If your heart is nudging you toward change

Dear friends,

Sometimes I get this feeling — a glowing desire like Alice catching sight of the White Rabbit and knowing she has no choice but to follow.

A friend recently described me as guileless after attending a group I facilitated. I felt seen for something I’ve often misunderstood: this part of me that innocently believes that whatever feels authentic must be good and worth sharing. For years I feared that meant I was naive. Now I’m learning to recognize it as one of my gifts.

That wide-eyed exuberance is here again as I take steps toward going to India in just five weeks… even though I’m not sure how I’ll pay for it.

I’ve followed this current before.

In 2020, I practically begged someone to become my business partner — someone brilliant, but also deeply struggling. I was so excited for what we might create together I could hardly sleep. And from the very first day she arrived in New Orleans, it became one of the hardest periods of my life.

After six excruciating months and days spent lying on the ground to recover, I finally saw the truth: I was the business partner I had been waiting for all along.

Once I claimed that, everything changed. I hired a small, reliable team, and the clients I’d dreamed of began to call. Those challenges had been a strange kind of training.

And then there was my first trip to India in January 2024 — when, in the middle of retreat and on my 39th birthday, I learned our biggest client was pulling out. That moment began the domino effect that led me to close my business and step into a far more aligned life in Philadelphia.

So yes — I have a lot of faith in joyful exuberance.  

Innocently following my intuition has also led me to experiences that have been unmistakably wonderful — like finding the apartment of my dreams and soul-aligned friendships in a neighborhood I knew almost nothing about before I signed a lease — but I share the above examples because I have needed the reminder that it’s safe to trust my dreams, even when life feels difficult.  

Leaping toward India again, with no guarantee the path will unfold cleanly, is fueling me to share myself more honestly than ever. It’s also bringing up deeper layers of fear, shame, and doubt. Thankfully, years of practice remind me that meeting these places is part of transforming my life for the better.

Trusting Life and going all-in on desire is the fastest way I know to wake up.

It isn’t always easy. Sometimes it will break you open in ways you never signed up for. But it will shape you into the person you know, deep inside, you’re here to become.

Whether or not you run toward life-altering challenges like I do, Life will initiate you. And when it does, I hope you have good support.

There is no way I would have made it through these turning points — let alone found myself living a more aligned life — without a skilled coach helping me reconnect with my own inner wisdom week after week.

So I wonder:

Where is your innocence guiding you these days? What desire is tugging at your sleeve?

If you — or someone you know — are stepping into a big transition or navigating a challenge you didn’t expect, I would be honored to walk with you.

If you choose to work with me during this season, your support will help me make this next leap — and the insights I bring back from India will directly serve our work together.

You can join me by purchasing a workshop ticket, a coaching package, or contributing here: https://fnd.us/send-Hannah-to-India

Thank you for being part of this wild, holy journey with me.

With love and gratitude,

Hannah

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