A Return Home to Yourself
For men and women navigating transition, burnout and identity shifts.
An equine-guided healing, nervous system recalibration and soul-level experience for your next chapter.
With Vanessa Petronelli
Intuitive Horse–Human Connection Guide
& Transformational Coach
You aren't here by accident.
If therapy, self-help or mindset work haven’t helped you feel truly clear, grounded or at home in yourself, this nature-based, equine-guided experience offers a different way of reconnecting. One that works through the body, the nervous system, your inner sense of knowing and the emotional layers that are ready to be felt and released.This work supports deeper capacity, clarity and self-trust so you can move forward feeling empowered, spiritually connected and fully aligned with who you are and what’s next.
A grounded, heart-led conversation to explore whether this feels like the right next step for you.
What Is the Equine Soul Journey?
This work is for the one who can feel it in their body. A subtle but unmistakable inner signal.
A sense that something is shifting, even if you can’t fully name it yet.You might be…• Standing at a real turning point, where an old role, identity or way of living no longer fits.• Someone who has learned how to lead, manage and hold things together for others and can feel that chapter has run its course.• In a season where the future isn’t fully clear yet, even though you’ve done a lot of inner work.• Longing to feel more present, grounded and truly yourself again.• Craving space to slow down, reconnect with nature and hear your inner guidance more clearly.Even if everything looks “fine” on the outside, there’s a quiet knowing inside that says..."There is more for me than the way I’ve been living."
This Isn't Coaching. It's Not Equine Therapy.It’s a soul-led, nervous system-aware experience of recalibration and return, where horses and nature serve as sacred partners, supporting you to reconnect with your body, your intuition and your inner authority.This work is about remembering who you are beneath roles, expectations and constant doing.
A Full-Body, Soul-Led Recalibration
Sessions take place on the ground with horses in a quiet natural setting, where you slow down, tune in and learn directly through the experience itself.In this space you are invited to:• Shed identities, roles and ways of being that no longer reflect who you are becoming
• Expand your capacity and inner stability
• Reconnect with clarity, purpose and self-trust
• Feel more regulated, alive and grounded in your body
• Strengthen your intuitive connection and spiritual alignment
• Step into your next chapter with confidence and clear directionWhether you're...• In a life or identity transition - personally or professionally
• Ready to release old ways of operating that no longer feel true
• Seeking deeper clarity around purpose, direction or leadership
• Longing to feel more present, spacious and connected to yourself
• Called to return home to your body, your intuition and God
• Drawn to horses and trust that something in this experience will support your next chapter.This work meets you at the threshold of who you are becoming.
A return to your truth, freedom and God-given power.
why should you work with horses?
Horses don’t respond to who you think you are.
They respond to how you actually show up.To your presence.
Your nervous system.
Your truth.Through their natural sensitivity and real-time feedback, horses reflect what’s happening beneath the surface, helping you:
MIRROR YOUR INNER WORLD
Horses bypass words and respond to how you actually show up. They don’t care what you say. They respond to who you are. When something shifts inside you, they reflect it immediately, without judgment. This honest feedback helps you notice emotional patterns and inner dynamics you may not have been aware of before.
REGULATE YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
In a fast, overstimulating world, horses bring you back to yourself. Their calm, grounded presence naturally helps your body slow down, breathe deeper and settle. Simply being with a regulated horse can ease anxiety, release tension and help you feel safe enough to relax, open and reconnect with yourself.
REWIRE SUBCONSCIOUS PATTERNS
This work goes beyond thinking and insight. Through direct interaction with horses, old habits, reactions and ways of coping naturally come to the surface. You don’t just talk about them, you experience them in real time, which makes it possible to respond differently and create lasting change.
RECONNECT WITH YOUR INNER TRUTH
In a world full of noise, horses help you hear yourself again. When you’re in nature with a horse, distractions fall away. You drop from your head into your body and heart. You remember who you are, what you need and what truly matters. That clarity becomes your compass, not just in the session, but in your life.
How do I know this is for me?
This work isn’t just for the experienced, the prepared or the ones with a plan. It’s for those who feel a pull, even if they can’t fully explain why.You don’t need:
Any horse experience
A five-year plan
To have everything figured out
To keep overthinking everything
To know exactly what you want before you arrive
To do it alone
You just need to trust the quiet voice that says...It’s time.Because staying in the same loops of overthinking and exhaustion is no longer aligned with who you’re becoming.This work meets you where you are and supports a return to the clarity, connection and peace you’ve been craving.
Real Results from Client Case Studies
This isn’t a “nice-to-have” experience for someday.
It’s a real turning point that brings clarity, direction and a deeper sense of alignment across your life.
Emotional Well-Being & Nervous System Healing
- 86% reported stronger emotional resilience and reduced overwhelm- 91% felt more confident managing their emotions- Emotional fluctuations dropped by over 60%
Body Awareness & Stress Reduction
- 89% improved body listening and emotional attunement- 90%+ experienced nervous system regulation through working with the horses- Reported a noticeable decrease in stress-related pain and trauma tension
Leadership, Career & Purpose Clarity
- 81% gained clear direction and confidence in career/business or leadership- Self-doubt dropped over 60%- Reported deeper self-trust in their decision-making
Navigating Transitions & Change
- 87% felt more grounded and peaceful during major life transitions- 70% reported a stronger trust in the unknown- Nearly all participants said they felt lighter, freer and more connected to their true path
“This is more than healing. It’s energetic recalibration and soul remembrance.”
These clients couldn’t ignore the deeper call.
They stepped into the unknown.
They said yes.
And everything began to shift from the inside out.
“Before working with Vanessa, I was carrying years of emotional weight I didn’t fully understand. The horses mirrored my inner world in ways I can’t explain, they helped me release what I’d held onto for too long. She guided me with deep care into parts of myself I had avoided for years. This work is unlike anything else. It’s something you have to experience to truly understand.”
- Tonya Ellis
“I wasn’t seeking this work, it found me. From the moment I met Vanessa and the horses, I felt something powerful. My soul knew I was saying yes to something sacred. Each session moved layers of grief, clarity, and presence. I’ve since set stronger boundaries, released misaligned relationships and reclaimed my voice. Vanessa’s deep presence and the horses’ intuitive wisdom helped me return to who I truly am. This isn’t just healing - it’s soul remembering.”
– Danielle Kreger
“Before working with Vanessa, I struggled to slow down and connect with what I was feeling. Through our retreat with the horses, I finally landed back in my body. The space she created felt sacred and safe. Since then, I’ve felt more grounded, less reactive and more able to express myself clearly. This work helped me release what I didn’t even know I was carrying.”
– Vanessa Lam
“When I connected with Vanessa, I had already done a lot of inner work. But there was still something missing inside of me and inside of my business. The moment I arrived and met the horses, something shifted within me. Through Vanessa’s guidance and their presence, I felt a deep part of myself wake up. Since then, my business has gained momentum and I feel more connected to myself than I ever have before. The missing link was this work .”
– Jennifer Whitaker
MEET VANESSA
Your guide for embodied transformation through horses and nature.
Hi, I’m Vanessa Petronelli.I’m an equine-guided facilitator and transformational guide with 17 years of international experience supporting people through major life transitions, identity shifts and periods of deep inner recalibration.My work is for those standing in the in-between. No longer who they were. Not yet fully who they’re becoming.Often these are people who have done the inner work, built meaningful lives and carried responsibility, and now feel something deeper asking to emerge.This work is not about fixing or improving you. It’s about creating the conditions for healing and reconnection. With your body. Your intuition. Your inner authority. From there, clarity and grounded direction arise naturally.I’ve worked with visionaries, creatives, business owners and leaders around the world, and my work has been featured across major media platforms and global stages. Not as a pursuit of visibility, but as a reflection of work rooted at the intersection of embodiment, consciousness and real-world leadership.Today, my work lives primarily in experiential, in-person sessions with horses and nature, where insight moves beyond analysis and becomes something you can feel, trust and live from. I also offer select virtual sessions rooted in the same nervous system awareness, intuition and embodied guidance.And I don’t do this work alone.I partner with Gabriel, my mustang and a small herd on private land just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Working with the horses has been central to my own transformation, teaching me presence, truth and the power of coming back into the body.Together, we create space for people to slow down, shed identities that no longer fit and come back home to themselves.
I don’t offer a cookie-cutter program or generic advice.
I walk beside you through transition and uncertainty, into deeper steadiness and back home to yourself, so you can live, lead and love from that place.
YOU DIDN’T ARRIVE HERE BY ACCIDENT.
Something in you is ready to reconnect and this work is here to meet you.
ways to work with me
Whether you’re in the middle of a life transition, feeling the nudge toward something more or just quietly unraveling beneath the surface…You’re not alone.There comes a time when the old ways stop working.
When pushing through isn’t the answer.
When your nervous system, your soul and your truth are asking for something different.And you no longer wish to walk the path alone.This work meets you there in the space between no longer and not yet.
You don’t have to have the next chapter written. You just need the willingness to show up for what’s real right now.
Choose the path that resonates most with where you are today.
Tier one: Breakthrough Equine Session
A 2.5-hour private recalibration to shift what feels stuck and come home to yourself.This session is a powerful starting point for anyone in transition, feeling emotionally overwhelmed or simply needing space to breathe.Through equine reflection, intuitive coaching and somatic support, you’ll be guided back to clarity, groundedness and regulation.It’s not therapy. It’s not just "hanging out" with horses.It’s a nervous system reset in a sacred, personalized container - where your energy is met, not your mask.You’ll leave lighter, clearer and more anchored in yourself, with tools to carry forward and a deeper connection to your truth.And because real change continues after you leave the barn, you’ll also receive a 30-minute integration session. This is your chance to process what came up, ask question and anchor the breakthroughs into your daily life.What’s Included:• One 2-hour private equine-guided healing session
• One 30-minute integration support call over ZOOM video
• Nature-based somatic and energetic support
• Personalized insights and intuitive reflection
• Grounding tools and practices to continue after your sessionInvestment:$500 USDCurrently booking into March 2026.
Tier two: Equine Soul Journey Private Retreat
A private 1- or 2-day retreat to recalibrate your nervous system, emotions and connection to self - held by horses and nature.If you’ve been running on empty, sitting in uncertainty or carrying weight you can’t name, this is your invitation to pause.Whether you’re in a major life transition, healing emotional exhaustion or seeking clarity for what’s next, this retreat creates the space your body and soul have been asking for.What makes this different?This isn’t a surface-level reset. It’s a personalized deep dive into your current season - emotional, energetic, physical and spiritual.Through intuitive equine work, somatic support and grounded coaching, you’ll reconnect to what’s true beneath the noise.Clients leave feeling lighter, clearer and anchored into their next steps.What’s Included:• One or two full days of private equine-guided sessions
• Lunch is included
• A 30-minute pre-retreat intention virtual call over ZOOM
• A 90-minute post-retreat integration session over ZOOM
• A customized plan/self-work to implement post-retreat for deeper integration and embodimentInvestment: $1,500 for the 1 one day package OR
$2,200 for the 2 day package USD (payment plans available.)Currently booking retreats for March-June 2026. Space is limited each month.
Tier Three: Equine Soul Journey
A 5-month private recalibration for those in the midst of change - ready to release repeating patterns and lead from the calm, grounded center within.When your sense of self is shifting, your purpose feels unclear and your heart carries the weight of change, your soul isn’t asking for another quick fix. It’s asking for a sacred space to land, one that meets you deeply over time.Because you already know this isn’t surface-level work.
It’s the work of coming home to yourself - body, soul and Spirit.Inside this 5-month journey, you’ll be held, seen and guided to ground your healing in something lasting...
Your truth,
Your power,
And the peace of knowing who you are becoming.
This space is designed to meet you where you are, through the resistance, the release and the rise, so the change you’re seeking becomes embodied and lasting.
This program will help you:• Clear the emotional and energetic weight you’ve been carrying for years
• Rewire your nervous system so you’re not just thinking differently - you’re living differently
• Help you navigate life transitions, identity shifts, or seasons of “in-between” with grace and spiritual steadiness
• Support you in showing up in the world grounded, open and aligned - as you actually are
• Rebuild your connection to God, your soul, your truth and your inner leadership
• Activate lasting clarity, capacity and self-trust so you can make aligned decisions from a place of wholenessUnlike a single session or 2-day immersion, this journey meets you again and again - in the layers, the resistance, the breakthroughs - so change actually sticks.What’s Included:• Nine, 90-minute private equine-guided healing sessions
• Email check-in support between sessions
• Personalized intuitive coaching and soul mentorship
• Ongoing somatic and nervous system support
• Integration practices and self-work between sessions
• Access to my full guided meditation library and free admission to all live eventsInvestment:
$5,000 USDPayment plans are available
Currently two spots opening starting in February or March 2026.
This work is somatic. It’s spiritual. It’s trauma-informed. It’s intuitive.
And the horses don’t just witness — they reflect what’s unspoken, offering a clear partnership and invitation back to your true center.
More Stories From Those Who’ve Walked This Path
They trusted the process.
They stayed present through the unknown.
They allowed real change to take root.
– Jeffrey Platts
– Kellie Pringle
– John Chao
“I traveled from Indiana to do the Equine Soul Journey two-day retreat with Vanessa and the herd. I came because I was carrying old habits and life stories that I didn’t want to keep repeating. I was ready for a reset and a chance to let go of the things that weren’t serving me and to step into something new.These two days turned out to be a true rebirth for me. The horses helped me see where I needed stronger boundaries and where I’d been holding onto patterns that were no longer mine to carry. Through the exercises, the guidance and the presence of the herd, I felt myself gaining a clearer outlook on who I am and where I’m going next.I learned so much, much more than I can put into words, and I’m leaving with a sense of peace and direction that I haven’t felt in a long time. I’m grateful for Vanessa, for her support and for the way the horses reflected back what I needed to see. This experience was absolutely worth the time and if you’re looking for a fresh start or a deeper connection to yourself, I would highly recommend it.”
— Amy Newport
“My time with Vanessa in her Equine Soul Journey program has been deeply transformative. I feel like I finally have permission to live and speak my truth. I have my own story to tell, and now I get to choose how to tell it.Through this work, I’ve gained more awareness of my nervous system and can better recognize when I’m in a survival state versus a regulated state. This awareness alone has been life-changing.The experience also gave me a way to hold and process a very raw spiritual awakening I’ve been moving through. Over the past year, I’ve questioned much of what I believed to be true for 45 years. At times, I felt late to the game. But this process reminded me that we are always exactly where we are meant to be, when we are meant to be there.
I’ve used this space with Vanessa to open up, examine the roots of my beliefs and conditioning and find clarity. Instead of being blindsided by old patterns, I now feel more grounded, present, and empowered.My Equine Soul Journey program with Vanessa was truly transformative. Working with the horses brought a sense of calm and clarity I didn’t expect. Vanessa’s guidance was warm and intuitive, helping me connect deeply with myself and the animals. I left feeling grounded and inspired, with a renewed sense of peace. I highly recommend this experience to anyone seeking emotional healing or a unique way to reconnect with themselves.” - Cori Nicholson
FAQS
Do I need any horse experience?
No. You don’t need to have ever touched a horse before. All sessions are done safely from the ground.
What if I’m going through a really hard time? Is that “too much” for this work?
Not at all. This work is intentionally nervous system-aware. Many clients come during times of grief, transition or burnout. The space we create together is designed for safety, co-regulation and deep emotional support. You don’t have to hold it all together here, you get to exhale and be met exactly where you are.
What kind of person is this really for?
This is for you if you’re high-functioning but quietly burning out. If you live in your head more than your body. If you’re sensitive, intuitive or craving a deeper relationship with yourself, your purpose and God. If you’ve done “the work” but still feel stuck or uncertain about your next steps…This is your next step.
What makes this different from therapy or traditional coaching?
This is somatic, intuitive, energetic and spiritual work - guided by both myself and the horses. It’s not about fixing yourself or endlessly talking through problems. It’s about dropping into your body, getting honest and allowing real change through presence, feeling, energy and connection.
Where do the sessions take place?
All sessions are held on a peaceful private horse property in Middle Tennessee, about 45 minutes from Nashville.
What if I don’t know which program is right for me?
That’s exactly what your complimentary Equine Exploration Call is for. We’ll connect, feel into where you are and what you need and see what’s the best fit. No pressure. No scripts. Just an honest, heart-to-heart conversation about your next steps.