Meet Elisha Janine | Award-Winning Author & Trauma-Informed Faith Journey Coach

We had the good fortune of connecting with Elisha Janine and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Elisha, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
When it comes to social impact, my Beloved Forever movement helps women heal the way they see God, themselves, and each other. I’m building it for women whose faith stories are intertwined with trauma, fear, or performance and who learned to survive by being strong, silent, or “spiritual enough.” Through my award-winning book, “Don’t Disappoint Daddy”, workshops, coaching, and creative digital resources, they’re guided to unlearn religious conditioning and rediscover the goodness of God. Every resource is trauma-sensitive and identity-restoring, designed to create emotionally safe spaces for transformation. Whether it’s a small-group study, a live workshop, or a digital devotional, the focus helps women move from shame to belonging, from striving to rest, and from a broken identity to a beloved identity.

When one woman experiences the freedom of being loved rather than judged, she leads differently and relates to others through grace rather than fear. The ripple effect reaches families, churches, and communities. Revival begins, one healed heart at a time.

Beloved Forever is about more than personal growth; it’s about re-storying a generation’s image of God. It’s about cultivating a culture of compassion, equity, and emotional safety in faith spaces around the world, reminding every soul that you were loved all along.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
In my work as a trauma-informed Faith Journey Coach, I help women discover God as a loving Father and see themselves as His beloved daughters. What sets me apart from others is that I know what it feels like to get to the other side of&nbsp;childhood,&nbsp;narcissistic and religious abuse, and have light and&nbsp;adventure return to life. I move seamlessly between lived experience and spiritual insight, rather than simply relying on theory. Instead of teaching ‘pray more, read more, serve more,’ or ‘try harder,’ my U.N.L.O.C.K. process of discipling others flips the script on the futility of religious performance. With a grace-filled approach, women learn to live <i>from</i> love and acceptance, not<i> for</i> love and acceptance.

Three roles, in particular, expanded my ability to connect across generations and cultures. Serving for decades as a Bible teacher, gospel singer, and a former pastor’s wife in a multicultural congregation expanded my skills and often broadened my perspectives, leading to my professional success today.

Getting to where I am now wasn’t easy, though. For many years, I carried shame and silence from past abortions, and the belief that I was a constant disappointment. I tried pleasing people for acceptance and faithfully serving a religious culture to pay God back for the mistakes of my past. What healed me wasn’t efforts to be “perfect” or fear of eternal punishment. It was the discovery that God had never stopped loving me, even in the parts of my story that I was most afraid of revisiting.

It excites me to increasingly see more of God’s daughters step out of old stories and step into the truth of who they really are–His beloved. I want the world to know that trauma doesn’t disqualify us, and mistakes don’t separate us from God’s love. In fact, the places where we feel the most unworthy are the places He wants to heal and restore – not punish us for. This is the good news many hearts have longed to hear. And it’s my joy to make it known.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
Here are some spots I’d visit while my best friend is in Colorado Springs: Day 1: Have an underground dinner at the Rabbit Hole.
Day 2: Ride the Pikes Peak Cog Railway up the mountain. Relax back at home with tea or a movie, because mountain adventures are no joke;-)
Day 3: Visit the Glen Eyrie Castle and have a picnic on the property.
Day 4: Go for an art walk through the Manitou Art Center.
Day 5: Walk through the Garden of the Gods. Have dinner afterwards at Biaggi’s for Italian, or La Baguette for French comfort food.
Day 6: Visit the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, and later on, drive up to Palmer Park Overlook at sunset.
Day 7: Enjoy breakfast at First Watch and head to the airport.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I owe my success to God and to the following people He placed in my life: Mentors–Dr. Myles Munroe, Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant, and Dr. Sam De La Victoria;
My daughter Chae’ Nikole and son-in-love Antonio for providing time and a space to transition out of a difficult season;
Dear friends, in memoriam–Sandra, Alice, and Christian, for the gift of their lasting love;
And my Mom, Lillie Harris, whose enduring support makes it possible for me to embark on my comeback story!

Website: https://elishajanine.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elisha.j.mitchell/