About

Samantha Stephenson is a Catholic author and bioethicist, rooted in faith and family life, whose work explores what it means to be human in an age of rapid technological change.

She invites readers to grow where they’re planted—seeking wisdom, nurturing dignity, and resisting the dehumanizing pull of our technocratic age.

She is the author of Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad, the Mama Prays Devotional, and the forthcoming books The Bellbind Letters: Inside the Devil’s Plan for Your Motherhood and Grow Where You’re Planted: Reclaiming Eden in Your Own Backyard (coming in 2026).

Samantha holds master's degrees in theology and bioethics, and is a former Paul Ramsey Fellow at the Center for Bioethics and Culture (2023–2025) and course instructor for Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute.

Samantha hosts the podcast Brave New Us, which explores what it means to be human in the age of biotechnology through thoughtful conversations about emerging science, ethics, and faith.

Samantha’s writing has been featured at Blessed Is She, CatholicMom, Crisis Magazine, The Federalist, FemCatholic, Natural Womanhood, Notre Dame’s Grotto Network, Our Sunday Visitor, Public Discourse, and Word on Fire.

Samantha homeschools her four children and tends a sprawling family garden in Idaho’s Snake River Valley.

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