Please join us for the second quarterly meeting of 2026. We will have handouts and door prize raffles. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. Our longtime member, Elsa Arend, will present on the topic: ‘Burnout: What I Have Learned and What I Teach To Others’. She will share from the perspective of living with SD.

About Elsa Arend

Elsa is an experienced ICF credentialed Executive Leadership + Burnout Recovery Coach. Her background spans business leadership positons across marketing, client services, operations, and talent management. Elsa is frequently called upon to serve as a speaker on such topics as burnout, emotional intelligence, healthy boundary setting, unleashing confidence, embracing imperfection, and how to assert and use one’s voice.  

Drawing from her own experience as a former marketing executive who faced burnout twice, she deeply understands the journey from stress and overwhelm to clarity and energy. Using trauma-informed coaching techniques, Elsa empowers her clients to design lives they’re excited to wake up to each day. 

Elsa holds a BA in Communications and Journalism from American University. She is certified in several coaching programs including International Coaching Federation (ICF), Transformational Coaching, Heart Core Leadership and YogaHealer.  

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