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Speaker | Somatic Leadership Coach 
Vanessa Sotomayor

Helping women and leaders build self-trust through embodied leadership so success feels

as good as it looks.

Well Held Life Coaching

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Welcome to Well Held 

I’m so glad you’re here.

Well-Held is a space for women who are ready to stop abandoning themselves in order to succeed.

For the woman who has spent years holding everything together, caring for everyone else, achieving, performing, and pushing through…while quietly losing connection with herself.

This work isn’t about becoming someone new.

It’s about coming back to who you’ve always been.

Together, we rebuild self-trust by learning to listen to the body, regulate the nervous system, honor our needs, and lead from a place of internal safety instead of survival.

Because the relationship you have with yourself shapes every other relationship in your life.

Whether you’re leading a family, a team, a business, or simply your own next chapter, you deserve a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.

Welcome home.

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My Philosophy

  • The body is the strategy.
  • Self-trust is a leadership skill.
  • Sustainable success begins with internal safety.
  • Small embodied shifts create lasting transformation.
  • You don’t have to abandon yourself to succeed.
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Services

1:1 Coaching

  • Worthy Within Mentorship

  • Clarity Call                              

Bespoke Leadership & Personal Growth Experiences

For individuals and organizations seeking a more customized, transformational approach to leadership, communication,                emotional intelligence, somatic and nervous system awareness, emotional resilience, and sustainable success.
Vanessa offers private coaching, workshops, and consulting experiences tailored to the unique needs of each client, leader, and      team.
These spaces are designed to support deeper self-awareness, authentic communication, sustainable leadership, burnout                  prevention, and lasting personal and professional growth.

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About Me

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Hi, I’m Vanessa.

After nearly twenty years in corporate, I walked away from a life that looked successful on the outside because I realized I had become disconnected from myself.

What I thought was everything falling apart became the beginning of coming home.

Today, I help women and leaders rebuild self-trust through embodied leadership, nervous system awareness, and practical mind-body tools that create lasting change.

My work bridges science, somatic awareness, lived experience, and compassionate leadership to help people make better decisions, communicate more authentically, prevent burnout, and create success that feels sustainable—not just impressive.

Whether I’m speaking on stage, facilitating workshops, or working one-on-one with clients, my goal is always the same:

To help people remember that the wisdom they’ve been searching for has been within them all along.

Because you don’t have to become someone else to build the life you want.

You simply have to trust yourself enough to become more fully who you already are.

Warmly,

Vanessa

A personal note...

Becoming a mother in 2019 changed everything.
For most of my life, I carried wounds so deep that motherhood didn’t feel like an option. I used to think, "Why bring a child into a world that hurt me so much?" When my son came along, I feared it would be the end of the life I knew…
But instead, it was the beginning of my healing.

He became the light that illuminated my shadows, the medicine that softened my heart, the love that brought me back to myself.

Through our bond, I’ve learned what it means to reparent the most tender parts of me, to rewrite old stories, release patterns, and break the cycles of fear, shame, and self-abandonment. He is my greatest teacher and my most sacred mirror.

Adrián, mi amor,
I do this for you, too.
So you’ll always know:

You are worthy.
You are enough.
You can do anything.

Your light is a gift, never fear it, never dim it.

Te amo con todo mi corazón,

Mamá

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