WELCOME. 🌺 I’M STEPHANIE.
I’m a spiritual midwife.
My calling is to support women on a path of awakening through practices of mindfulness, embodiment, and writing.
I am committed to helping you bring forth that which longs to be born in and through you.
My vision is that, side by side, we will bring forth our gifts to bless the world.
As your spiritual midwife,
I am by your side to…
honor your journey
listen deeply
guide you to your inner knowing
help you create movement where you’re stuck
ask questions that bring insight and inspire your creativity
help you cultivate practices that root you in authenticity
support you as you take courageous steps
The beautiful thing is that as I join you on your journey, you will be joining me on mine.
We are co-creators of life’s unfolding. Let me explain.
my story
Not long ago, rounding the bend at midlife, I heard a call to a new life. The words of Irish poet John O’Donohue spoke to me:
May you have the courage to listen
to the voice of desire
that disturbs you when you have settled
for something safe.
May you have the wisdom to enter
generously into your own unease
to discover the new direction
your longing wants you to take.
This inner stirring was something I could not ignore. I realized that living a bigger life meant making a big change. So I shed possessions, sold my house, said goodbye to family and friends, and moved across the country to an unfamiliar place. While the change felt risky, it also felt enlivening, as an act of trust in life’s unfolding does.
After the settling-in, the days slowed and filled with a pressing question: What would be my work in the world? What shape would my new life take? I watched and waited, in the way that a pregnant woman holds her hand to her belly. I journaled. I walked. I stacked firewood. I thrashed through long nights. I woke with flashes of vision that came and went, came and went. I tested some paths. I second-guessed myself. I prayed for clarity.
Gradually a kind of knowing began to substantiate itself inside me, the way watercolor paint floods across a textured paper, filling in the form. This knowing felt like something real, something I could trust.
Language can be elusive when we want to speak of an interior experience. What I can say is that I recognized my inner Yes, that affirmation that says, This is who you are. This is your calling.
I realized that I didn’t have to strain to find my new place in the world. I didn’t have to fit myself into some prescribed form endorsed by the world “out there.” The call I’d heard was an invitation to simply be me. Believe it or not, this came as a revelation. It felt like a homecoming.
Looking back, I see how my natural role has always been that of a midwife — holding space, listening deeply, asking clarifying questions, opening possibilities. Supporting others at their threshold of becoming.
Which is just where I’ll meet you — on your way to your own homecoming. To that moment, lived again and again, when your soul’s Yes reverberates in your very bones, and you know you are safe and sufficient and of exquisite value to the world, just by being you.
When you invite me to your side as your spiritual midwife, I will join you on your journey, as you will be joining me on mine. In this way we become co-creators of life’s unfolding. May our shared path be one of grace and beauty, offering goodness to the world.
Praise for Stephanie
Trivia about me:
My last name rhymes with “brick home”
I spent my childhood climbing trees, collecting rocks, and reading books.
I love stories for how they delight us, heal us, and connect us.
A theme in my life is my longing for belonging.
I am a weaver of cloth, story, and ritual.
Motherhood keeps me growing.
I adore canoeing in the early morning mist, curried peanut soup, and burrowing my nose in a puppy’s neck.
I am a recovering perfectionist.
My quest is for common ground.
I feel alive when I’m teaching writing as a path of awakening.
One of my favorite things is sharing good food and conversation around the table.
I feel love and heartache for the natural world.
I’m committed to living mindfully, caring for the Earth, and pouring love into the world.
I look forward to soon learning about you!
My Background
I think of myself as a Renaissance woman — a lifelong learner with broad and varied interests and experience. I weave my knowledge, skills, training, and life experience into all that I offer.
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I am a lifelong writer with 30+ years’ experience leading workshops and retreats on writing, spirituality, and the creative process.
My personal writing practice has been nurtured by a special group of women who’ve written together faithfully every Monday morning for over two decades.
I’ve conducted workshops and retreats nationally for writers, teachers, congregations, community organizers, single moms, homeless persons, parents of autistic children, spiritual seekers, volunteers, national conference attendees, and youth!
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Energy work has been an important part of my daily life since the 1990’s. My professional credentials include:
Peirsman Craniosacral Diploma (400+ hrs.), 2024.
Luminous Craniosacral Training, 2007.
Certified Esoteric Healing Facilitator (INEH), 1999.
Reiki Master, 1997.
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My approach is rooted in Buddhist mindfulness practice, the principles of aikido, the Divine Feminine, and embodied spirituality.
My professional training includes:
Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), 2011.
Academy for Soul-Based Coaching, 2024.
Next Stage Facilitation, Ten Directions, 2023.
Mother Nature Circle Facilitation, 2023.
Birthing From Within Childbirth Educator/ Labor Support Professional, 2002.
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I have a wealth of experience in the nonprofit world, as a leadership trainer, writer, and international volunteer. My work centers around community-building.
I have training and experience in mediation, grassroots/global community development, and most recently, permaculture design. Some of my experience/training includes:
Permaculture Design Certification, Maine Ecological Design School, 2023.
Founder, Arkansas Valley Women United; and Co-Founder, Squawkalot Communication, a bridge-building communication training — these in response to the 2016 election.
Colorado Grassroots Leadership Program, 1995.
Mediation training, Center for Restorative Justice, Colorado, 1994.
Brethern Volunteer Service: Global Community Development Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity-Haiti, 1986-89; ARC Ecumenical Retreat Center, 1984-85.
Here's How I Can Support You
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Writing Workshops
What will awaken in you as you tame your inner critic, replenish your well, and reconnect to the joy of writing? Savor your aliveness as you free your voice within a safe circle of women writers.
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Craniosacral Therapy
How would it feel to be more at home in your body? Gently supported, your system heals and renews itself, enhancing the vitality of your body, mind, and spirit ~ the all of you.
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Life Coaching
What if you could live each day rooted in the confidence that you are enough, just as you are? Ask the questions, replace worn-out patterns, and live into new possibilities.
