by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 24, 2025 | Personal Development
I attend pole dance classes 3-4 times each week, and then rent the studio for a few hours of solo practice. Since I don’t have a car here in Portugal, it’s a forty minute drive to the studio by Uber, and it takes 2-3 hours longer by train. Clearly, I’m committed. 😂...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 22, 2025 | Personal Development
One of the people who’ll be joining us for the REFLECT program asked this question: “How do I stick with my plan when things get hairy?” I assume they weren’t referring to their depilatory needs (I have lots of experience with those, too! 🍯) but rather how to keep...
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...
