Category: Stuff of the Heart

We Can’t Escape Real Life While Changemaking

by Elisa | Mar 20, 2024 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Identity, Live Intentionally, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Raising Kids, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

We can’t escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let’s be aware of these four elements as we create change.

Why Do We Start Caring About Justice?

by Elisa | Apr 29, 2023 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Children-in-Need, Create Awareness, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Human Rights, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart, United States | 0 |

Why Do you care about justice? Here’s how global missions got me started, how my faith challenged me to care and the why-after-why exercise to help you.

What Happens Between Tijuana and San Diego

by Elisa | Nov 24, 2022 | Being World Changers, Family & Relationships, Identity, Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart, United States | 0 |

What happens between two cities? When you are growing into a world changer, how does one find purpose? And do we ever arrive?

Courage to Live (Lupus #13)

by Elisa | Aug 9, 2022 | Adventure, Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Busy Moms, Community, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Identity, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Raising Kids, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

Can we live courageously when it is easier to just not live? From a woman who will not let lupus overtake her.

Mini Essays: Roe vs. Wade, Support Group and the Question

by Elisa | Jul 23, 2022 | Being World Changers, Children-in-Need, Family & Relationships, Hard Conversations, Human Rights, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart, United States, Women's Empowerment | 0 |

Three things to be cautious of and equip you in the abortion vs. pro-life debate. (From a woman hemorrhaging blood, who had an unplanned pregnancy and almost died from it this year)

A Blessing For Your Body

by Elisa | Jul 5, 2022 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Identity, Leadership, Live Intentionally, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

Here is a blessing to you

Healing from Postpartum Depression, Anxiety and PTSD (Lupus and Pregnancy #12)

by Elisa | Jun 5, 2022 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Identity, Live Intentionally, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Raising Kids, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

The Struggle of Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: Honesty I’m not a good liar, but somehow...

Living With an Invisible Illness (Lupus and Pregnancy #11)

by Elisa | Jun 5, 2022 | Busy Moms, Family & Relationships, Global Health, Hard Conversations, Identity, Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Personal Growth, Raising Kids, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

How many medical items on my desk can you name? Today I decided to clear it off a little. It has...

Poem: Waiting (Pregnancy and Lupus #10)

by Elisa | Jun 5, 2022 | Busy Moms, Family & Relationships, Identity, Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Personal Growth, poetry, Raising Kids, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart, Women's Empowerment | 0 |

On waiting for the arrival and kairos, the appointed time

Magnificant: Mary’s Poem Rewritten

by Elisa | Dec 29, 2021 | Fully Alive, Human Rights, Live Intentionally, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Personal Growth, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

Elisa Johnston’s rewrites Mary’s Song, the Magnificant

Poem: The In-Between (Lupus in Pregnancy #8)

by Elisa | Dec 22, 2021 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Busy Moms, Community, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Productivity, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

No one likes being in the in-between seasons of life. I might be a justice seeker, but what does...

#NoHustleNovember and SYSTEMIC Lupus #1

by Elisa | Dec 22, 2021 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Community, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Kindness, Life Purpose, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Personal Growth, Raising Kids, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart, Ways to Make a Difference | 0 |

Being admitted to the hospital wasn’t exactly how I expected to start No Hustle November,...

Welcome!

What I’m I About?

Like you might be, I’m a busy parent, a leader of some, and I even burnt-out while doing world-changing things (surprise!). I re-calibrated. I’ve grown. And now use my experiences (both the good and bad) to continue empowering you to make the difference you were born to make in the world–but this time out of a spirit of rest and wholeness.

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Justice Daily Manifesto

Curious about the intersection between justice and your everday life? This 21-point manifesto is a great starting place to challenge yourself! Mulitple desgins, print your favorite, and begin living daily each day.

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