I’ve spent much of my life chasing freedom—traveling the world, seeking adventure, surviving the unimaginable, falling in love, losing myself, finding myself, and collecting strange and wonderful stories along the way.
But it’s the way I see those experiences that shapes my writing. I’m always looking beneath the surface—for meaning, connection, synchronicity, humor, wonder, and the magic hiding in plain sight.
Through memoirs and essays, I share what I find in hopes of inspiring you to look at your own life a little differently, trust what you know, believe in yourself, and remember who you are.
Hi, I'm Renee
I believe every one of us enters this world whole, wild, curious, and deeply connected to who we are. Then life happens.
We experience heartbreak. Loss. Conditioning. Expectations. Relationships that ask us to become someone smaller. Sometimes we lose ourselves all at once. More often, we lose ourselves one quiet compromise at a time.
For years, I thought my story was about surviving a spiritual cult.
Then I thought it was about extraordinary adventures around the world. More recently, I believed it was about love.
Now I understand that every chapter of my life has been exploring the same question:
The Question That Changed Everything
How do we return to ourselves?
And now for the “Expert Bio” written in the third person (because, why not?)
Renee Linnell is an author, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and lifelong adventurer. She has been featured on *The Today Show*, BBC, NBC, NPR, and numerous other media outlets. Before becoming a writer, she traveled the world as a surf model, danced tango professionally, earned an MBA from New York University, and founded or cofounded six wildly different businesses—from tango shoes and dance companies to fitness, fashion, tech, and publishing. Through her writing and speaking, Renee explores freedom, self-trust, and what it means to return to who we were before the world told us who to be.
Expertise and Mission
your difference is your destiny.
—not because I have all the answers, but because I've spent my life following that same pull.
If my stories have taught me anything, it's this:
The greatest adventure isn't traveling the world.
It isn't surviving impossible things.
It isn't finding "the one."
It's having the courage to become the most authentic expression of who you already are.
My job is to remind you that
I’m so glad you’re here.
Today I write memoirs and essays for people who feel that quiet pull toward a bigger, truer life
