Hi! I’m Vanessa…

I’m 28 years old, married to the love of my life, and mama to 3 beautiful daughters.

I’m the oldest of 10 children, born into the Holdeman Mennonite culture, which I grew up in for the first half of my childhood.

I’ve always burned with the desire to know and understand the why behind the deeper aspects of life. I read every spiritual and philosophical book I could get my hands on as a teenager (and haven’t stopped.) I always knew there was so much beyond what our systems teach us. I wanted to understand why people behaved the way they did, why life happened the way it did, and how I could do things differently than the people before me.

I was a born rebel, but a chronic people-pleaser, over-giver and self-sabotaging was my game. I never felt like my voice mattered, or like I fit in anywhere, and my self-value was directly tied to what I did, and what other’s needed from me.

Motherhood kicked this up a notch. Navigating a relationship after children made me have to confront my avoidant nature, but I lost myself completely in only caring about others and forgetting myself. I continued reading and learning about self-development, while also studying to be a certified herbalist.

2022 rocked my world. It’s a year forever in my books as “the year that broke me.” I lost my health, my relationship was crumbling apart, and I was left questioning every choice I’d ever made. Every single day was a struggle. But it was in that darkness, that I met myself. Through the chaos I had unwavering faith and blinding certainty, that whatever this massive crumble was that I was in, was my transformation. I KNEW IT.

And it was…step by step I walked myself home. I learned how to regulate myself, I learned how to set the boundaries I needed, I learned how to prioritize myself, so that I could pour into others.

I took my power back, I found my voice, and my true purpose is emerging.

I’m currently studying NLP to assist in rewiring beliefs. I use applied kinesiology techniques, somatic nervous system techniques, and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), as well as utilizing many different tools to help individuals sort through limiting beliefs, patterns and ways of living, that keep them stuck.

My mission is to teach and inspire people to lead themselves first, so they in turn can lead others.

It’s time to stop outsourcing your power to external systems, circumstances and people. It’s time to bring it all back home. To you, a powerful co-creator of your reality.

Welcome to Self-Mastery, my love.