“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming someone. Maybe it’s about releasing what isn’t you.” –Paolo Coehlo
The Backstory
While I’ve been dedicated teacher my entire adult life, my journey with space clearing began in earnest when my life took a radical turn. In 1996 I walked away from teaching high school at one of Boston’s preeminent schools at the height of a twenty-year career. I was at the top of my game, and burned out. I didn’t know what I loved anymore, or who I was. Back home again, as I recovered from major stress and exhaustion, I discovered to my horror that this neat and tidy, super-organized woman had a lot of clutter squirreled everywhere!
The Journey
Thus began my journey of conscious clearing that continues to this day. It has led to two space clearing certifications, five books, four online courses at DailyOM attracting over 300,000 participants, teaching at renowned centers like Kripalu and the New England School of Feng Shui, collaborating with leading change-makers Jack Canfield, Marci Shimoff, Dr. Joe Dispenza, among others, and developing a whole new approach to clearing our homes and lives that changes the game for good.
Visiting my childhood home in Mexico City, where my love affair with homes began
Changing the Game
It’s taken me twenty years to break the code: to change the way we relate to stress and stuff and develop a much simpler way to release it that honors our process, feels good, and lasts. This counter-intuitive approach to clearing – where ease replaces effort, going slow speeds up letting go, and small steps lead to big changes – is called the Spacious Way. It’s not just a game-changer, it’s a life-changer. I know because tens of thousands of students who’ve joined me on this adventure have told me so, bravely sharing their personal transformations that move and inspire me every day to go deeper.
Beautiful Simplicity
Besides growing my message of hope, I revel in the sacred ordinariness of my day: putting things away, finding new ways to simplify, having dinner with my husband, Face-timing with our daughter and son-in-law, using my camera to find beauty in ordinary things and posting my photos @spaciousway on Instagram.
Journey Home on Substack
For anyone who would like to journey with me in real time each week, “The Journey Home” on Substack is where you will find me these days – writing, musing, and cultivating a spacious life.
All are invited to join me there — to enter into that spacious feeling of ahhh where you get to slow down, exhale, refresh, regroup, and remember what you love, what feels good, what matters. Click the photo to learn more, subscribe, and say hello!
More…
- Q&A – Stephanie answers questions about her journey with clutter, clearing, Marie Kondo, and other things
- “Homes are Like Us” – Stephanie’s shares what home means to her
- 15 (quirky) things about Stephanie most people don’t know
