There is a part of you
that has never stopped
belonging to Love.
For more than 45 years, I’ve helped people find their way back to what they already know.
Photography by Christopher Michel
Meet Vanessa
I’m here for what makes us come alive.
For more than 45 years and across more than 40,000 conversations, I’ve had the privilege of sitting with people in the middle of their actual lives.
I’ve learned a great deal about the ways we adapt to life—to stay safe, to belong, to be loved—and how, without meaning to, we can sometimes find ourselves living at a distance from who we really are.
But I’ve also come to believe there is something essential in each of us that remains, no matter how far from it we may feel.
My work is about helping people come home to the essence of who they really are, and find the courage to live from it.
Stay connected
Love notes ♡
The mess and mystery of being human, and the Love underneath it all.
Every so often, I’ll send you a note about something I’m thinking about—something I hope might help you feel a little more connected to yourself and to this extraordinary life we’re living.
And when there’s a chance for us to gather together, I’ll let you know.
You belong here.
Ask Vanessa
What are you wrestling with?
Is there something you can’t quite find your way through? Send me your question. I read every one. From time to time, I’ll choose one to answer in a Love Note.
I’m the only one who reads these. There’s no team, no assistant. Just me.
Explore the work
For the life in us that wants to be lived.
Talks and conversations about what it means to be fully human—and fully alive.
A thought to carry with you
The work of a lifetime is not becoming someone else. It’s becoming more of who you really are.
