Mediator, meditator, speaker, author, mom.

Vanessa Linsey is passionate about helping people get unstuck. As a family mediator, she facilitates productive conversations between couples, during which they design a kickass relationship, figure out how to break free from gridlock, or dissolve their marriage with integrity and collaboration.

In addition to being a founder of Modern Family Mediation, Vanessa served on staff at MWI, one of the country's top mediation firms headquartered in Downtown Boston.

Vanessa earned her certificate in Professional Mediation at Cornell University's ILR School where she is honored to be a member of Cornell's mediator panel. She has completed multiple advanced trainings in divorce, elder, and juvenile mediation. Vanessa is also a certified Prepare/Enrich "Building Strong Marriages" facilitator.

Before becoming a mediator, Vanessa introduced meditation and mindful communication practices to many thousands of people. She became "the Boston Buddha's" very first certified meditation teacher in 2008 and is a graduate of University of Massachusetts’ Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Practicum and Kripalu’s RISE to Resilience program. In 2015, Vanessa co-founded Chrysalis Meditation Center in Winchester, Massachusetts and published a prescriptive memoir, Metta Mom: A Mindful Guide to Managing Your Mood & Your Brood.

When she's not helping families, this mindful mother and step-mother of seven can be found at home in Massachusetts telling Alexa to play songs by Waxahatchee and begging her teenage children to hang out with her.