Hello, I'm Vanessa

Helping women rise, lead, and live beyond their limits.

I'm passionate about helping women break through the barriers that keep them playing small.

For years, I worked with corporate leaders and ambitious women who had everything it took to rise - except the tools to shed the invisible limitations holding them back. I saw how playing "nice" kept them stuck, unsure how to step into their full potential without being labelled.

If you're like many of my clients, you've seen how some women feel pressured to act "like men" just to get their voices heard, while others shrink back for fear of being seen as "too assertive" or even "a bitch". You want to lead, but you don't want to fight your way to a seat at the table or sacrifice your natural self to fit in. You're done holding back, staying quiet, and keeping the peace at the cost of your own impact and ideas.

Courage Unfolding was created to help you break free from these limits, to find and lead with your authentic essence, and to build the confidence and skills to advocate for yourself in a way that feels true to you. It's about rising beyond circumstances and ceilings and stepping fully into the leader you're meant to be.

Whether you're rebuilding after a personal challenge or ready to take your career to the next level I'm here to guide you. Let's ignite your courage, hep you find your voice, and move you forward with clarity, strength, and a leadership style that is unapologetically your own.

Qualifications

  • 2024

    Master Certified Coach ICF

  • 2023

    Leadership Circle Profile 360 Certification

  • 2020

    The Power of Embodied Transformation

  • 2019

    Emotional Freedom Technique and Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner (EFTMRA)
    Organisation Relationship Systems Certified Coach (ORSC) Certification
    Human Synergistics Certification of Accreditation

  • 2018

    Kilmann Diagnostics Advanced Training in Conflict Management
    Mental Health First Aider Training, MHFA
    Organisation Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) Training Series

  • 2017

    Breathwork Practitioner
    Vinyasa Flow Yoga RYT 200 Hours

  • 2016

    Licensed Heartmath Coach

  • 2015

    Shamanic Practitioner

  • 2013

    Professional Certified Coach

  • 2012

    Associate Certified Coach ICF
    Realise 2 Accreditation Practitioner Programme

  • 2011

    Co-active Leadership Programme

  • 2009

    Certified Professional Co-active Coach

  • 2007

    NLP Business Practitioner Programme
    EQI Accreditation Programme
    Advanced Coaching Supervision

  • 2004

    Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring OSCM Oxford Brookes University

  • 1999

    MSc Organisational Behaviour Birkbeck University

  • 1994

    MA Managing Human Resources Kingston University

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"Working with Vanessa was like having the shades pulled up on my life so the light could flood in – and it’s stayed in. I recommend her without reservation."

Amy

Business Owner

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"Vanessa didn't buy into my internal story, she guided me and showed me how to overcome what I'd been listening to for so long that was holding me back."

Karen

Entrepreneur