Arête Purpose

09/17/2026

🙏 What if you gave yourself permission to slow down and simply create?

🎨 ✍️ Studio Stillness invites you to step away from constant consumption and productivity, regain your attention and discover what happens when you make something with your own hands.

Not performance, but presence.
Not mastery, but curiosity.

💻 Join us ONLINE. ➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/IHVU50ZKqaE

09/16/2026

What happens after the floodwaters recede?

Arête Purpose partner Elizabeth M. Johnson, LMFT, LCSW is one of 11 women sharing deeply personal stories of transformation in the new book Christ Illumined.

In her essay, “When Floodwaters Recede: From Self-Betrayal to Wisdom and Wholeheartedness,” Elizabeth reflects on her own journey through trauma—and the difficult, beautiful work of finding her way toward healing, wisdom and a more wholehearted life.

It is a story about what can emerge when we begin listening to ourselves again.

About discovering that even after profound disruption, a new way of being can begin.

Learn more about Christ Illumined and Elizabeth's contribution on the Arête Purpose website. https://ow.ly/SOEl50ZKp9T

09/14/2026

💙🫴 You are more than what has happened to your body. Chronic illness can slowly begin to define a life.

Appointments fill the calendar. Symptoms influence decisions. Energy determines what is possible. And somewhere along the way, it can become difficult to remember the person beyond the patient.

CHRONIC TALK invites a different question: Who are you — not just as someone managing illness, but as a whole person still becoming?

Your diagnosis is part of your story.

It does not have to become the whole story. ➡️Learn more: https://ow.ly/5UUL50ZKp1U

09/10/2026

🫶 Introducing Studio Stillness.

Not a therapy group.
Not an art class.

Studio Stillness is a small, once-a-month 💻 ONLINE creative gathering designed to help you slow down, pay attention and rediscover a more grounded way of being with yourself.

🖌️✍️ 🫴 Watercolor. Collage. Journaling. Curiosity. Presence.

Coming in October. ➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/O77t50ZKq9p

09/08/2026

💙Chronic illness affects more than the body. Living with ongoing symptoms, medical appointments, uncertainty and loss of control can create its own kind of trauma.

You may find yourself hyperaware of every symptom. Anxious before appointments. Exhausted from explaining yourself. Grieving the life you thought you would have.

☕CHRONIC TALK begins with a simple idea:

You deserve support for the whole of your experience — not just your diagnosis.

Finding Wholeness Within Illness. Learn More: https://ow.ly/WlB950ZKoPi

09/07/2026

👏 We are now on Instagram❗ Follow us and enjoy our content about personal, professional and organizational change. ➡️ https://ow.ly/4Ka250ZKr7j

07/18/2026

❤️ The new book "Christ Illumined" is a breathtaking collection of 11 deeply personal stories from women - including Arête's Elizabeth Mellencamp Johnson - whose lives were transformed by grace.

📖 These are not stories of perfect spirituality and faith — they are stories of courage and growth. Stories that remind us that hope can bloom in the wilderness, healing often begins with surrender and love never stops reaching for us. Learn more and order your copy today: https://ow.ly/afEf50ZnveI

07/16/2026

🫴 Whether you are rebuilding your faith, navigating a difficult season, longing for spiritual renewal or simply seeking encouragement, a new book, "Christ Illumined" - featuring Arete partner Elizabeth Johnson - offers companionship for your own sacred journey. 🌊 Beth's essay "When Floodwaters Recede From Self-Betrayal to Wisdom and Wholeheartedness" appears in Chapter 5. ➡️ Order your copy today:

If you've ever questioned your faith, searched for God's presence in the middle of heartbreak, or longed to experience a deeper relationship with Christ, this book was written for you.

07/14/2026

👏 Congratulations to Arête partner Elizabeth Mellencamp Johnson on her essay in the book "Christ Illumined", which launched today. The book is a breathtaking collection of 11 deeply personal stories from women whose lives were transformed by grace. Through seasons of transition, loss, healing, surrender, unexpected miracles and profound spiritual awakening, these writers reveal how the light of Christ continued to guide them — even when they could not yet see the way. 💙 Beth wrote Chapter 5: "When Floodwaters Recede From Self-Betrayal to Wisdom and Wholeheartedness." ➡️ Order your copy today: https://ow.ly/QRHH50Znv45