Hi, I'm Stephanie Rae.
America's favorite
"sex therapist" turned midlife sex witch.

I didn't begin my career leading women on luxury Tantra retreats, teaching sensuality, sexuality, and what it truly means to feel alive in their bodies.

Nor did I imagine I'd one day be talking about sex on the internet, answering women's most intimate questions, and sharing boldly with absolutely no fucks given.

I began as an investment banker in downtown Chicago.

A Mormon good girl.

A perfectionist.

A woman who believed love had to be earned and worth had to be proven.

Back then, I thought love and success were something you earned.

So I chased them.

I spent years chasing endurance adventures around the world, completing multiple Ironman triathlons, ultramarathons, World Marathon Majors, standing on Aconcagua, trekking to Everest Base Camp, and even competing on Survivor 36.

I thought courage was something you proved.

I thought the greatest transformations happened on mountaintops.

So I climbed them.

I crossed continents studying with masters of Tantra, trauma healing, somatics, yoga, breathwork, embodiment, energy medicine, and spirituality.

I thought wisdom and healing were something you earned through certifications.

So I collected them.

Then life handed me the mountain I never saw coming.

Motherhood. Divorce. Trauma. Love. Loss. Healing. Perimenopause. Learning how to stop performing. Learning how to receive. Learning how to trust my own body again.

That's when I discovered the greatest expedition isn't across the world.

It's the one that leads you back to yourself.

Those experiences taught me grit. Midlife taught me grace.

Today, my life's work is helping women come home to themselves.

As the founder of Trauma to Tantra®, a world-renowned women's sensuality, somatic, and Tantric arts program, and through my work as an author, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, international retreat leader, embodied breathwork facilitator, Hatha Yoga teacher, and Reiki Master Teacher, I've dedicated my life to guiding women back to the wisdom of their bodies.

For more than two decades, I've devoted my life to understanding the female body, the nervous system, intimacy, pleasure, relationships, and the extraordinary capacity women have to heal when they're finally given permission to stop fixing themselves.

One question has guided almost everything I've studied, taught, and lived:

What happens when women finally stop abandoning themselves?

Turns out... Everything changes.

• They stop settling.
• They stop apologizing.
• They stop performing.
• They trust their bodies.
• They love more honestly.
• They experience deeper intimacy.
• They become wildly alive.

When I'm not leading luxury Women's Tantra Retreats in breathtaking corners of the world, you'll probably find me lifting weights, drinking iced lattes, reading fantasy smut, dancing barefoot, chasing the Northern Lights with my Finnish boyfriend, laughing with my friends, or being lovingly roasted by my two teenage sons, who remain my greatest teachers.

These days, my greatest adventure isn't climbing mountains.

It's helping women come home to themselves.

Because I believe midlife isn't where women fade.

It's where they become unapologetically powerful, deeply sensual, wildly alive, and finally free.

Welcome to The Midlife Witch.

Let's create a little magic.