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STEPHANIE GHOSTON PAUL

SPEAKER · FACILITATOR · LEADERSHIP DOULA · LIVING ANCESTOR

Keynotes, facilitation, and accompaniment for people and organizations ready to practice what they say they value.

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FEATURED IN

TEDx speaker · Top 3% global podcast.
Trusted by ACLU-OR, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and mission-driven teams nationwide.

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WHO SHE IS

Real culture change, repair, and accountability for individuals and teams ready to practice their values in the everyday.

Stephanie’s work helps people, groups, and organizations turn toward themselves and each other. Through speaking, facilitation, leadership accompaniment, conflict care, and culture transformation, she helps name what has been hard to name, surface what is already in the room, and create conditions for more honest practice.

Stephanie supports people in hearing themselves, practicing what they believe, and moving from a more embodied and aligned place.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

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LEAD OFFERING

Speaking & Keynotes

Keynotes and conversations that turn insight into embodied practice. On leadership, care, boundaries, culture change, and liberation.

Leadership Accompaniment

One-on-one accompaniment for leaders in transition, pressure, or becoming. A space to come home to yourself and lead from self-trust.

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Organizational Culture & Consulting

Real culture change, repair, and accountability for teams ready to practice their values in the everyday.

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Podcast & Writing

Take Nothing When I Die and Stephanie's writing. An ongoing body of work on legacy, purpose, care, and collective liberation.

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HER POINT OF VIEW

You are a living ancestor.

Today. Right now.

The choices you make, the boundaries you hold, the repair you're willing to do—these are already shaping the world the next generation will inherit. Stephanie's work invites people and organizations to lead from that truth: to move through uncertainty, conflict, and change while staying honest about the complexity of the world we're actually living in.

It's the idea at the heart of her work—and the book she's writing now.

Stephanie helped us turn the corner and learn what it looks like to practice anti-oppression together as a staff team. One of the highlights was the chance for our executive leadership to debrief with her and learn from her insights.

— Robin C., Executive Director

She speaks with humor and clarity that lets her audience deeply connect with her message. And she offers tools they can use immediately.

— Dr. Donna M., Well-Being Connoisseur/Coach