For over forty years, Stephanie Smith has studied what makes people flourish — and fail. Thousands of books. Thirty-five years of parenting including twenty-five home educating five sons. Founding board member and instructor of a private school. Eight years directing a teen theater program. Founder of a preschool–12th grade homeschool cooperative. Stephanie's credentials don't fit neatly on a résumé. But they energize women, parents, and leaders hungry for answers that work in the real world.

Stephanie's signature message, Live Only True Stories, encapsulates her desire to see people become spiritually strong, emotionally healthy, and relationally wise. Scripture, research, and real-life experience ground all her writing and speaking.

Stephanie is a certified Primal Question coach and author of books including The Great Brain Remodel of Adolescence and co-author of The Student's Guide to Powerful Speaking with Ken Davis. She is mom to five grown sons, mother-in-law to four daughters-in-law, and Nana to a flock of grandchildren who provide ongoing, fascinating, and satisfying field research.