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✨ Hi, love. I’m Veneta Shepherd.
SoulQuest Creator.
Self-love Rebel.
Auntie to the Heart.
Guide to the Galaxy Within.
In 2016, my whole world cracked open.
My husband died.
And suddenly, the life I’d been surviving… demanded to be lived.
I was the oldest of seven.
The caretaker.
The responsible one.
The one who held everybody together.
But when everything fell apart, I had to face a truth I’d avoided my whole life:
I didn’t know who I was…
because I had never stopped long enough to find out.
So I asked myself a question that felt illegal at the time:
“Who do I want to be?”
That question broke me open in the best way.
I gave myself permission to pause, to wonder, to reflect.
And in the quiet, I realized:
I didn’t understand what true love meant —
not the kind you give to others,
but the kind you give to yourself.
So I started where most people refuse to begin.
I stood in front of a mirror,
looked myself dead in the eyes,
and began learning to love the woman staring back at me.
That was the birth of my SoulQuest.
I wrote my book, Tears, Fears, and Cheers: Ripples From Childhood,
and traced the thread between my past and my present —
healing old stories, dismantling old patterns,
and uncovering a truth that changed everything:
You don’t ever HAVE to feel bad about yourself.
That word — HAVE — cracked my world open.
It showed me I had a choice.
In how I feel.
In what I believe.
In how I show up.
In who I become.
And now, I help other women find that choice too.
🌀 Who I Am (Beyond the Bio)
I am radically honest with myself.
Not fearless — but unafraid to face what I feel.
I’m grounded.
Curious.
Present.
Funny as hell, because laughter is holy to me.
I listen deeply.
I don’t flinch at your truth.
I don’t run from your pain.
People tell me they feel safe with me — because they are.
And I’m here to help you feel seen, heard, and fiercely supported
as you walk your own SoulQuest.
This isn’t just a membership.
It isn’t a course.
It isn’t content.
It’s a movement.
A remembering.
A homecoming.
And baby…
you are so ready.