Upcoming Events + Writings + Podcasts

This virtual Story Workshop is specifically designed for, and led by, Black, Indigenous, Latino/a, and Asian/Pacific Islander people as the global majority of the world’s population. In the context of a supportive and facilitated environment through teaching and group work, you will receive encouragement and wisdom as you seek to understand, write, tell, and live your story in deeper and more transformative ways.

Read Vanessa's essays, poetry and spoken word at Red Tent Living, an online women's magazine. 

The Story Workshop for Spiritual Abuse & Healing is designed for individuals who have encountered spiritual harm or abuse, whether it happened in the confines of their home, church, ministry, school, or within a personal relationship. It may have been a single incident or an ongoing experience that has left a lasting impact.

During the online retreat, you will receive daily emails containing spiritual practices, audio and visual meditations, videos and prayers designed to restore and nourish your soul.

Vanessa hosts conversations at the intersection of spiritual formation and racial justice. 

As children, all of us needed to belong—to feel “a part of.” If we did not receive sufficient attunement from our primary caregivers, we likely experienced high levels of loneliness. The dilemma is that it may not have felt like loneliness because it was such a normal part of life. Vanessa talks candidly about her loneliness growing up, as well as how she came to experience significant healing from that loneliness.