by Stephanie Benedetto | May 12, 2025 | Coaching
“I always say if you aren’t yelling at your kids, you’re not spending enough time with them.” – Reese Witherspoon Most people come to me for help growing their business. That makes sense with a company called The Awakened Business, after all. 😉 But what people...
by Stephanie Benedetto | May 7, 2025 | Coaching, Personal Development
Jim seemed to have it all. He was making multiple six figures in the finance industry working a high-profile job in Dubai. But he wasn’t happy. So he sold all his things and moved to Italy to live the life of his dreams. While Jim’s spirits lifted for a time, he still...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 5, 2025 | Personal Development
If you ask where my home town is, I’ll tell you Poughkeepsie, New York. That’s where I was born and where I returned for over twenty years of my adult life. But if I’m being honest, it feels like my childhood really happened in the little town in western New York...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Feb 28, 2025 | Personal Development
I’m nine years old in my dark purple pajamas, huddled in the back of a police car with my little brother, Dennis. It stinks of plastic, cigarettes and stale pizza. “Put on your seatbelt,” I tell him. I don’t want to give the officer a chance to yell at us when he...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Feb 8, 2025 | Personal Development
For most of my adult life, I lived with a household full of animals. Three cats and two (big) dogs was the norm. This is one of my favorite photos of the animal crew begging back in my carnivore days. Animals bring so much joy to my life that even now with a lifestyle...
