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About Stephanie

Stephanie Chinn is the international bestselling author of her debut book, Here Sister, Let Me Help You Up. She is an illustrator, speaker, therapeutic arts practitioner, and the founder of Step Into Your Magic, a community that supports women in healing and taking up space through workshops and more!

Her work focuses on unpacking the ways we remind ourselves that we are enough, while also exploring the many ways we have been led to believe that we are not. Stephanie began sharing her work on Instagram in 2019 and has since grown an audience of over 80,000 people. She has partnered with major companies and organizations including Health Magazine, the Geena Davis Institute, Adobe, and She Recovers.

Stephanie has spoken at major conferences alongside notable figures, sharing about the importance of creativity for women’s mental health and well-being. Through leading workshops, she began noticing how many women struggle to create because of fear — fear that their art won’t be good enough or fear that they will get something “wrong” in the creative process.

Inspired by this, Stephanie founded Good Girls Making Bad Art, a movement centered on women unraveling people-pleasing, perfectionism, and the “good girl” narrative through self-expression and creative play. It originally started as a single workshop online, but due to demand it has expanded into growing virtual art club and sold out in-person and virtual workshops. In addition to community workshops, Stephanie also facilitates corporate art workshops and recovery-centered creative experiences.

Stephanie’s work has also been featured in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Letters from Love newsletter. She recently released her self-published journaling and coloring book, The Art of Women Taking Up Space, and is currently working on The Spaces They Leave, a therapeutic arts book for those navigating the grief of losing a beloved pet.

To inquire about hiring Stephanie for speaking engagements or workshops, please email info@stephaniechinn.com

For press inquiries: info@stephaniechinn.com

For upcoming virtual workshops: go here

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Retreat Feedback:

 

So. Many. Moments. It was all just so incredible. All of the workshops, the nights just talking with amazing women, holding space for each other and shouldering each others' burdens. The closing ceremony. Oh the closing ceremony. That was truly unforgettable. It was emotional and healing. I don't know if I've ever let out that many deep emotions in front of such a large group and just felt seen & validated.
 

Val 2025 Retreat 

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Workshop feedback:

 

"My experience with the workshop was so magical and healing. Having no previous art experience, I was quite nervous about being able to create, but Stephanie's prompts to make it about play and not about creating a finished piece really gave me the permission I needed to explore."

 

 

— Amanda N

Retreat testimonials
 
“This retreat was extremely special to me. The care and instant connection you feel from those around you is incredible. I was incredibly nervous about the retreat, and literally booked two and a half weeks before it because of this. I was nervous about everything, travelling alone, meeting new people, sharing a room. Ahhh! I was definitely out of my comfort zone. But I knew that the people who were going would be great because of the community Stephanie has built. This retreat was honestly one of the best experiences of my life. I had been longing for real support and connection in my life and finally found it in these incredible women. I feel so lucky to have left with so many new friends. I love this community!! I am so proud of myself for picking me and doing this despite my fears."
-Brookelynne
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