I’m Alessandra, a transformational guide, wisdom keeper, holistic health coach, and Medicine Woman. My work is rooted in the belief that we each carry an innate wisdom and a unique set of gifts, and that much of our journey is learning to remember, trust, and embody them. My path has been shaped by a life of contrasts. Growing up between Mexico, France, Belgium, and the United States, and moving through experiences of deep sensitivity, family challenges, loss, and transformation, I learned early to see beyond what was visible on the surface. My sensitivity and empathy, which once felt overwhelming, eventually became some of my greatest teachers. Through my own journey, I began to uncover the patterns, beliefs, and inherited ways of being that had shaped my life. I learned that true transformation requires more than understanding our past. It asks us to take responsibility for how we live in the present, to reconnect with our inner compass, and to consciously create a life that reflects who we truly are. My work weaves ancient wisdom with evolving approaches to health, mindfulness, and personal transformation. I draw from energy medicine, shamanic practices, ritual, integrative nutrition, breathwork, mindfulness, meditation, and holistic wellness to create experiences that meet each person where they are. I work especially with highly sensitive, empathic, neurodivergent, and unconventional people who often experience life deeply, creatively, and differently from the conventional mold. Together, we explore limiting beliefs, fears, patterns, and the parts of ourselves we may have learned to hide, while discovering how our sensitivity and unique gifts can become powerful forms of wisdom and self-knowledge. At the heart of my work is a simple path: Remember who you are. Reconnect with your inner wisdom. Embody your gifts and desires. And create a life that reflects them. I believe transformation is not about becoming someone else. It is about coming home to yourself, trusting what you already know, and learning how to live from that place with greater awareness, freedom, and purpose. My role is not to tell you who to become. I am here to hold space, ask the questions, offer the tools, and act as a catalyst for you to discover your own truth and step more fully into the life that is yours to create.

I’m a somatic IFS coach, embodiment facilitator, creative, entrepreneur, and founder of My Embodied Collective. I create spaces for highly sensitive, creative, and unconventional people to reconnect with the parts of themselves they may have learned to suppress, discover what is uniquely theirs, and create the freedom to live from it; moving toward a life that feels good, instead of one that simply looks good. I believe the parts of ourselves we were taught to dim can become the very qualities that make us uniquely ourselves. Sensitivity can become vision. Creativity can become leadership. Difference can become differentiation. My approach is what I think of as Montessori-inspired. I don't believe in telling you who you should become or giving you another framework to follow. I pay attention to where you are, what is alive for you, and what you actually want, then curate practices, experiences, and tools to help you move toward it. My work draws from my training in Internal Family Systems, health coaching, yoga, embodiment, and somatic practices, alongside years of immersion in retreats, consciousness work, movement, creativity, and healing arts. My Embodied Collective was born from a simple realization: no one is broken. We all create our own reality and no amount of chasing healing, collecting tools, or going from retreat to retreat can create the life we want if we don’t actually embody what we learn. For me, embodiment is what moves the needle: turning insight into action, and consciously choosing the habits, ways of being, relationships, and environments that reflect the life we want to live and our values. My Embodied Collective is about taking the work beyond mat, out of the retreat, and into real life. I’m here to help you do exactly that. Education: - Institute Of Integrative Nutrition | Health Coaching - Conscious Earth Institute | Internal Family Systems (IFS) Coach - Jai Wellness | 200h Yoga Teacher Training - SomaMystica | Spinal Attunement method - Northeastern University | Business Administration & Interactive Media Workshops & Coaching - Esalen Institute, Big Sur | Healing Wisdom for Modern Times: You Are Your Greatest Healer - Erika Gagnon - Esalen Institute, Big Sur | Awakening Joy Everyday - James Baraz, - Joe Dispenza, Cancun | Advanced Week Long Meditation Workshop - Joe Dispenza, San Diego | Advanced Week Long Meditation Workshop - HOLOlife summit | Biohacker conference, Amsterdam - TheFlowProtocol, La Jolla | FlowXperience - The Living Kitchen Coaching, San Diego | Ayurvedic cooking - Olivia Lara Owen Coaching | The awakening women - Dream Dance, Costa Rica | Finding your kigai, Lila Violeta - The Shift Network | Your brave voice, Brothers Koren & Eileen McKusick - Vocal Odyssey | Meeting with the Spirit of your voice, Nessi Gomes - United Planet, Ibiza | World Upgames - Science & Nonduality | Holotropic States of Consciousness -Technologies of the Sacred - Pachamama, Costa Rica | Authentic Embodiment, Jennifer Akkad - Tierra Amor | Psychodrama Lab

I’m Vanessa, the founder of BraveHeart. I created this practice because I believe in a level of care that honors the full complexity of who you are. Healing isn’t just about insight; it’s about integration, and I am here to help you connect the dots between your emotions, nervous system, relationships, and the deeper truths that shape your experience. This practice is for those who feel trapped between anxiety and exhaustion, carrying the weight of tending to everyone but themselves. They have learned to believe it is their responsibility to manage, care for, or anticipate the needs of others, often at the expense of their own well-being. Over time, this self-sacrifice has left them disconnected from their own desires, depleted, and uncertain of how to pour that same love and attention back into themselves. I aim to balance the spontaneous, emergent wisdom of what’s ready to be seen, with the structure of powerful tools, frameworks, and ideas. Together, we explore your patterns, choices, desires, and wounds. They are a portal to liberation. In our work, there is a shared understanding: I stand beside you, but you lead your own journey. My role is to guide, reflect, and support while you take responsibility for leading your life. It is a partnership built on deep respect. I believe your heart is the most trustworthy compass you have, and your body is not just an ally, it is also a well of information. One that speaks in sensations, rhythms, and instincts. I draw from a diverse and ever-expanding toolkit, including applied polyvagal theory/nervous system regulation, relational healing, narrative and belief work, IFS parts work, integral therapy, feminine empowerment and embodiment, inner-child healing, chronobiological wellness (aligning with natural rhythms), frequency-based healing (sound/music and light), tremor release work, breathwork and mindfulness practices. I am continually deepening my knowledge and always happy to share resources that support your journey. You are already on your way.