by Stephanie Benedetto | Mar 16, 2026 | Coaching, Personal Development
Jaqueline Hollows (also known as MamaJ) is an inspiration. For years she led pioneering work with Beyond Recovery inside the UK prison system, bringing transformative coaching to people society had long since written off. Lives changed. Communities formed. And then...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Mar 15, 2026 | Coaching, Personal Development
Last weekend I spent ten hours observing an online coaching immersive. Over three days, mentor coach Wyn Morgan worked with a client on Zoom while a small group of coaches watched silently with cameras off. Between sessions we shared insights and asked questions. I’ve...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Mar 7, 2026 | Personal Development
The other day I told a client how lucky I think her clients are. They’re lucky she exists. Lucky she does what she does. Lucky to experience the care and depth she brings to her work. She paused and said something interesting. “The world is lucky. The world is...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Mar 5, 2026 | Community, Personal Development
I heard a story about Mother Teresa today. It was unverified, and I don’t know Mother Teresa well enough to disturb her afterlife for a fact-check, so bear that in mind. Still, it’s a good story. Decades ago, Mother Teresa was interviewed on a popular U.S....
by Stephanie Benedetto | Feb 28, 2026 | Coaching, Personal Development
When I met Mark two months ago, he was in the middle of a storm. In the midst of a painful divorce, feeling resentment and inadequacy in his job, and questioning the direction of his life. In our first conversations, he was visibly nervous. He’d say something, then...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Feb 27, 2026 | Personal Development, Podcast
I thought I understood fear. I grew up with it in the very obvious form of anxiety and trying very hard to be good. But in this short podcast, I share what I’ve been seeing more recently about how fear doesn’t always feel like fear. Sometimes it disguises itself as...
