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Vanessa is a multi-passionate creative who roots her teachings in lived experience.

She blends poetic narrative with grounded thought leadership to spark deep resonance, self-recognition, and lasting transformation.

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Official Bio

Vanessa Sage, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist, certified coach, writer, and mentor who helps people in midlife reconnect with what matters most and live in alignment with who they truly are after major life shifts.

Her work blends mythic frameworks, somatic methodologies, and research-informed practice to support resilience, clarity, and creative renewal.

Over the past 12 years, she has led a six-figure creative business, designed and delivered 1,500+ hours of multi-level courses and mentorship, directed decade-long priestess training, and founded a three-year tarot school serving hundreds of students.

Through mythic resilience mentorship, sacred business consulting, priestess training, archetypal tarot, seasonal retreats, and creative agency work, Vanessa guides clients in reclaiming their voice and designing sustainable, values-aligned lives and work.

She is a queer, disABLED, body-positive advocate committed to non-dogmatic, inclusive spaces. Vanessa holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from McMaster University and certifications in multiple coaching modalities with an emphasis on somatics, holistic life success, and co-creating lasting change.

She is an unapologetically multi-passionate creative, currently developing new programs and retreats that are grounded in ancient Mediterranean myth and contemporary life.

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Vanessa in Bullet Points

  • Thought Leader & Advocate: Queer, disABLED, Body-Positive, Feminist.

  • Approach: Culturally sensitive support within an anti-oppression framework.

  • Offers: Mythic, soul-rooted courses, mentorship, and retreats for people in midlife who are ready to reclaim their voice, honour who they are, and fully come alive.

  • Cultural Anthropologist with a PhD from McMaster University.

  • Certified in multiple coaching modalities with emphasis on somatic methodologies, holistic life success, and co-creating lasting change.

  • 12+ years of entrepreneurial experience leading a six-figure business and personal brand.

  • Designed and delivered 1,500+ hours of multi-level online courses.

  • Provides research-based 1:1 coaching specializing in positive psychology, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, resilience, change navigation, and leadership.

  • These are a Few of My Favourite Things: Writing creative non-fiction and memoir at coffee shops; bullet journaling with candles lit and incense burning; taking photos of tarot cards anywhere interesting; brazen femme makeup artistry; reading poetry out loud while drinking tea; chanting with the sunset in Chania, Greece; slow travelling; singing loudly in the car on adventures with her wife; finding interesting graffiti; swimming in the Atlantic Ocean in Mabou, Cape Breton; reading nerdy esoteric and spiritual books about the ancient world…

Press

  • Leading Your Life From Truth

    Guest on Lauren Barber’s Podcast. On Leadership, Taking the leap into the unknown, Coming out at 30, Priestessing without labels…

    Unravelling Podcast

  • Finding Grace with Hannah Wallace

    Guest on Hannah Wallace’s Podcast. On grace, the divine feminine, working with shadow, modern pilgrimage, journey with sexuality, and reclaiming power.

    Grace Podcast

  • Priestessing with Vix Maxwell

    On Vix Maxwell’s Podcast. On what it means to be a Priestess, how to be a powerful leader even if you're a total introvert and finding magic in every day.

    New Age Hipster Radio

  • Barbie & the Wild Woman Archetype

    Guest on Bath Barany’s How to Write the Future Podcast, Part 1. “It's easy to be dismissed as a woman, but then it's also easy to be dismissed for being a challenging and a strong woman.” - Vanessa Sage

    Listen to Part 1

  • Good-Bad Girls. Barbie Cont.

    Guest on Bath Barany’s How to Write the Future Podcast, Part 2. “… I did have that moment like Barbie did, where this existential crisis, this journey to the underworld and I let go of everything and let go of it all.”  -- Vanessa Sage

    Listen to Part 2
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