Hello, I am Vanessa and I have degrees in physics and astronomy, as well as a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. I am also a Certified Imagery Guide through the Academy for Guided Imagery.

I have struggled with many difficulties in my life—poverty, abuse, trauma, and unsafe relationships—all of which forced a disconnection from my body, and therefore my instincts and my intuition. I was cut off from my inner world because the outer world numbed me from knowing it.

It wasn’t until I received an intuitive “hit” about an unsafe relationship—a hit I didn’t know how to listen to at the time—that I began to wake up. I realized my body knew before my mind did that this person did not have my best interests at heart. And that within our bodies are instinctual and intuitive survival mechanisms designed to keep us safe. But, for those of us who grew up in challenging and traumatic environments, we are often trained to ignore them just to survive.

It was through the study of depth psychology, myth, the practices of meditation and guided imagery, bodywork and the body-mind connection, and the tending of my soul, I have found my way into seeing below the surface.

Now, as an imagery guide and educator, I offer these same tools to others who are seeking a more intuitive, guided, and meaningful life.