You owe it to yourself to create a legacy with your name on it.
Breaking Barriers Unapologetically
By Any Means Necessary!
About Me
“You can break what tried to break you and walk into every room healed."
Vanessa Canteberry’s story begins in a place many people know too well, raised without emotional support, guidance, or connection from either parent. As a child navigating the world alone, she learned to survive in silence, carrying wounds that would later shape her relationships, identity, and self-worth.
But her story does not end there.
Vanessa chose a different path.
As a single mother, she made the courageous decision to break the generational cycles she inherited. Without a blueprint, she committed to raising her children in a home filled with compassion, emotional awareness, and truth, everything she was never given.
That journey became the foundation of Breaking Barriers Unapologetically.
Today, Vanessa is a sought-after speaker, author, and advocate whose mission is to help others heal deeply, show up authentically, and rewrite their stories without shame. She teaches people how to heal without waiting for apologies, how to build relationships that align with their worth, and how to walk into rooms healed, whole, and unapologetically themselves.
Her message is transparent. Her delivery is relatable.
And her impact is undeniable.
Vanessa’s work empowers individuals, families, and communities to:
• Break generational cycles
• Heal emotional wounds
• Rebuild self-worth
• Raise children differently
• Step boldly into their purpose
• Lead with truth, confidence, and authenticity
If you’ve ever struggled with childhood trauma, parental absence, or navigating life without a guide, Vanessa’s voice reminds you that healing is possible and you deserve it.
Welcome to Breaking Barriers Unapologetically.
This is where your new story begins.
Frequently, we blame our parents for the outcome of our lives, but are not willing to accept that our parents did the best they could with what they had in parenting. At the same time, our parents’ pain and brokenness did not start with just them; it began before them, and, for some reason, they were unfamiliar with the broken cycle they carried. Picking up a broken baton can be heavy to have, but it’s possible.
Having no direction and having the courage to dive deep into the family tree to study pathology led me on a mission to deconstruct behavior that was consuming me to conform to the dysfunctional pattern placed in front of me.
I had to take a step back to study my behavior, owning the pattern, and permitting myself to do the work on myself for my legacy to have a better chance than what I experienced. You do better and take the necessary steps to activate your faith when you know better.
Many times, I prayed to be accepted as the person God anointed me to be and to equip me with the ability to make a difference. However, there is a price you have to pay, and the pain you endure places you in a position to want to quit. At least that is what it seems like: a setup to stay in mediocrity.
Once I accepted that the tunnel was in a dark, cold, and wet place, I still wanted to push myself to the limit of completing the assignment that I knew I could finish. Because all I knew was disappointment, abandonment, abuse, neglect, and the list goes on and on. However, it was up to me to place all bets on myself to go in a direction that many are afraid of going to save myself from self-destruction, yet once again.
- Breaking Generational Curses
- Healing the Invisible Wounds
- Becoming the First Healed One
- Turning Trauma Into Triumph
- Emotional breakthroughs
- New identity alignment
- Clear steps to healing
- Liberation from family patterns
- “Vanessa is a powerhouse. Her story could’ve destroyed her — she uses it to rebuild others.”
- “Vanessa makes you uncomfortable in the best way — she forces growth.”
- “Vanessa makes you uncomfortable in the best way — she forces growth.”
- “I’ve attended trauma workshops before, but none hit like Vanessa’s. She gave us language for wounds we’ve been carrying our whole lives.”
- “Her story is unbelievable — but her strength is even more powerful. Vanessa reminded me that survival alone is not enough… we deserve to live.”
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