Vanessa Guild is a Mindset and Presence Advisor who helps leaders, professionals, and individuals navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity, resilience, and purpose.

 

Vanessa has trained extensively with internationally recognized peace advocate Azim Khamisa, whose work has been honored by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and presented at the United Nations. She has had the opportunity to work with a wide range of organizations and communities, including the Dallas Symphony, Brookfield Global Asset Management, Alkami, the University of Texas at Dallas Center for BrainHealth, Southern Methodist University, and numerous executive leaders, educators, and community organizations.

 

Vanessa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Corporate Communications and Public Affairs from Southern Methodist University and has spent decades studying mindfulness, communication, leadership, recovery, and human behavior. She is a certified yoga instructor, mindfulness meditation instructor, Reiki Master. She has also completed three intensive 10-day Vipassana silent meditation trainings and lived and taught, as an instructor, meditation in a Zen meditation center for over three years.

 

Her perspective has also been shaped by profound life experiences, including growing up in a family affected by addiction, maintaining more than twenty-five years of sobriety, and rebuilding her life after Hurricane Katrina (New Orleans '05).

 

Today, Vanessa continues to work with leaders, teams, veterans, and individuals who seek to communicate more effectively, respond rather than react, and lead with greater awareness in both their personal and professional lives.