Creating connection, beauty, & meaning—through experiences that transform.
For people & brands who are no longer who they were… & not yet who they’ll become.
Come as you are (even if you’re not sure who that is). Leave a little more alive.
For people & brands inside the middle of becoming.
The ones who’ve held worlds together and suddenly feel unmoored.
The ones who were brilliant at what came before — & can’t quite see what’s next.
The ones craving courage, clarity, and a spark of aliveness.
You don’t need fixing.
You need a gently guided space to breathe, play, and unfurl what’s already within. So that what truly matters can emerge
That’s what we call Experiential Alchemy — the art of finding beauty & insight in the middle of the mess.
Experiential Alchemy™
Noun. gathering, artifact, practice, art
Luminous experiences that uplift & sometimes transform through beauty, story & design.
Not self-help. Not spectacle. Never trite.
A collective enchantment where reflection meets play & each person, team, or brand unfurls into more of itself, so that clarity, creativity, & courage can emerge.
Elixir designs luminous experiences and artifacts for people & brands navigating transformation.
Our work unfolds through:
🜁 Experiences & Gatherings — Immersive events and workshops that spark connection and courage in the middle of reinvention.
🜂 Coaching & Facilitation — Gently guided sessions for individuals, teams, and leaders seeking clarity and creative momentum.
🜃 Artifacts & The Shop — Beautiful, story-rich kits and objects designed to uplift, delight, and invite embodied reflection.
🜄 Creative Strategy — Consulting partnerships that help purpose-driven brands rediscover their magic and meaning.
Every Elixir offering is crafted to re-enchant the process of becoming. What emerges is insight, alignment, and renewed vitality
Grounded in behavioral insights and the science of change, Elixir bridges evidence and enchantment—turning what we know about human transformation into experiences you can feel.
What’s in the Mix?
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Secret Sauce Reset
Sunday Nov 23 | 3:00-4:00 | Zoom
How to begin finding your way back to yourself—no toxic positivity, no quick fixes, just one honest hour of reflection and clarity.
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Elixir Mixers
A tiny ecosystem of delight designed to re-enchant your senses. A two-hour evening of story, sensory play, and connection.
🍸 Curated cocktails + elevated mocktails
🍇 Seasonal bites & sweet/savory boards
💬 Conversation sparks & prompts
🎨 Easy hands-on rituals (yes, you’ll make something)
🛍 A cheeky little shop with treasures to take home
✨ Always, a few surprisesCome as you are. Leave Luminous!
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Private and Corporate Experiences
Looking to bring Elixir’s approach to your organization or event?
We design custom session rooted in behavioral insights and experiential alchemy—
So that what truly matters can emerge
Meet your
Alchemist
I’m Manya Dotson—a writer, facilitator, & creative strategist, who designs experiences that make transformation feel beautiful, joyful, & real.
After two+ decades leading global health initiatives across Africa and Asia, she learned this truth: Real transformation happens through connection, not correction.
That knowing is rooted in both behavioral science & lived experience:
the evidence-based insights of how people actually change, combined with the art of beauty, story, & sensory design.
Elixir is where she turns that fusion into gatherings, coaching, & creative strategy that help people and brands emerge clearer, braver, and more beautifully aligned.
The Grimoire
A living archive of experiments, stories, and spells from the messy middle of becoming.
Not everything I make behaves itself.
The Grimoire is where I keep the beautiful trouble—poems that taste of unfinished business, spells that smirk, unfinished sketches from dreamed up oracle decks, and rough draft chapters that escaped my memoir and refuse to return quietly. Here lives the raw stuff, caught in the act of becoming—before it’s shaped into artifacts of insight and awe.
Think of it as an alchemist’s junk drawer, if the junk was wonder, mischief, and a little too much truth.
Open at your own risk.