by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 12, 2026 | Personal Development
I’ve been having a good chuckle with my dragon friends while reading your delightful answers to the optional just-for-fun questions in my survey. I think I might write a story inspired by some of them. I mean, how often does a girl have the chance to write about… …a...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 8, 2026 | Personal Development
Right now, I’m training and rehearsing for my third public dance performance. And I’m thinking about pain. All the leaping, inverting and flinging myself around the pole has left my neck and shoulders stiff and sore. It reminds me of something fascinating about how...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 7, 2026 | Personal Development
I woke up at 5:45am on a Saturday morning for a zoom call. People joined from Russia, Los Angeles, Portugal (me) and Japan. We opened with a chant, and then Krishnan, the visionary founder Radiant IRIS, shared a proposal that still feels a little surreal: An...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Jan 4, 2026 | Personal Development
If the Pantheon community arrived as a book, it wouldn’t come shrink-wrapped or encased in a cardboard sarcophygus. It would be flown to you on dragon wings, delivered on a velvet pillow when you cross the threshold. The title page might read… The Pantheon A living...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Dec 20, 2025 | Personal Development
When I was just nine years-old, I ruined Christmas. Again. The first time was years earlier when my little brother and I drew the shades, lit candles, and played haunted house with the babysitter. When our mom found out, she gave us an unusual punishment: no Christmas...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Dec 19, 2025 | Personal Development
I’m living in a stranger’s house for the holidays. Instead of our familiar, tiny apartment, my partner and I have temporarily moved into a new-to-us space in Tavira, with sunny balconies, wall mount heaters and a heated mattress pad. (This last was an unexpected...
