Stephanie Swanson Coaching

By Stephanie Swanson, April 2023 Small feet step slowly, tentatively, into the hospital room, strange smells and voices and beeping overwhelming their minds, trying desperately to understand, reading between the lines and cords. Are you my mother? Small faces appear at the side of the bed, ready for a kiss goodnight. Can you put me…

By Stephanie Swanson, March 2023 Deep the the layers of the cocoon, the caterpillar settles into silence, awaiting a glorious future she cannot see. She spun this cocoon around herself, thread by thread, watching the sky disappear, darkness enveloping her. Did she know that beauty comes through ashes? If only she could let go, let…

By Stephanie Swanson, February 2023 The sun shines through the trees as I sit with my new companion. Long ago (or just last week?) I planted allium bulbs and the seeds of future aspirations, plans to feed our family from this soil and laugh with friends on this new patio, laying brick by brick with…