be a leader, be your voice
Being a leader means we be our voice. When we live with intention, we become our intention — and then, we become our voice.
In social impact/justice, we be this day in and day out. We are consistently checking our intentions and actions are in alignment, while active in conditions riddled with systemic trauma.
How do we be this mindfully? Trauma is present within us and also around us. Identifying individual and systemic trauma patterns in our teammates, work cultures, and even social communities empowers us to show up authentically.
How do we be this while safeguarding our own trauma? Speaking up can be exhausting, and sometimes, it can bring up our own trauma responses. Somatics is an “embodied practice” that allows us to safely acknowledge our own trauma, while navigating systemic trauma simultaneously.
Often, embodying our inner leader means we emphasize, or maybe even prioritize, the how. Balancing the intention with “the how” can be confusing, and may even feel contradictory. But they work together to prioritize safety.
Vanessa offers coaching that integrates leadership and trauma-informed mindfulness for professionals and leaders navigating challenging circumstances in the workplace and also in times of crisis (ex. world events). With a decade of experience in tech as an executive and award-winning corporate innovator, Vanessa is a dynamic powerhouse for your organization and leaders. Equipped with an MBA from University of Waterloo, Consultant Management Certification (CMC) designation, and Roy Group Leadership Certification, she aptly combines her experience in tech with her 200hr mindfulness meditation certification from The Lab of Meditation (focus on trauma-informed practices and social justice; recognized by The International Mindfulness Teacher’s Association), and Staci Haines’ Politics of Trauma: Embodied Transformation, Social Action and Love course to offer support for leaders across all areas. Please be invited to read Vanessa’s more complete bio below.
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“When we become our intention, we become our voice.”
Vanessa’s Brief Bio
Vanessa Ferlaino has spent the last decade in tech, as an award-winning corporate innovator, founder, angel investor, and executive. She was the Chief Operations Officer of a gene therapy company at the age of 23, and by age 25 received an award for launching an enterprise-level investment platform that paved the way for start-up retail investment in a corporate setting, raising 800K in 36 hours. Proud of her achievements as a latina raised in an immigrant family, she aims to create a cultural shift in tech and business so all diverse voices are heard and have equal opportunity; she is a certified 200-hr meditation practitioner from The Lab of Meditation, Canada's first accredited meditation practitioner program by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, using mindfulness to shape leadership and work culture dynamics. She is completing Staci Haines’ Politics of Trauma: Embodied Transformation, Social Action and Love course.
She also holds a leadership certificate from Roy Group; an Honours Bachelor of Science (Neuroscience; Cell and Molecular Biology, and Immunology) from University of Toronto; and a Masters of Business from University of Waterloo. Vanessa is also the multi-award-winning author of "Human", speaker, host of "The Human Challenge", and founded The Being Human Foundation to empower humankind and create a more socially conscious world.