Better Relationships. By Design.

Most people try to fix behavior.
I help you redesign the relationship.

At work, home and on both ends of the leash.


Every Challenge In Your Life Happens Inside A Relationship

Because problems don’t exist in isolation.

Maybe it’s a miscommunication issue. Or a difficult employee, a struggling marriage or even your anxious, difficult or reactive dog. But one issue is rarely the whole problem.

The relationship itself is the place to look. It could be the relationship with yourself, your partner, team, clients family, dog or even your work.

When those relationships are built on misunderstanding, stress, assumptions, or incompatible expectations, the symptoms start showing up everywhere. Maybe you’re experiencing:

  • Communication breakdowns.
  • Decision fatigue.
  • Decreased Trust.
  • Increased Conflict.
  • Tension and health issues.
  • Bad behavior

    You can feel disconnected, isolated and frustrated with the people and the life you worked so hard to create. But when understanding replaces judgment and relationships are designed to honor who people naturally are, everything begins to work differently.

That’s where my work begins.

Your Relationships Are Trying to Tell You Something.

Your Marriage/Partnership


The distance didn’t happen overnight. Small misunderstandings, unmet needs, and different ways of communicating quietly change how you connect.

Your Leadership


The pressure isn’t just wearing you down. It’s changing how you communicate, make decisions, and show up for the people who depend on you.

Your Friendships


Life gets busy. Conversations become shorter. Before you know it, the relationships that matter most are running on good intentions instead of real connection.

Your Colleagues


People rarely tell you what’s really going on. Stress, uncertainty, and fear often hide behind silence, conflict, or poor performance.

Your Customers

Customers don’t leave because of a single interaction. They leave when trust, understanding, or connection slowly erodes.

With Yourself


Sometimes the relationship that needs the most attention isn’t your marriage, your team, or your dog. It’s the one with the person in the mirror.

And With Your Dog


Digging. Barking. Pulling. Reactivity. What looks like “bad behavior” is often your dog’s best attempt to communicate something you haven’t recognized yet.

Behavior IS Communication – In People AND With Dogs

Relationships don’t improve because people change, they improve because understanding changes.

If the same frustration keeps showing up in different places…it’s probably not a people problem. It’s a relationship design problem. And relationships function on systems of understanding.

That idea is at the heart of my work, and it is also why I created The BARKType™ Method for Relationship Compatibility. This simple assessment is one of the tools I use to help people design healthier relationships through better understanding of personality, communication, stress, and compatibility.

It began with dogs, but the principles extend far beyond them.

BARKType is where my decades of work in human and canine behavior, technology, personality, stress and communication became a practical decoding system for dogs and the people who love them.

Hi, I’m Stephanie

I’m a former white-hat hacker, 8-figure tech founder, 4x international bestselling author, success advisor and lifelong behavior translator.

For more than 30 years, I’ve been decoding behavior and helping people understand and build better relationships with themselves, their teams, their families, their customers, and yes, their dogs. (I love the four-legged questions I get daily!)

And over time, I noticed most people (including myself at one time) ignore stress until life starts breaking around them.

I became a caregiver early in life, just as my business was at its peak and my family needed me the most. I felt really alone with no one to confide in.

You know what I relied on? My dog.

Because dogs don’t hide stress. They show it immediately. They are great Truth Tellers.

But humans often hide behind productivity, control and performance. That’s what I did and it landed me in the hospital.

That experience shapes much of my calm-first relationship work today.

Today, I have an entire ecosystem dedicated to helping people reconnect confidently and joyfully to their business, their family, their dogs, and most importantly, with who they REALLY are.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. My clients get to have the life they actually WANT to be living – not the one they built by default.

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What people say…

With a love for animals and business, these are some of the paws up! things people are saying. 

  • I Doubled My Income and Tripled My Time Off

    I’ve worked with Stephanie for several years and she has helped me not just with my business but also with my relationships and even helped me stop my dog from barking so much. She will forever be one of the most important mentors I’ve ever had.
    Gina-Gaudio Grace
    CEO Abundance Group Trust

  • Business and My Dog Is On Track

    Stephanie has helped me find purpose, confidence and focus for my business and my life.  As a business owner dealing with being a family caregiver, mom and dog lover, I need all the support I can get!  She helps me be better at life, with my dogs and family.  Oh, and my business has tripled!
    Katrina Carmack
    K&S COMMERCIAL CLEANING

  • Business Grew and Stress Caved In

    When I contacted Stephanie, my business and my life were running on empty. She gave me the support and guidance I needed to reach the million dollar mark and beyond. Along the way, I learned more about leadership, health and even my dog behavior (she could hear them in the background during our calls). Thanks to her my business runs without me while I am able to finally take vacations and reconnect with my family.
    Jason Burnham
    AMERIGLASS

  • Jack Is No Longer Afraid of Everything

    Stephanie and I have worked together in the human behavior and performance field for over 20 years.  She is an empathetic, compassionate, loyal, confidante and advisor particularly when our dog Jack was having medical issues.  Her advice was insightful and empathetic, which helped Jack recover quickly while relieving our anxiety.
    Ray Williams, PhD
    EXECUTIVE COACH AND AUTHOR

  • Life Changing!

    Yall! I CANNOT recommend this ENOUGH!!! I have been working with Stephanie and she has literally changed my life!! This year I am now finally going to be paid what I am worth. Let’s just say my rate went up and people do not hesitate to pay it!! I cannot believe what I have missed over the years.
    Michael Daly
    PAWSITIVE WELLNESS

  • My Horse And I Are Now A Team

    I had no idea when I started working with Stephanie to help me understand my horse that I’d get my own lessons in confidence and leadership. Her intuition mixed with her savvy understanding of human and animal psychology opened up a whole new world for both of us. She taught us both how to manage our energy to build a stronger relationship. And I’ve been able to transfer what I learned from her to keep a level head in my business too. Win win!
    Lorrie Morgan
    RED HOT COPY

  • I Saved Over $1000 in Vet Bills

    Steph has been a guiding light for me on and off for 15 years. She’s helped me through some of my toughest moments and greatest professional challenges. Recently, I was having some issues with my dogs and their little tummies. The vet failed them entirely. That’s after $1,000 in tests and medications. Steph told me exactly what to do and my pups have never been happier. The fix was far simpler than I expected, too. I’m so grateful for her help. Now and always.
    Ross Goldberg
    IMMORTAL MARKETING

  • Completely changed my dog (and me!)

    I’ve worked with Stephanie to understand my skittish dog’s anxiety. She helped me with a new diet, showed me how to walk him confidently and most importantly of all – control the barking that has my neighbors very upset.

    Once I started understanding how I was contributing to his timid behavior, it helped me become more assertive with other people and with myself. I can now say “NO” and mean it without worrying about what people say.
    Dr. Susan Williams
    RETIRED

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