by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 19, 2025 | Personal Development
Mary was two minutes late for our zoom call. Again. She arrived out of breath, chomping on the last of her Nutrigrain bar. “Sorry,” she exhaled. “There was traffic on the way back from the gym.” I don’t make a fuss about being two minutes late or five minutes. (It...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 18, 2025 | Personal Development, Spirituality
Once there was a squirrel named Monty. While Monty loved to climb trees and hunt for nuts like the other squirrels, something about his everyday squirrel life just wasn’t satisfying. Monty wanted more out of life. He asked the forest animals what he should do to get...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 17, 2025 | Personal Development
Back in 1746, Philip Stanhope, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield, wrote a letter to his son saying: “If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” Someone must have gotten ahold of that letter, or maybe the Earl’s son was a better listener than most kids, because...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 15, 2025 | Personal Development
Six years ago I was wandering around Portland, Oregon asking random people if they knew where you could find a $3 bathtub. Actually, I wasn’t the one asking; my nutty friend was asking about bathtubs and beavers, but I giggled and went along for the ride. Needless to...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 11, 2025 | Creativity, Personal Development
My ex-husband was the first to introduce me to the power of intention-setting. He’d write down what he wanted to manifest in his journal, in obsessive detail, and focus on it every day. It’s how he claims to have manifested me (nineteen year-old Steph who eerily fit...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 16, 2024 | Personal Development
This question was asked recently by someone who was feeling overwhelmed and overloaded: “I am experiencing: A) Overwhelm. B) Lack of joyfulness. What am I doing wrong?” Put it down and come back later. I spent my 8th grade year being homeschooled,...
