Karen Floyd

“If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.” As a former prosecutor and judge, I understand firsthand, sausage is both more predictable and controlled…

For the Fall 2022 “Travel & Technology” Issue, publisher Karen Floyd gives her insight and reflection on everything travel and technology.

“THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT SOUTHERN WOMEN THAT IS SO UNIQUE YET SO UNIVERSAL . . .” – Connie Britton It is with the idea of universality that our Spring 2020 Issue…

My earliest memories involve travel. My father was born and raised in New York City to first-generation immigrants who found refuge in America during the First World War.

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but building the new.” -Socrates

Introducing the ELYSIAN Summer 2019 Women in Art & Finance issue.

“To whom much is given, much is expected”

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. — T.S. ELIOT As…

  In keeping with the shared responsibility every woman has to the next generation of women, we begin this issue by explaining the purpose behind ELYSIAN’s cover. We are repeatedly…

  Through anecdotal storytelling and experiential features, ELYSIAN challenges the reader to self-define. In simple terms, our goal is to assist the reader in finding her unique path. This objective…

A light exists in spring, not present on the year at any other period — when March is scarcely here. — Emily Dickinson Spring is a time of growth and new…

Inspiring Women Our Women of Distinction have continued to inspire with stores of overcoming, perseverance, and conviction. In addition, a common theme evolved. Each featured woman did not allow fear…