

Be well,

Elle