by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 4, 2025 | Personal Development
The wedding was dying down at the end of the night, guests saying their last goodbyes and exchanging hugs. My husband and I were in our DJ roles under the backyard tent, playing Rusted Root’s “Send Me On My Way” for the couple’s college friends, the last holdouts on...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Nov 3, 2025 | Personal Development
I’ve been re-reading a faded paperback copy of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, one of the few books that moved with me to Portugal. It’s teaching me something new about creating in the world, and I was inspired to create a new episode of the Wildspire podcast about it....
by Stephanie Benedetto | Oct 30, 2025 | Personal Development
My mother dripped out various bits of advice when I was growing up. One thing she used to say was: “Do the worst first. Save the best for last.” When tackling a list of tasks, her advice was to work on the big, gnarly one first, aka “eat the frog,” and get it out of...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Oct 29, 2025 | Personal Development
A few months ago, the idea for Steph DragonHeart dropped in and I bought the domain. That weekend, I carved out ten hours for writing and reflection to discover what wanted to live on Steph DragonHeart. And I had no idea why. When I told one of my friends about this,...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Oct 27, 2025 | Personal Development
I’ve been doing a series of visualizations and rituals this week, inviting insight into my business. (Yes, I do get up to some magicky-mischief sometimes. Perhaps I’ll share more on another day.) Would you guess what’s showing up all over these visualizations?...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Oct 26, 2025 | Personal Development
I ran across a fascinating story last week about a school experiment. Teachers were asked to stop using the word good with students. No more “good job” or “that’s good.” At first, the teachers were quieter, needing to find new words. Then, instead of giving approval,...
