Most women are addicted to their own pain but what if the very story that keeps you stuck is also what’s keep you from living your fullest, most joyful life? Vanessa Petronelli reveals the startling truth about this addiction and how rewriting your inner story can set you free. This isn’t about scraping the surface; it’s a deep dive into transforming pain into pleasure by reconnecting with your intrinsic, childlike innocence and untapped soul wisdom.In this potent conversation, Vanessa shares how the nervous system governs our ability to access joy and pleasure and why so many women are unknowingly locked in survival mode. You’ll discover her signature approach to somatic healing, spiritual awakening, and how to identify and ultimately dissolve the addictive stories of suffering that run on auto-pilot. From horses as mirrors of the inner child to the power of sisterhood, she offers practical tools to reclaim your authentic self and unlock a life filled with contentment, purpose, and profound presence.
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Now more than ever, our world needs women who live from the soul free from trauma, victim stories, and the addictive pain body. If you’re ready to burn old identities and embrace your joy, this episode is your sacred invitation. Vanessa shares her inspiring story of transformation, from Hollywood actress to wild horse healer, illustrating how listening to your soul can lead to radical rebirth and genuine freedom.Perfect for women feeling the call to shed layers of pain, step into deep sisterhood, and live with heart-open authenticity. If you’re tired of the struggle and hungry for a life that feels good this is your medicine. Let Vanessa guide you through the keys of the spiritual, somatic, and subconscious realms to free yourself from yesterday’s stories and magnetize a future rooted in pleasure and purpose.
Are you ready to reconnect with your divine innocence and rewrite your story? Tune in now and step into the life your soul is calling for.
About The Guest:
Vanessa Petronelli helps midlife men and women navigate the life changes and transitions that come with this season, from career pivots to identity shifts to relationships that no longer fit, through deep healing work that reconnects mind, body and nervous system. Her work is grounded, practical, deeply spiritual and nervous system aware.
She's a transformational guide, horse-human connection specialist and speaker who has worked with individuals and groups across five continents for over 17 years. Today that work happens in person with horses just outside Nashville and virtually for those who can't make it there.
Her clients don't leave with insight alone. They leave feeling deeply connected to their life and the truest version of themselves, freer, clearer and lighter, with the wisdom, tools and awareness to hold themselves so they can come home to who they really are. Her rescued Mustang, Gabriel, is a core partner in that process, reflecting truth clients often can't see on their own.
Right now, Vanessa is enrolling four women into her intimate women's equine retreat called HELD on October 24 and 25. Learn more about this retreat here: vanessapetronelli.com/held
Learn more about her private healing work with horses at equinesouljourney.com.
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About the Host:
Kate Harlow is the founder of The Unscriptd Woman, the creator of The Expanded Love Coaching Method, and host of The New Truth podcast - ranked in the top 1.5% globally. With over 15 years of experience teaching, coaching and facilitating transformational retreats worldwide, Kate has helped hundreds of thousands of women break free from outdated relational patterns, old patriarchal ways of thinking and unspoken rules to live by.
Her infallible methods guide women to release the deeply ingrained scripts that keep them stuck- empowering women to step into their highest, most magnetic, and fully expressed selves. Through her coaching, retreats, podcast and upcoming book The Unscriptd Woman, Kate is redefining what it means to be an empowered woman in today's world, showing women how to stop waiting for permission and start creating a life and love that aligns with their deepest truth.
Known for her rare ability to see exactly where women are out of alignment with themselves, Kate offers a path back to unwavering self- trust, meaningful joy and true fulfillment. Her work is a revolution - one that liberates women from societal expectations and invites them into a life of radical authenticity, thriving relationships and unshakable self-worth.
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