Meet Jenny

This is me – Jenny Johnson.  I’m an incredibly blessed, Louisiana-born gal in the later half of my mid-30s, married to my best friend, mother to the best kids in the world, and chasing my best life!
 
I’m actually the founder of Total Woman U (you can read more of that journey on our About Us page on this site).  I’m very passionate about helping women uncover their unique and God-given strengths and talents and then find ways to use those strengths and talents to glorify God.  For me, this is the journey of truly discovering our identity and purpose as we become all God created us to be.  Although TWU doesn’t look exactly like it did at the very beginning (back in 2000), the original vision remains the same.  I’m so thankful and honored to work with the ladies God has brought to our TWU Faculty, and I am continually blown away by all He is doing through us.  I am very excited about the vision God has given this team for TWU.  We are stepping further outside our comfort zone this year and trusting God to lead us – which is both scary and incredibly exciting! 
 
I was born in New Orleans (geaux Saints!) to incredible parents who still love each other almost as much as they each love the Lord.  My older brother, younger sister and I grew up in New Orleans, and when I was 15, we moved across the lake to Slidell, my dad’s hometown, where I finished the last 3 years of high school.  After my junior year, I started dating Slidell-native Jonathan Johnson, a Godly young man I had had my eye on (from a distance) ever since I was a little girl.  Jonathan was my cousin’s best friend, was 2 years older than I, and was a leader in our church youth group.  When we started dating, everyone around us pretty much knew we’d end up getting married. 
 
After high school, I went to LSU (geaux Tigers!) and in 1996, I married the man of my dreams – yes, that’s Jonathan.  We had our first 2 children in Baton Rouge – Jordan in 1999 and Emma in 2002.  We moved to Duluth, GA (northeast Atlanta area) where we completed our family in 2004 when Carson was born.  As much as we loved our life there, we knew God was calling us back to Louisiana.  In 2007, after 4 years away, we moved back to Louisiana to the Baton Rouge area, and a year later returned to Slidell.  Obviously a lot of life happened over those years, the great and the down right tough, and I’m sure I’ll share bits and pieces of those stories with you in my future blog posts.
 
Have you heard the phrase “jack of all trades, master of none"?  Well, that’s me!  I love finding different venues to explore and express my personality and creativity.  I’m an artist, a musician, a photographer, a jewelry-maker, a video-maker, a decorator, (most recently) a certified Christian Image Consultant; and because of TWU, I’m a graphics designer, event planner, writer, speaker, and blogger.  I’m a big sports fan and will always be a cheerleader at heart.  I love words – not that I always have the right ones, but I love using lots of them … oh, and I love ( ), … , -, and “ ” in case you can’t tell!  I have the greatest friends and a crazy-cool family - the family I was born into, the one I married into and those who married into the family.  I have a beautiful heritage of love on both sides of my family as well – a love for fun, fellowship, food, family and our Heavenly Father. 
 
I love my life!  I’m married to my high-school sweetheart and best friend, and we have 3 incredibly amazing kids.  We are living a purposed life, dedicated to our God and our family.  And as my hubby says to me, “As long as your swinging arms aren’t knocking anyone down as you run, chase your best life,” … and that’s what I’m doing.  I hope to meet you along the journey!
 
Challenging you to chase your best life,
Jenny

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