by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 13, 2019 | Awakened Thoughts
It was 2am on New Year’s Day over three years ago when I woke up with an idea. What would happen if I had 100 conversations with inspiring entrepreneurs? I’d been edging towards taking on a 100 Day Challenge of some sort, and was exploring coaching as a new path in my...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 6, 2019 | Awakened Thoughts
Last month, Jungle Jane (name changed to protect the innocent) came to me with a problem. She was STUCK. “I keep changing my business idea and in the end I think I have NOTHING TO OFFER,” she said. “I just can’t seem to focus on or to feel sure enough about an...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Feb 25, 2019 | Awakened Thoughts
I’ve allowed myself to be stopped by the fear of failure too many times. Truth is, I’m going to fail a million times on the creative journey of my audacious, challenging, inspiring dreams, much like a baby learning to walk who falls again and again. What if failure...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Feb 16, 2019 | Awakened Thoughts, Podcast, Stories
Listen to this on the Wild Creation Stories Podcast here: Once there was a small girl who was born with a special gift; she could sing the creative energy of the Universe. When she sang, all the animals drew near, the deer, the frogs, the beetles and squirrels....
by Stephanie Benedetto | Dec 15, 2018 | Awakened Thoughts
“It is the worst thing on earth, this truth about how little truth we know. I hate and resent it. And yet it is where new life rises from.” – Ann Lamott It’s as if I’m standing on the edge of a precipice, staring over the edge. What is this VOID I’m about to...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Dec 1, 2018 | Awakened Thoughts
I got called out by a coach today. He wasn’t even “my” coach — at least not yet — it was our first meeting on video chat. (His name is Craig Filek and his genius is Purpose Mapping, if you’re curious.) “Usually there’s a ‘hook’ in a conversation that...
