Today we’d like to introduce you to Steffani LeFevour.
Hi Steffani, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I grew up in a home marked by both love and chaos—an alcoholic father, financial instability, and the sudden loss of my sister when I was eleven. That moment cracked me open. I didn’t have language for it then, but it was my first initiation into conscious creation. I learned early that I could either contract into pain or expand into purpose—and that choice has guided my entire life.
In college, I studied theater and music but became fascinated by the inner world—mindset, identity, spirituality, and the mechanics of human potential. I started experimenting with manifestation long before it became mainstream, and a decade later, it led to a life-changing call from Harpo Studios. I found myself helping produce Oprah and Eckhart Tolle’s first global web class. That experience showed me, without question, that when intention meets aligned action, miracles are normal.
Over the next twenty years, I immersed myself in peak-performance science, spiritual psychology, subconscious reprogramming, and transformational coaching. I trained under masters like Byron Katie, traveled the world, and built a coaching practice helping ambitious women rewrite their inner narratives, take radical responsibility for their lives, and create what I call Soul-Aligned Success.
Today, I’m an author, speaker, and creator of the Soul Happy movement—a global community helping women stop settling and consciously create the lives, relationships, careers, and purpose they deeply desire. My new book, Soul Assignments—endorsed by spiritual visionaries including Neale Donald Walsch and Michael Beckwith—distills 20+ years of work into a powerful blueprint for returning to self, reclaiming personal power, and stepping fully into purpose.
My approach blends neuroscience, energetics, mindset, and spirit—practical yet deeply soulful. I’ve helped thousands of women shift from burnout, self-doubt, and emotional autopilot into confidence, clarity, and possibility.
I do this work because I know what it’s like to feel powerless—and I know, without question, that every woman holds the ability to rewrite her reality. When we shift our inner world, we transform our outer world. That’s the heart of my mission:
to help women take their power back and remember who they truly are.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Absolutely not. But honestly, I don’t think its supposed to be.
I grew up in a house where love and chaos coexisted — an alcoholic dad, money stress, and the sudden death of my sister when I was eleven. That cracked my whole world open. I learned fast that life can turn in an instant, and you either break… or you build something new inside yourself. That was my first real initiation into this work, long before I had language for it.
And here’s the plot twist:
I went and fell in love with a guy who struggled with addiction too — almost the exact same pattern I grew up with. I didn’t see it as a lesson at the time; I saw it as heartbreak. I loved him deeply, but eventually I left. Not because I didn’t care — but because staying would have meant abandoning myself. Walking away was the hardest thing I’d ever done.
But that breakup became the turning point.
He got sober.
We found our way back to each other — this time with clarity, truth, and choice.
Now, decades later, he’s still sober, we have a beautiful family, and I’ve learned that sometimes the most loving thing you can do is let someone face themselves. That relationship is one of my greatest teachers — my clearest soul assignment.
Motherhood brought another set of lessons. Raising strong-willed, neurodivergent kids who don’t fit neat little boxes forced me to rewire everything I thought I knew. While I was coaching women on identity and belief systems, I was behind the scenes advocating for my own kids, learning how to help them feel powerful in a world that often misunderstands them.
Entrepreneurship wasn’t clean either. I dealt with imposter syndrome, messy pivots, money stress, and the vulnerability of putting my voice into the world when I wasn’t totally sure anyone wanted to hear it. There were moments I wondered if I should just get a “normal job” and make everyone’s lives easier — including my own.
And then there’s the part no one talks about:
You don’t just build a business…
You build yourself.
I had to unlearn the stories I carried from childhood:
that I wasn’t enough,
that I had to earn love,
that I needed to play small to be safe.
That inner work — the unglamorous stuff — has been the real journey.
So no… it hasn’t been smooth.
But smooth never made me who I am.
Every messy chapter — grief, addiction, motherhood, healing, entrepreneurship — gave me the wisdom and compassion I use in my work today.
I’m grateful for all of it.
It’s real.
It’s mine.
And it taught me that every challenge is an invitation — a soul assignment — asking who you’re willing to become.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
At the simplest level:
I help women take their power back and create lives they actually want to live — not the ones they were handed, conditioned into, or told were “good enough.”
I’m a **Soul Strategist**, which is just my way of saying I blend the inner work (mindset, identity, emotional mastery, spirituality) with the outer work (habits, aligned action, brave decisions). I bridge science and soul — the neuroscience of how we think and the energetics of how we feel — so women can create real change that sticks.
I’m known for helping women rewrite the internal stories that keep them stuck in patterns like:
> *“I’m not enough,” “It’s too late,” “I should be grateful,” “I can’t trust myself.”*
When those beliefs shift, everything else opens — relationships, purpose, confidence, career, health… all of it.
Over the last two decades I’ve worked with thousands of women — coaching, teaching, speaking — and what lights me up most is watching women remember who they are and what they’re capable of. I get to witness people come back to life. It’s magic.
One of the biggest expressions of that work is the **Soul Happy movement** — a global community of women committed to waking up, choosing themselves, and creating lives that feel aligned, alive, and true.
We call ourselves **Soulsters.**
We support each other. We tell the truth. We celebrate the big wins and the tiny ones.
It’s community, but it’s also permission — to live fully, deeply, honestly.
I’ve also poured my heart into my new book, **Soul Assignments**, endorsed by spiritual teachers like Neale Donald Walsch and Michael Beckwith. It’s about why we’re here and how to navigate the lessons, the initiations, and the gifts that come disguised as challenges.
But honestly?
The thing I’m most proud of isn’t the book, the community, or the growth of my business…
I’m most proud that I faced my fears and built a life I once only dreamed of.
The life I have now didn’t come from luck or perfection — it came from doing the real work: leaving relationships that weren’t healthy, healing old wounds, building a marriage on truth, raising kids who don’t fit in traditional boxes, choosing discomfort over numbness, reinventing myself over and over again, and trusting the voice inside me even when it terrified me.
I didn’t just study this work —
I lived it.
And I still do.
That’s what truly sets me apart:
I walk my talk.
I’m not pretending to have it all together.
I don’t coach from a pedestal — I coach from the middle of real life.
I share the messy moments, the fears, the pivots, the lessons as they unfold. I let people see behind the curtain because that’s where true connection happens. My vulnerability is part of my leadership — it gives other women permission to be human too.
So yes — I teach strategy, spirituality, mindset, and manifestation…
But more than anything, I teach women how to come home to themselves.
Because once a woman remembers her power,
everything around her changes.
What’s next?
Right now, my biggest focus is getting my book, *Soul Assignments*, picked up by the right traditional publisher. I wrote it to support people through the real stuff life hands us — the unexpected challenges and “why is this happening?” moments — and to help them see possibility and meaning inside their own story. If it can make even one person feel less alone, then it’s doing what it’s meant to do.
I’m also excited to keep growing the Soul Happy community — hosting more retreats and in-person experiences so women can actually be *together*, talk honestly about life, and feel supported making changes that matter.
Beyond the work, my future plans are pretty simple:
to live fully with my family.
More travel. More slow mornings. More moments that feel alive.
I want to keep building a business and a life that work *together* — where I’m doing meaningful work, but I’m also present for the people I love. I want my kids to grow up remembering that I didn’t just talk about living a full, aligned life… I actually lived one.
So yes — there are big goals like publishing, speaking, and expanding the movement…
but honestly? I’m most excited about continuing to create a life that feels honest, joyful, and true.
No grand performance.
Just following what feels right, staying open, and trusting where it all leads.
I feel like I’m just getting started.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.coachwithsteff.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachwithsteff/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stefffortlefevour
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@coachwithsteff
Image Credits
Nick Onken
