I Left My Family at 15
Stephanie Crochet was 15 and living in Tahiti with her family when she wrote her father a letter, pages long, asking to leave and move back to Los Angeles without them. Steph is an expert in the body and what it knows, and says that decision shaped every truth she has told since.
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Castro Stephanie Crochet was 15 and living in Tahiti when she wrote her father a letter, pages long, asking to leave the family and move back to Los Angeles without them.
Steph is an expert in the body and what it knows, and says that decision shaped every truth she has told since.
The conversation starts with what a “calling” physically feels like and why Steph felt no fear writing that letter at all. Jen also comes clean about the vow she made this year to tell only truths, six weeks in, and the back-seat conversations with her kids she wishes she'd pulled the car over for. The last stretch digs into what full presence looks like in a culture stuck on distraction and a fast pace, and how Steph makes room for her daughter to speak.
Guest Bio:
Stephanie Crochet is a Nervous System + Rest Coach, global retreat leader and yoga teacher who guides women to become embodied, regulated leaders. She left a corporate career recruiting for financial services and law firms in 2013 to pursue her dream. With over a decade of experience and 1,000+ hours of advanced yoga training, Steph blends science-backed practices with intuitive guidance to help her clients break stress cycles, repair their internal calming systems and feel good in their bodies, on their terms.
Born and raised in Los Angeles to immigrant parents, Steph spent ages 13 to 15 in her mother's homeland of Tahiti. These days you'll find her on a hiking trail in Topanga Canyon with her husband and daughter.
Website: stephaniecrochet.com
Instagram: instagram.com/stephcrochetyoga
About Jen Oliver:
Jen Oliver is a speaker, podcaster, and communications coach - equipping people to speak with greater impact and presence. Whether you are speaking on stage, promoting your brand, or voicing your needs in a relationship - communicating with your truest voice and cultivating human connection with your audience is the key to influence. Jen coaches individuals privately and within her Signature group programs - in addition to delivering workshops as a guest expert in a variety of settings.
Jen serves as a 4-season Executive Producer, Director of Curation, and Speaker Coach for TEDxFolsom. She is a committed force behind WomanSpeak™ - an internationally recognized body of work teaching the art and soul of public speaking. Jen is on a mission to support 1 million women as they speak with uncommon levels of freedom and confidence. Tap into more at
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