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Stephanie Ostermann

I’m the sort of girl who you meet for coffee and end up pouring your entire heart out to. The friend you come to when you need someone to call it straight. No bullshit. No extras. Just truth. I’m a communicator. That’s a PC way of saying I like to talk, but I also spend a lot of my time listening, and over the years, I’ve developed a sense for subtext – how one or two words can change your entire message, what people are really trying to say and how to weave the varied layers of your story into one cohesive brand message that your clients fall in love with. When I'm not acting as editor in chief for Vivid & Brave, you can find me geeking out over words at www.stephanieo.ca

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Avengers of Sexiness, Beauty, MarketingFebruary 24, 2017

Inventing Insecurities | No, I Don’t “Need” Eye Cream

By Stephanie Ostermann

Several weeks ago, while trying to take a selfie, I noticed a new wrinkle in the oddest of places – my cleavage. Where before my skin had not creased, now I had…

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Avengers of Sexiness, Life, Life After Divorce, Love & SexNovember 23, 2016

You Don’t Have to Be Friends With Your Ex (Or His New Wife)

By Stephanie Ostermann

When I look back on it, I’m pretty sure it was all Bruce and Demi’s fault. You see, by the time my marriage started to falter and then ended in the middle…

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Life, Universe DentersSeptember 20, 2016

Grief & Landlines

By Stephanie Ostermann

Monday morning. I allow myself the luxury of sleeping in. When I do wake up, in the late morning, there’s a single text message waiting for me on my phone. It’s from…

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Inspiration, Life, Motherhood, Universe DentersJanuary 28, 2016

Why You Have to Have a Best Friend

By Stephanie Ostermann

If there is anything I can impart to my daughter, it’s to find her best friends. The temptation in adulthood is to believe that that’s not possible – that it was easier…

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Motivatation, Universe DentersOctober 30, 2015

Anything That Needs To Go Wrong Will

By Stephanie Ostermann

For a while now, I’ve been searching for the words. The words that would act as some kind of rally cry, a cheerleading chant that I could use to tell people “Listen,…

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Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexOctober 11, 2015

“You’ll Find Him When You Stop Looking…” | Five Things to Stop Saying to Your Single Friends Right Now

By Stephanie Ostermann

I’ve been single now for what feels like an eternity, but is in actuality about four years. Through those four post divorce years, I’ve dated casually, seriously, taken long breaks from dating,…

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Avengers of Sexiness, Love & SexJuly 17, 2015

Alexis Frulling: What Empowerment, Choice & Consequences Really Mean

By Stephanie Ostermann

In order to tell you this story, I first need to tell you what Stampede is (for our readers outside of Calgary, of which I know there are many). The Calgary Stampede,…

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Life, MotherhoodJuly 3, 2015

Outgrowing My Mother

By Stephanie Ostermann

I’ve often said that the relationship between mothers and daughters is one of the most complicated we will have in our lives, and the one I have with  my mother is no…

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The Sisterhood: An Open Letter to Survivors of Sexual Assault by Stephanie Ostermann
Avengers of Sexiness, Universe DentersMay 21, 2015

The Sisterhood: An Open Letter to Survivors of Sexual Assault

By Stephanie Ostermann

Dear Sister, The word you will use is sexual assault.  It is clean, clinical. It is easy to say without really thinking about what it means. It means something awful, something dark,…

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Inspiration, Life, Motherhood, Universe DentersApril 2, 2015

Why I Don’t Light It Up Blue| World Autism Awareness Day

By Stephanie Ostermann

Today is World Autism Awareness Day. And for most of North America, that means you’ll find blue everywhere. Blue lightbulbs, blue t-shirts, and a whole bunch of charitable initiatives supporting one organization:…

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