The Power Half Hour, Unstoppable Business Owner EP# 65 Vanessa Donaldson

Vanessa Donaldson is the Founder of Reset with Vanessa. She's a Military Spouse Empowerment Guide, Podcast Host, Speaker, Relocation Specialist & Your Nomadic Bestie. She is passionate about helping military spouses and veterans create Exit Strategy Plans so their families can thrive on the civilian side after retirement. She is also a VA Disability Rating Auditor advocating higher compensation for service-connected disabilities for the veteran community. 🎖️ USMC Spouse 26 yrs 💍 Mother of 2👩‍👧. Over the past two years, she has guided numerous military spouses and veterans through their struggles around Financial stresses post-military, Mental Health/Spouse PTSD, Career, Shifting Parental roles around Deployment, Communication, and New Living Purpose. She helps the military community transition from Battlefield to Blossoming Retirement. She’s had the pleasure of guiding her military community through various trials unique to military spouses. Vanessa also holds a virtual space for her Group Empowerment & Mentorship Program for the military spouse community for camaraderie, support, and resources called “The FOB" (Forward Operating Base). When not helping grow her business, or while she’s running her business from the road out of a 24ft sprinter van, you might catch her on a Zoom call from the van life in nature where she works remotely as a Digital Nomad while exploring America (& Baja, Mexico) with her retired Marine Corps hubby and their two old pups. Before the pandemic shut down their business overnight, they used to run a boating ministry out of Southern CA, taking out injured military veterans & their families for Ocean Therapy. You never know where you’ll be Zooming with Vanessa, but you’ll be motivated, energized, inspired, and maybe even crazy enough to join her Van Life Community, where she's a text away as "Your Nomadic Bestie" where together, you'll discuss everything from the best vans for your needs, how to maintain your new home on wheels, and tips for staying connected while working remotely. Fun Facts: Miss Teen Washington D.C. Runner-up in youth; speaks French & German; served in the Peace Corps Africa for 2.5 yrs, where she met her Marine Corps spouse guarding the embassy; used to teach Jazzercise in the 90s; volunteers as a Zumba instructor for elderly in her FL community To Connect with Vanessa, go to the following: Ring my bell on my LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/resetwithvanessa ❇️ Connect with me https://calendly.com/vanlifegirlcoach/virtual-coffee-chat 🎙Subscribe to Vanessa’s YouTube Channel (coaching tips, videos & conversations around military lifestyle, meditation/breathwork, nature, and van lifestyle): https://www.youtube.com/@vanessavanlifegirlcoach7571/ 👉 Follow Instagram @VanLifeVanessa.