Stanford · October 15
Yesterday required me to remember.
The empty chair.
I invited God to sit with me.
Me, sitting with being hopeful.
Me, sitting with unanswered questions.
Breathe In
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A Different Approach
Not who I had learned to be. Not who other people needed me to be. Not the roles I had played, the things I had accomplished, or even the ways I had learned to survive. I wanted to discover me. The good, the bad, the ugly. The gifts and the wounds.
Who Finds Their Way Here
When the life you have been living no longer fits
Sometimes there has been a clear rupture. Sometimes it has been a slow awakening. Sometimes you simply wake up one day and realize: I don't quite know who I am anymore.
People arrive here living with chronic illness or disability, making peace with a new normal they never asked for, aging and wondering who they are becoming, navigating anxiety, depression, or a late diagnosis, or recovering from something. In one way or another, many of us are recovering from something.
Some carry church hurt while feeling drawn toward God again. Some are doing inner-child work, examining family patterns and loyalties, or releasing survival strategies that once protected them.
For some of us, remembering has another layer: learning, as an older Black woman, how to survive in predominantly white spaces. When to speak, when not to, how to be strong, how to make others comfortable. And realizing that survival came with a cost. Here we can ask, honestly: What did I have to become to survive, and what parts of myself am I ready to reclaim?
Remembering is recovering what is true, releasing what no longer belongs, and making room for what is still becoming.
This room exists for the threshold
Between who I had to be
and who I am becoming.
Between the life I knew
and the new normal I am learning to inhabit.
Between surviving
and living authentically.
Between believing I have to do it all by myself
and discovering that healing can happen in relationship.
Not a room filled with people who have figured everything out. A room filled with people willing to show up for the work.
Who I Am
Practitioner. Witness. Companion. Fellow traveler.
At 60, I'm discovering that surviving and truly living are not necessarily the same thing.
I'm Stephanie Renee. My journey has included chronic illness, recovery, spiritual exploration, personal loss, and unexpected new beginnings. I am not here to fix you. I am not here because I've figured everything out, and I'm certainly not standing at the end of the road telling you how to get there. I accompany.
That way of being was shaped by hospice volunteering, Healing Touch, end-of-life doula training, Family Constellations work, and caregiving, and most of all by my own ongoing journey of remembering who I am beneath the roles I've played and the stories I once believed about myself.
Hospice Volunteering
Healing Touch
End-of-Life Doula Training
Family Constellations
Caregiving
Story Time
Notes from my own remembering
I'm still doing this work. These are moments from the road, shared as they happen.
Remembering the Wisdom of the Heart
We are not only remembering who we are. We are remembering how to live from the heart.
The Remembering Room is an invitation to reconnect with the parts of ourselves that may have become quiet beneath years of responsibility, survival, loss, and adaptation. Here, we explore the relationship between heart and mind, the stories we carry, and the possibility of a change of heart.
Not to erase what we have experienced, but to discover who we are becoming.
The goal isn't to choose the heart over the mind. It is to develop a relationship between the two. What does my mind believe about this experience, and what does my heart need me to understand?
Sometimes the story doesn't change. But the heart holding the story does.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23
Ways We Gather
Come as you are
You are not buying information. You are stepping into a space to reflect, be witnessed, tell the truth, and remember yourself.
Start here
The Remembering Session
1:1 · 60 to 75 minutes · $75 to $125
A private session for when you feel disconnected from yourself, are moving through change, or know something needs your attention. Leave with greater clarity about what you are carrying, what may no longer belong to you, and what wants your attention next.
Request a SessionSmall group · Zoom
The Remembering Room Circle
90 minutes · $35 to $55 per person
A facilitated gathering of up to eight people around one theme. A single experience, not a program: reflect, be witnessed, and tell the truth together.
Join the Next CircleFour weeks
I Owe Myself a Lot
Four-week circle · details soon
Explore desire, boundaries, play, and receiving through meditation, writing, conversation, and weekly practices.
Get on the ListFrom the Heart · New experiences
90-minute workshop
The Heart–Mind Conversation
Pricing coming soon
Explore the stories our minds repeat, the feelings underneath them, and how to develop a more compassionate inner dialogue.
Get on the ListFour-week guided experience
A Change of Heart
Pricing coming soon
Examine old beliefs, protective patterns, acceptance, forgiveness as a choice, and the possibility of relating to your life story differently.
Get on the ListExperiential gathering
The Intelligence of the Heart
Pricing coming soon
Gentle breathwork, grounding, journaling, compassionate inquiry, and reflection on the values that guide our choices.
Get on the ListCircle themes
I Owe Myself A Lot
It All Belongs
Who Am I Becoming?
What Did Fear Steal From Me?
Stop Apologizing
The Courage to Be Seen
Pause Here
Three breaths with me
A short guided pause with a soft tone. Sound stays off until you choose to listen.
Press begin when you are ready.
Stephanie's voice recording coming soon
The Butterfly Effect in Our Lives
Small moments can redirect a life
Not every small action produces a dramatic result, and we cannot predict every consequence. But our actions can influence what happens next.
Black Butterfly
What it carries
Transformation
Change is always possible, even in dark seasons.
Rebirth
Emerging stronger, wiser, and more aligned with your true self.
Intuition
A nudge to trust your inner knowing and the guidance you cannot see.
Protection
Moving through life with grace, resilience, and spiritual support.
Beauty in the dark
Even in hard times, there is beauty, purpose, and light.
One conversation
introduces you to someone who changes your perspective.
One act of courage
interrupts years of avoidance.
One boundary
begins changing an unhealthy relationship pattern.
One moment of self-compassion
challenges an old story of unworthiness.
One small act of service
creates a ripple of kindness beyond what you can see.
One decision to begin again
opens possibilities you couldn't have imagined.
Take It Home
Sit. Be still. Listen. Remember.
Practices to carry the room with you. Now taking preorders.
The Remembering Cards
$12 digital · $24 to $32 printed
A deck of short reminders to pull when you need to come back to yourself.
Did You Write It Down? · Keep Going. · It Is Not Them.
The Remembrance Journal
$12 digital · $22 to $28 printed
Not a blank book. A daily method called Today’s Evidence.
What did I notice? What did I receive? What do I want to remember?
The Ritual Kit
$35 to $55 · preorder only
A small journal, a beeswax candle, a Remembering card, a ritual card, and a short audio from Stephanie.
Sit. Be Still. Listen. Remember.
Upcoming
Gather with us every Saturday
A new live gathering each week on Eventbrite. Come curious, come tired, come as you are.
Every Saturday · Reserve on Eventbrite
The Remembering Room: Saturday Gathering
Reflection, breath, and conversation around a different theme each week. See this Saturday's theme and save your seat.
See This SaturdaySpeaking & Podcasts
Invite Stephanie to the conversation
I don't come as someone who has arrived or figured everything out. I come as a practitioner, witness, companion, and fellow traveler.
Send an InvitationConversations I love to have
The identities we develop to survive
The hidden cost of always appearing strong
Remembering the parts of ourselves we've set aside
Questions
Everything you might want to know
Who is this for?
+Anyone who has been through something life-changing, like a health challenge, a recovery, a loss, or a big transition, and is trying to understand who they are now.
What actually happens in a Family Constellations session?
+We create space to look beyond the individual and get curious about the families, histories, and unseen loyalties we carry, often through gentle representation and reflection, not analysis or advice.
Is this therapy?
+No. I'm not a therapist, and this isn't a clinical treatment. It's companioning: presence, witnessing, and space to remember, alongside whatever else you have in your life for support.
Do I need to know what’s "wrong" before I come?
+Not at all. Many people arrive with a feeling more than an answer: a sense of being stuck, disconnected, or simply ready for something to shift. That's enough.
Is this only for people at the end of life?
+No fixed age, no fixed path. End-of-life and transition companioning is one part of this work. The rest is open to anyone drawn to rebirth, community, and the return to self.
What if I'm not sure this is for me?
+Reach out anyway. The intake conversation is a real, personal one, not a sales call, and it's the easiest way to find out together.
Begin Here
Ready to remember? Reach out.
Share a little about what's bringing you here. I'll be in touch personally. No automated replies, just a real conversation about the right next step.