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Stephanie Mendez

20 Sep 2025 — 1 min read

Welcome to All the Paper Cranes. This space is just beginning to take shape, but its heart is already here: a place for reflection, healing, mental health, and the ways we care for our inner world.

I’m Stephanie Mendez, and I created All the Paper Cranes as a home for resilience and gentleness — a place to share stories and insights that honor our inner work. My hope is that these writings offer moments of connection and remind you that tending to yourself is its own kind of peace.

In Choosing Peace, You Find Yourself

There comes a moment when you realize how tired you are of bracing. Not just tired in the body, but in the chest—in the subtle tightening that happens before you speak, before you respond, before you decide how much of yourself it’s safe to offer. You may not

The Space Between Knowing and Choosing

There is a particular kind of tiredness that comes from already knowing. You’ve named the pattern. You’ve traced it back to its origin. You understand why you are the way you are. And still—nothing has fully moved yet. Not because you’re resisting, but because knowing and

Trusting the Silence

There are moments when the connection you usually rely on—whether to your intuition, your sense of inner guidance, or the subtle ways life seems to respond—feels quieter than usual. You might notice that your usual sources of reassurance are softer, your ideas come more slowly, or the clarity

What We Resist, Persists

There’s a familiar tug inside us when something feels uncomfortable. A thought we don’t want to think. A feeling we hope will pass if we stay busy long enough, distracted enough, far enough from the edge of it. A truth about our habits, the opportunities we avoid, or

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In Choosing Peace, You Find Yourself

The Space Between Knowing and Choosing

Trusting the Silence

What We Resist, Persists