Feel Like You Again
coaching and therapy for moms of color who are done living with daily tension, overwhelm, and stress that won't quit.
If you’re years into motherhood and your body stays tense, your mind won’t shut off, and you find yourself on edge with everyone you love — you’re in the right place. I help you unclench, calm your body, and get your energy back. So you can handle life without breaking down, and remember who you are beyond "Mom".
stop the daily drain
let's be real:
you and I aren't the problem
They told you that being tired all the time is 'just part of motherhood'. That holding it together for everyone else is noble. That wanting more time for yourself is selfish. But here’s the truth: this was never about you being “too much” or “not enough.”
This is how the system keeps you too busy, too tired, and too disconnected. We don't get the support and resources we need to recover well from pregnancy and postpartum. And then, later, this is how we stay stuck surviving instead resting, and being, and enjoying life. And the first place that stress shows up is right in your body.
We were handed a version of motherhood that feeds on our burnout and praises us for disappearing.
Survival served you.
There is sacred wisdom in how you learned to cope with stress — especially when you needed it most in early motherhood.
A few years into motherhood and now, your body wants something different. It wants you to stop carrying it all; the late nights, the constant doing, the pressure to handle it all. It shows up in your shoulders, your stomach, those headaches, in your sleep.
Most advice says "think positive" or "take a bubble bath". That’s not what we do here.
I guide moms of color back to themselves with my Matrescence Self-Reclamation Method — a body-first, nervous-system-rooted framework that helps you feel better in your body first. So stress softens, energy returns, and you remember who you are beyond the never ending to-do list.
Because freedom doesn’t start in your head. It starts in your body.
what happens when we work together
Selfhood
You reconnect with who you are outside of roles and responsibilities.
You remember what you want, what you love, and what feels good for you.
You stop disappearing behind the lists, the noise, and the over-functioning.
Selfhood means: I know myself. I trust myself. I live as me.
Sovereignty
You take back authorship over your body, energy, and choices.
You live by your truth, not someone else's rulebook.
You set boundaries, rest when you need to, and act from power — not anxiety, fear or guilt.
Sovereignty means: I belong to myself. I decide what my life feels like.
Self-Reclamation
You take yourself back. From survival mode. From what tried to bury you.
You stop abandoning your needs, desires, and joy just to hold everything else together.
You build rituals and rhythms that put you back at the center of your life.
Self-Reclamation means: I come back home to myself, again and again, no matter what the world demands.
here's how we do this
1k+
Women and moms of color supported through therapy and coaching
14
Years of clinical experience helping women thrive
90%
Of my clients say they feel more regulated, resourced, and seen after our first session
Years of becoming and being a mother myself; learning and unlearning
3
I’m a licensed therapist, Matrescence coach, and the founder of Matrescence in Color. For nearly 15 years, I’ve helped women, particularly women of color, untangle pain, rewrite patterns, and remember their power. But nothing cracked me open like becoming a mom and seeing all the bullshit we’re handed.
Now, I guide moms of color who feel worn down, stuck in survival mode, or wondering where they went… to calm their bodies, handle stress without crashing, and finally feel like themselves again.
My work blends real, practical care, proven therapy and coaching tools, and radical permission to stop just getting by and actually enjoy the life you've built.
Because you worked too damn hard to feel this drained. You deserve to feel steady, rooted, and free.
Meet me inside
1:1 Coaching
Rooted
A 6-month, 1:1 coaching container for deep self-reclamation and healing. This is where you stop surviving and start feeling more like you—no guilt trips, no burnout, just you feeling good again.
Start here if you want private, personalized support.
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Unhearthed
1:1 intensives
A focused, high-touch intensive to help you get unstuck, name what’s really going on, and finally see the path forward.
Start here if you need clarity fast and want to see immediate shifts.
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Reclaimed
group coaching
My signature 16-week guided group experience for the mom who’s ready to stop disappearing in motherhood—and start living from wholeness.
Start here if you want community, guidance, and a clear path back to yourself—together.
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Vanessa helped me create a rhythm that actually works for me and my family. I’m finally learning to rest without guilt
and that doing nothing is doing something.
- Therapy client
fREE DOWNLOAD
The real reason all that self-care is not working.
Ready to understand why your self-care doesn’t stick — and what your nervous system has been trying to tell you all along? (Of course you are. You’re the kind of mom who’s tried everything and still feels like something’s missing.)
Drop your email below and I’ll send you my free guide, 'Regulate Like a Mother': A powerful reframe on burnout, Matrescence, and the body-first work that makes healing finally land.
She helped me find myself beneath the chaos. Vanessa’s support was
the exhale I didn’t know I needed.
- Therapy client