Intentional Living with Stephanie

06/24/2025

🧠 Wise Words | Chapter 12 Reflection
From The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy
✨ “Your subconscious mind is like soil; it will grow whatever seeds you plant, whether it's fear or faith, doubt or confidence.”
Chapter 12 is all about the healing power of your subconscious mind with real examples of healing.
Dr. Murphy shares story after story of people who used the mind-body connection to bring about transformation, through affirmation, visualization, and belief.
And I’ve lived this in real time.
💫 After my husband suffered a massive stroke, we clung to mindset work. He used daily affirmations and visualizations to rewire his brain. One of those visualizations? Us walking onto a cruise ship in Hawaii.
We had been planning that trip since 2013, and when the cruise company told us we couldn’t rebook and that we would lose our money, I felt it in my gut: They also offered for me to take another guest, but I won't go there.
I knew that not going was not an option.
In my mind, his only option was to walk and to take that trip.
There was no room for anything else. I locked into that vision with everything I had, and I know he did as well because I heard him tell his therapist several times he was going to Hawaii. I now wish I had recorded the sessions because his transformation was nothing short of amazing to me.
And just four months later, we did it. He walked, he boarded that cruise, and we experienced a victory that was once only in our imagination.
But it wasn’t without hard days; we still have them as we build a new life, a new version of ourselves.
Still, he showed up every day for himself. And I will never forget one of the therapists looking at us and saying:
"We don’t even know how to push him further; he’s progressed faster than we expected." TRUE STORY: If you fight for your limitations, you get to keep them.
🌿 Wise Words Takeaway
The body responds to what the mind believes. Healing begins when belief replaces doubt, and repetition reinforces that belief deep within.
💬 Discussion Prompt
What’s one healing belief or affirmation you’re choosing to practice this week?
It doesn’t have to be big, just true for you. SHARE IT AND WRITE IT DOWN ! Let it begin to take root.
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06/18/2025

What if the disruption wasn’t the detour…
but the dream in disguise?
What if the thing that felt like everything falling apart
was actually everything falling into place?

Sometimes, the breakdown is just the beginning of becoming. 🌿✨

06/10/2025

📚✨ International Book Club: Our Two-Year Journey & Community 🌍💛
What started as a simple space to read and grow has blossomed into something so much more: a powerful, heart-led community of individuals from around the world showing up for themselves, each other, and their dreams. 💫
In this short clip, I’m reflecting on our two-year journey together inside Wise Words Book Club, the books, the breakthroughs, the connections, and the courage that’s been built along the way.
Whether you’ve been with us since day one or you’re just discovering us now… you belong here. 💛
🎥 Watch the video to hear the story of how taking quick action built a community of strong leaders.

📚✨ International Book Club: Our Two-Year Journey & Community 🌍💛What started as a simple space to read and grow has blossomed into something so much more: ...

06/06/2025

🌻 Wise Words Book Club is Back! 🌻

We kicked off our first call this week, and WOW, what a beautiful night of connection, growth, laughter, and ah-ha moments. There’s just something about being in a space where people get it, where we grow together, challenge old thinking, and step into something bigger.

✨ I even came up with a fun idea for this round: I’m planting a sunflower seed along with my intention for the season. Every time I walk by it, I’m reminded of what I’m choosing to grow in my life, and it’s reinforcing that intention in my subconscious mind. I love the symbolism of it, and if you join us, you can plant yours too. 🌻💛

📖 This month, we’re reading The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy, and let me tell you, it has already got me thinking on a new level.

Whether you’re a creative, a deep thinker, an entrepreneur, or just someone who wants to be more intentional about the life you’re building… THIS space is for you.

We laugh. We jam. We grow. Sometimes there's coffee… sometimes margaritas around the fire. 😉

🗓️ Our next live call is Thursday, June 20th at 7PM EST (Detroit time zone!), and you still have plenty of time to join in.

💬 Drop a comment or message me for the details to join! I’ll get you everything you need so you can dive in, meet the group, and catch up at your own pace.

Let’s grow something together 💫 Wise Words Book Club
Stephanie

05/19/2025

Doing a quick poll for my new event: 🔥 Camp Counselor of Your Own Damn Life🔥🪵
This summer, it’s your turn to call the shots, light the fire, and sing your own damn anthem.
While the kids are off finding themselves… It’s your turn.

05/19/2025

📚 Books That Built Me — Week 2
Neville Goddard – "The Power of Awareness"
✨ Chapter Focus: Assumption & Imagination

Some books don’t just land in your lap, they find you.
Neville’s words came into my life right when I needed them most. His teachings? They challenged me to look closer at how I was thinking, feeling… imagining.
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🌀 “Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled.”
That one line made me pause.
What if I stopped waiting for the outcome and lived like it already was?

I realized I had been unintentionally rehearsing fear. Doubt. Playing the "what-ifs" on repeat, especially in my business. Even in martial arts.

But this week?
I’m flipping the script.
I’m choosing to imagine the best, not the worst.
🌱 I’m assuming the woman I’m becoming.

📝 This Week’s Journal Prompt:
What do you desire most right now?
How would it feel if it were already true?
Write from that place. Visualize it. Be her now.

💫 Wise Words Book Club relaunches June 1, and this is just the beginning. We’ll walk through transformational reads like this one together.

🫶 Come join me + Five and A Half North Farm, LLC
✨ Drop a 📘 if you’ve ever felt a book change your life.

05/08/2025

📚 Books That Built Me
Week 1: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Chapter Focus: The Treasure House Within You
While the full launch of the new interactive Wise Words Book Club site is scheduled for June 1 (🎉 can’t wait!), I couldn’t hold back any longer… so I decided to kick off a quick mini series in the meantime:
📚 Books That Built Me.
These are some of the most powerful reads we’ve gone through in the book club, books that didn’t just shift my mindset, but changed how I live. And what’s even more amazing? I wasn’t the only one impacted.
My husband never read the books with me, but he did quietly listen to our live sessions. And when he had his stroke, I watched him start applying what he’d heard. His recovery, the mental shifts, it was like all those words were waiting inside him, ready when he needed them most. We’ll be sharing more in an upcoming interview, but I’ll say this for now:
Words matter, even if you’re just quietly listening. ❤️
And if you’re not much of a reader? 🎧 Audiobooks still work. Your brain is listening. Your mindset is shifting whether you realize it or not.
Here’s what’s really struck me lately: I’ve started noticing how often I fall into the same old mental loops. In my martial arts classes, as a student, I’ve caught myself repeating limiting beliefs I didn’t even realize were still running in the background. Things like:
“I’m too tired.”
“This is too hard.”
“I’m not getting it fast enough.”
And even in my business, I’ve caught myself thinking:
“Maybe nobody wants to hear my message.”
“What if I’m not making the impact I thought I would?”
“Is this worth the effort?”
That was my wake-up call.
✨ Go back to the basics. Rebuild the foundation. Rewrite the story.
This chapter reminded me how often I’ve unknowingly programmed my subconscious with phrases that keep me stuck. But what if I flipped the script?
What if I chose to say:
💭 “I’m energized by my purpose.”
💭 “I’m guided every step of the way.”
💭 “This challenge is shaping the strongest version of me.”
💭 “My message is important, and the right people will hear it.”
Sometimes, life taps you on the shoulder and whispers:
“There’s more waiting for you… if you’re willing to look within.”
That’s where intentional living truly begins, not just in your routines, but in your self-talk, your mindset, and your belief in what's possible.
📔 Week 1 Journal Prompt:
What’s one thought or belief you’ve been silently repeating that no longer serves the life you want to build?
Flip it. Rewrite it into an affirmation that fuels your growth and speak it daily this week.
✨ What books built YOU? I’d love to hear about the ones that shaped your story. Drop a comment below! 👇

05/07/2025

🌿 NEW BLOG POST: When the Nest Empties, What’s Next? 🌿

Empty nesting hit harder than I ever expected… and not just once, but in wave after wave.

I wasn’t just saying goodbye to my kids, I was facing a total life reset: a quiet house, a husband’s stroke, and the emotional rollercoaster of midlife all at once. I felt lost, wondering who I was outside of the roles I’d poured my heart into. 💔

But within that stillness, something beautiful began to rise, a deeper purpose, a return to me. 💫

This new post is for every woman standing in the quiet, wondering what comes next. It’s a reminder that midlife isn’t the end… it’s an invitation.

✨ I’m sharing my journey of rediscovery, from taekwondo and book writing to hiking with Michigan Girl Bike and Hike Club and bringing back a community that changed everything: the Wise Words Book Club 📚💛

If you’re craving connection, healing, or just the courage to say yes to your next chapter, this is your sign. Link in Bio to post