Sara Elise wrote the book on this— literally. Her debut, A Recipe for More (HarperCollins), earned praise from Janelle Monáe, Fatimah Asghar, and Rachel Cargle for the same reason you're reading this: because a life that actually fits you is possible, even if you haven't experienced it yet.
For over a decade, she's designed spaces where (primarily neurodivergent & queer) people finally feel seen, held, and nourished— Harvest & Revel, Apogeo Collective, and most recently Again Vintage, her New York-based shop and wellness café built on slowness, ritual, and celebrating home as santuary.
After leaving Wall Street to build a successful career as a private chef, she learned nourishment was never just about food. It's your body, your home, your nervous system— and yes, your ambition too. You can optimize your life and feel good in your body and mind, even in a world that wasn't built for how you actually work.
As a pleasure doula and a neurodivergent, queer, Black femme, Sara has lived it— building a full, beautiful life while quietly forcing herself into spaces that were never designed for how she's wired. And then cycling through over-indulgence and burnout, becoming her most unhealthy self, in the process.
But after over a decade of learning what actually works, she built Neurtura: your daily toolkit and accountability partner in your pocket— helping you learn your own rhythms, giving you a step-by-step blueprint for taking care of yourself, and finally working with the way you're wired instead of against it.