Hi! I’m Stephanie.

 

I’m a Speaker, a Writer, and a Teacher.

I retired early from my career in finance career to heal my nervous system after I repeatedly experienced sex-based harassment at work.

Now I advocate for victims of sex-based harassment and abuse, and teach grounding strategies for returning stressed-out bodies and minds to a state of calm.

I work to resist and transform rape culture every day.

We live in a rape culture. Each day I work to grow my awareness of rape culture in our lives, so that I can eradicate its presence from the words I speak, the actions I take, and the way I love and care for myself. This work is hard! Rape culture is so deeply engrained in us. In me. My daily practices of nonviolent communication, consent communication, self-nurture, and peaceful parenting keep me centered and focused on nonviolent living and love.

“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.”
— Audre Lorde