Identity Archives - The Average Advocate

The Ordinary and Extraordinary little black dress

by Elisa | Apr 6, 2020 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Family & Relationships, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Identity, Life Purpose, Personal Growth, Safe Spaces, Seeking Justice, United States, Ways to Make a Difference | 0 |

Last month, before Coronavirus took over in all its attention-needing glory, I wrote a piece for...

Three Ways To Change Your Self-Talk

by Elisa | Feb 25, 2020 | Community, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Identity, Live Intentionally, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Safe Spaces | 0 |

Let’s be clear: The rhetoric you speak over yourself isn’t just meaningless or just “words.” What you speak (inside your head or outside) determines the course of your life. (And best yet, you can...

Which Do You Fear? Failure Or Success? (and overcoming Self-SABOTAGE)

by Elisa | Feb 3, 2020 | Fully Alive, Identity, Leadership, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

What are you afraid of moving forward? Fear of Failure or Fear of Success? And in that, how do you overcome self-sabotaging.

Poem: Jealousy is a Carousel

by Elisa | Oct 28, 2019 | Community, Fully Alive, Identity, Safe Spaces | 0 |

Jealousy is a carousel is a short poem about community, identity and overcoming insecurity to find joy.

Beyond Herodias: Kingdom of Forgiveness

by Elisa | Sep 5, 2019 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Identity, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship | 0 |

What does forgiveness look like? Elisa Johnston speaks about two different singers, the kingdom of forgiveness, and how to forgive.

Breathe Please: Recovering From a Near Death Experience

by Elisa | Jul 21, 2019 | Family & Relationships, Hard Conversations, Identity, Spiritual Discipleship | 0 |

Last week I almost died when I had lung failure. As I am recovering from my near death experience I’m having to learn to breathe – breathe please – be a boss at life, overcome false guilt and process suffering with community and proskuneō worship.

Ready To Move Mountains? (Thanks Dr. Seuss)

by Elisa | Jul 16, 2019 | Identity, Life Purpose | 0 |

What are three ways to begin moving mountains in your life to make a difference in the world?

Purpose Roadmap

by Elisa | May 11, 2019 | Being World Changers, Fully Alive, Identity, Personal Growth, Stuff of the Heart, Ways to Make a Difference | 0 |

You are important, and the story you live is important too. This is why I...

Work: Impostor Syndrome Pt.3

by Elisa | Apr 25, 2019 | Fully Alive, Identity, Leadership, Life Purpose, Personal Growth, Safe Spaces, Uncategorized | 0 |

Impostor Syndrome Pt.3 Work. I’ve never worked a 9-5 job. I’ve never made a...

Warrior Princess: Fighting For Our Girls Young

by Elisa | Apr 7, 2019 | Children-in-Need, Community, Identity, Stuff of the Heart, Women's Empowerment, Your Stories | 0 |

What soundtrack do women hear their whole lives? We can give our girls a way to fight for themselves when they are young by teaching them to be warrior princesses