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,...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 15, 2024 | Personal Development
Have you ever had the flu and felt you’re doomed to feel sick FOREVER? Or been so down you forgot what it’s like to feel good? I called on the Universe for help in a recent low mood. “Take me back to the basics!” I said. “Show me what I’m forgetting.” Within an hour,...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 22, 2023 | Personal Development
The Dance This is it. I’m in the dimly lit dance studio, an audience of a few dear friends and my dance instructor sitting on mats at my feet. Poised on my chair, wearing my Sea Dragon holographic shorts and top, crossed legs ending in blue-green ankle boots with...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 14, 2023 | Community, Personal Development
I’m half way into an exploration of community with a group of amazing changemakers inside the Community Builders Circle, and over this past month, we’ve been exploring safety in community. I challenged all of us – myself included – to answer the question: “What would...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 13, 2023 | Personal Development, Spirituality
When I was a little girl, I loved the Muppets. Kermit the Frog was my favorite. I can’t tell you exactly why, but to this day, every time someone mentions his name, I squeal with delight. This morning I listened to my favorite Kermit song, “Rainbow Connection.” It...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Oct 30, 2023 | Personal Development
Question: “How can I get out of my thinking? “The cliff note version is I know it is my thinking…..I get so self-judging and critical when I recognize this and can’t let it go. There is just such a deep self-loathing that shows up then a sense of...
