by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 10, 2025 | Personal Development
I’m in the back of an Uber on my way to my first time back in the pole dance studio in six weeks. Six agonizing weeks! My driver is a boisterous man with beautifully articulated Portuguese that would be easy for me to understand…if my Portuguese was better. We...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 9, 2025 | Personal Development
A lot of things scare me. (Sometimes.) Walking along cliffs and rooftops with a long drop below. Speaking Portuguese to a local and freezing up when I can’t understand the reply. Swimming in the wild, open ocean where my feet can’t touch the bottom. And then there are...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 8, 2025 | Business
There was something about the way Sherryl Perry said it that lit a fire in me. “They said it was impossible,” she said. “And I told them, No. It’s only highly improbable.” There was such clarity in her. A ferocious devotion to what she knew in her bones was hers. I...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 7, 2025 | Personal Development
Someone on Reddit asked: “How do you figure out what to do with your life?” Oh, sweetheart. If I could, I’d reach through the screen and deliver a loving bitch slap — the kind the universe gives me when I’m lost in my own head. Because the truth is: you already know....
by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 6, 2025 | Podcast
There’s a certain kind of person who doesn’t separate their business from their heart. You can feel it in how they greet you, how they teach, how they listen and how they hold space. In this podcast episode, I talk with Sherryl Perry, a longtime yoga teacher, Pilates...
