Hi friends, Hannah here 👋

Every now and then, someone will look at my content and think:

They think talking about the corporate world in terms of “captivity,” “hostage situations,” and “being robbed of your soul” is a bit much.

But when you’ve been where I’ve been, and you’ve seen what I’ve seen, you develop a hyper-vigilant level of pattern recognition. And once you see the patterns, you can’t unsee them.

Before I built a business that allowed me to travel the world, before I coached 45,000+ other people to do the exact same thing, I was surviving a severe DV situation where my freedoms and community were entirely stripped. Statistically, it takes an average of seven attempts for someone to leave an abusive relationship. It took me five.

I used to joke that maybe that makes me a “high achiever” in the world of escaping abuse. Or maybe it just makes me a statistic of how brutally hard it is to break free when you are or feel trapped.

And then, I looked out at the normal, everyday 9-to-5 world… and the patterns were similar in some ways - not always, but prevalent enough, especially in corporate. I realized that we aren’t just subject to being trapped by individual people and circumstances. We can be trapped by a society that feeds on our fears, and a system that keeps us perpetually waiting for some “around the corner” milestone that is forever dangled just out of reach.

• You wait for the promotion.
• You wait for the title change.
• You wait for the perfect corporate window to have a baby or take a trip without ruining your track.
• You wait to live your dreams in retirement.

Meanwhile, it’s Sunday night. You have a literal, physical knot in your stomach - that heavy, acidic nausea because you know what tomorrow brings. You wake up Monday morning already exhausted, wondering how you’re going to mask your burnout for another five days.

No, not all 9-to-5s are a trap.

Some are with genuinely great employers who value their employees as humans, not as numbers. If you are in a job that you love, this is not to say quit and F the system entirely. But it is to say, what else do you desire, and what's in your way of bringing that to the surface?

....So when I say “what are you waiting for?” when talking about enrolling in the Virtual Excellence Academy, it’s not a sales tactic.

🫶 It’s me earnestly speaking to younger me, and hoping, in turn, to inspire as many as possible to do the things that set their soul on fire, to forge their own way in a world hellbent on having us conform to fit someone else's agenda. To arm themselves with a toolkit that builds resilience and longevity in an unstable job market.

To not have to seek permission for a goddamn bathroom break.

On average, we only get about 4,000 weeks alive on this planet.

4,000. That’s it. And I am so dramatic and passionate about this because I refuse to watch brilliant people hand those weeks over to a corporation that doesn't give two craps. This is your life.

It’s time to stop waiting. It’s time to be a high achiever when it comes to reclaiming your time, your peace, your artistry, and your human exuberance.

Now, is it always going to be easy building a business? No, absolutely not.

It takes real work, brick by brick. But you know what is a whole lot easier? Resting your head on the pillow at night knowing that you did your best for you, for your family, and for your own desires - not someone else’s agenda. Knowing you created the conditions that were best for you with the resources you have.

If you are ready to stop waiting for permission, stop looking at their corners, and start reclaiming your absolute sovereignty, I built a space specifically to help you do it with others who also want to do things differently, and for themselves.

📌 The Virtual Excellence Academy is officially open for enrollment right now.

This isn’t just about learning how to pitch clients or manage projects. This is the ultimate infrastructure and community for turning your skills into a stable, lasting freelance career that moves with you. It’s the exact roadmap to help you walk out of the building and return to being human, on your own terms.

You do not have to have a background like mine to have felt that knowing in your bones that how we live and work is often at odds with our natural selves. You can take control, and it can start right here. Together.

We only open the doors a few times a year, and we are officially live, but not for much longer.

​👉 Click here to join the Virtual Excellence Academy ​

Let's build a brighter future, together! The community, the courses, the events, the opportunities are all here, not around some "maybe some day" corner.

See you on the inside,

Hannah 💜

P.S. Enrollment in the Virtual Excellence Academy is now open. There are 27 of 50 available spots left. Learn more and enroll here.​ ​