FRUITION, FINALLY. 🍎

Haven't chosen a word of the year in years, {first_name}, but it feels like this one's choosing ME for 2025:

FRUITION. 🍎

I started drafting this note over the long weekend. I've been feeling so inspired by what I’m building that the hardest part is closing my laptop and going to bed.

(This Bridgerton-inspired tip for the start-stop is more relevant than ever.)

⚡️ The energy is here.

🔮 The vision is clear.

👖 The hardest part is donning my patient pants and trusting the tempo of the unfolding.

My candy shop is kicking off as a bit of a farmer's market.

For years, I couldn’t see the orchard for the trees.

(AND HUNNIE. I LOOKED. 🔍👀🔬)

I've shared this in many OHT podcasts.

Felt like I was stuck in a loop, not wanting to shout or draw too much attention for fear of leading you on a parade down my creative cul-de-sac. 🌀

What I see clearly now:

It wasn't a dead-end.

It was a spiral staircase. 🧬

At times I wish I could AirDrop what I'm seeing so you could SEE it with me.

[May look like something this, in 5D: 🍊⚡️🎁🎄❄️💌🗝️🍪🎶🌈]

Till that's a thing, I’ll keep doing my best to communicate it one post, pod, email at a time, and YOU can accelerate the process as you wish by replying at any time to start a 1:1 convo ✨

I'm earmarking this summer as the SUMMER of SERVICE.❤️

Laying foundations, making invitations, and welcoming all who resonate to step deeper into my world for inspo and practical tools to more powerfully create their own versions of an #onherterms universe.

If you're curious, I'd love to introduce you to the throughline and heartbeat of it all:

✨ THE ON HER TERMS® MUTUAL INSPIRATION SOCIETY✨

MIS for short bc it's a mouthful and so am I 🙃.

I'm basically using this as the name for ALL my work / clients (and have for the past decade, really). Can't think of a better way to describe our relationship.

I serve geeky geniuses who’ve already mastered their work and want a high-level home base to apply that same brilliance to the rest of their life, month after month.

That's why the main feature of the foundational level of MIS is our monthly creative studio time where we make time to go through a specific area of life, rotating between self, fam, and biz themes on repeat. ♻️

🎨 MONTHLY MEETINGS // CREATIVE STUDIOS

The intention of these calls = integrity insurance.

🫧Bubble-wrapped time to hear yourself think.🫧

A playful but powerful blend of show and tell + truth and dare.

After sharing my best thinking and field notes plus answering live Qs on each theme, I'll walk you through a practical process to help you bridge the gap from "I'll have what she's having" to "I'll have what I'm having" - over and over on repeat.

The goal is for this #onherterms ritual of return to become an automated HABIT, not a new year's party trick. 🪄

Here's a sneak peek of my own planning doc for emoji reference:

I want this monthly call to feel like something we all look forward to.

A standing reservation at your fave restaurant (or fave study nook at the library). 📚

A yearlong rhythm you can relax into, knowing every area of life will have its turn. ♻️

Your only job is to show up, be honest, and act on what you discover.

🎧 BONUS INSPO ON DEMAND

A private podcast I’ll create to go deeper into the Qs you ask throughout the month.

You can’t be behind here.

But you can go behind-the-scenes with me.

These members-only bonus inspo musings and shares will be kindling for future “candy shop” resources and workshops (hence the Mutual Inspiration Society). Your insights will literally spark new creations tailored to your exact sticking points and wishlists. 🪄

🌎 FOMO-FREE COMMUNITY

There's no pressure to perform here.

No skinny dipping in shares and unsolicited opinions.

I don't currently have plans for a FB or Slack or Voxer group for extra noise or distraction from the heartbeat of the MISsion.

The magic will be in seeing each other in real time on the monthly calls, passing each other in the chats and halls, with the option to swap info for anyone who wants to connect further. (I'll be glad to make and host a directory for active members.)

✨ The Mutual Inspiration Society officially kicks off in May.✨

Founding members get a special rate and a private invitation to a members-only What Matters Workshop in June. We'll consider it our initiation ceremony. 🕯️

I'm working on a full calendar of events to share so you can get a time-and-space visual of what we're working with, as members will have access to several additional public workshops throughout the year too.

If you want details faster than I can drip 'em, reply with MIS and I'll be happy to catch you up to speed to see what may be a great fit.

We’ve got sparky work to do. ✨

COMING UP NEXT 🍿

❄️ THE SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE SERIES: I've metabolized over a decade and a Carrie-Bradshaw-closet's worth of lessons and R&D to get to this point. In this audio series I'll share behind-the-scenes of my picky-nikki-AF #onherterms biz design process for your private podcast pleasure. Listen daily (each snowflake lasts 24 hours) or buy the Freezer Pass at $55 for a year's access plus a few juicy DEEP FREEZE bonus audios. Live in May.

🩸BODY ON HER TERMS: Live MIS workshop May 7th, included for MIS members, $111 for non-members. Not a medical advice or fitness-y workshop. More of a what-I-tell-mom-friends-who-ask-about-my-walking-pad-supps-or-skincare-routine vibe. I'll share what's been most useful to me in the past year of prioritizng my physical health and hormones and how you can use your values to make your own magic.

💌 INBOX ADVISORY: My fave. You + me + platonic-playful-professional You've Got Mail x The Lakehouse vibes. A magic inbox that's JUST for our conversations, wherever and whatever you need. This on her terms, on her time creative advisory upgrade is for MIS members who would love to have me in their corner without rearranging their calendars. Available now for the right fit.

Hi 👋 I'm Nikki (Elledge Brown).

Writer, podcaster, and creative advisor for brilliant women who love their work, their people, and their alone time.

As a professional overthinker who believes strongly in INTEGRITY > BALANCE, it's my nerdy pleasure to create and share tools, questions, and frameworks that make it easier to feel good about how we’re showing up — on paper and in practice.

Around here, living like a whole human is the way.

That's what we call On Her Terms® living.