Today we’d like to introduce you to Hannah Lee Jones.
Hi Hannah, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today.
I’ve been a nomad for five years, traveling all over the desert southwest in my tiny house and minivan. Following a divorce in 2017, I decided I was ready for a change from living in my comfy home in the Pacific Northwest. I set out on a solo adventure starting in Moab.
I worked as a housekeeper for a glamping company, hiked in the red desert, and lived very simply out of an 11×5 tiny house with a kitchen and plumbing setup that most people would call strange and inconvenient. But it was the happiest time in my life: cutting away the fluff, testing myself against the elements, getting into lots of trouble, and learning what I was capable of. In the age of Sprinter vans and glamor travel, I enjoy showing others that a free and mobile lifestyle can be accessible to anyone.
The pandemic was one of the most social times in my life. People around the world started to turn to me, a nomad online, for the support they needed during isolation. I’ve been on a healing path from childhood trauma and have always been passionate about supporting others in navigating and healing their past wounds. In some ways, I became for others the thing I never got when I was growing up.
During my travels, I wrote a book of poems, WHEN I WAS THE WIND (June Road Press, 2023). It’s been winning a lot of recognition which has lifted me beyond my wildest dreams. I suspect the reason has something to do with the fact that it speaks to the wild seeker that exists in all of us.
I now live out of a stationary trailer casita in Silver City, New Mexico. Because my partner lives in Washington, I’ve been getting used to spending the summers up north where it’s cooler. My next dream is to hitchhike all 8 islands in the Hawaiian chain. I also want to eventually get to Mongolia to experience the nomadic life there.
Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Anything but: my mother and father, Korean immigrants, divorced when I was very little. My father left us and never stayed in touch.
My mother was a narcissist who worked hard to provide for her family but used every opportunity to shame, beat and diminish my brother and me if we didn’t serve her every need. This abuse worsened as I got older. Years of therapy and inner healing work have helped me get my life back but have cost me years of struggle and failed relationships.
What I have learned in my travels through life is that you can’t outrun pain. We might drown our difficult experiences in work or passion or substances, but the effects of trauma will always catch up to us. One of the privileges of a lifetime is facing what is difficult by drawing on our innate courage and creativity. I have been lucky to rediscover my freedom through travel and writing and helping others.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m a mentor and spiritual coach who guides others in living freer lives through authentic creative expression. Whether that’s through artistic means or acts of service, the goal is always to help people access and make choices from their instinctual and essential selves as opposed to the conditioned selves we’ve all been trained to be.
Perhaps more than anything I’m appreciated for my ability to listen and speak from my heart to the things people are experiencing. People often share that hearing my voice moves them to tears. They feel seen and understood, sometimes in ways that they’ve never been seen or understood their whole lives.
Much of my survival and healing has come from reading and writing, and so I’m privileged to share my knowledge with others through the video and written content that I post on my social media accounts. Because I believe that pain and love ask to be transformed, that’s what I do with mine, making something beautiful that speaks to people’s hearts and helps them to feel a little less alone in the world.
What matters most to you?
Trusting yourself and being true and authentic to who you are. In a culture that’s so saturated with memes, advice, and other kinds of noise, I think it’s harder than ever to remember that the source of wisdom is within us.
Pricing:
- $145 2-Hour Mentoring Session.
- $1600 for 3 months of personalized coaching.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.primalschool.org/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahwritten/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hannahwritten/
