How I Overcame the Depression & Now Travel the World as a Digital Nomad

in #introduceyourself7 years ago (edited)

I'm really excited to be here! My friend Brie (@awakealiveaware) told me all about Steemit.

So who the hell am I?

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I'm Kelly Hanner a chick from the Midwest (Ohio to be exact) who was fucking lost a good majority of my life. Being raised in a racist, homophobic, right wing, bible thumping household where negativity was at every corner led me to be a really hurt & depressed person.

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That self hatred spiraled into anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating, smoking pot to fit in, drinking to make me more socialable, depression, extreme social anxiety & shyness, a habit of snorting Ritalin (because I liked the smell errr... because I would do anything to not feel), acting out, & having no fucking clue what I wanted to do a living, on the Van Wilder college plan. Zero self love. Driving my car into a tree is something I thought about a few times.

Flash forward to now. I'm a 30 year old self made entrepreneur, who's built a 6-figure income online by getting healthy- mind, body, & soul.

I found a new zest for life by diving into the world of personal development. I started flipping the script on the negative ass self talk that coursed through my head everyday for 24 years. While doing so, I documented most of my journey on FB (FB link in my bio) & Instagram (http://IG.com/kelly_hanner), and have built a hell of a following for being raw, real, a bit controversial, and sharing all the nitty gritty about pulling back all the layers of negative conditioned bullshit I learned from my family, social sphere, and the media.

Throughout this evolution I dropped out of college to start my own business online, got out of an almost 9 year relationship, got the hell out of Ohio & moved down to Florida (my first move ever in my life, and over 1,270 miles from home) where I lived on my own, enjoyed the single life, got into incredible shape, and became absolutely in love with life.

After my lease was up, I got rid of most my shit, became a minimalist and started a year and a half journey of traveling all over the world. I adventured, discovered myself, broke down social constructs, saw some crazy shit, developed a healthy relationship with plant medicine, manifested my boyfriend, and developed a lust for seeing the world through other cultures eyes.

As a digital nomad thanks to my freedom over my time, finances, and entire life, I've traveled all over the world including living in Hawaii for 3 months, Thailand, India, Nepal, Mexico, and Ecuador. This world of ours is an incredible place to see.

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Now that I am "settling down" (as much as you possibly can settle down an Aquarius) in California with my boyfriend Max (a former grower) for awhile while we debut a new item for the weed trimming industry, I'll be documenting all the crazy adventures from my travels, sharing how plant medicine has helped and continues to help me, taking my yoga practice & fitness seriously, sharing how to become more confident, the multiple ways one can build income online, and also how I'm detoxing my body after all of my travels while also sharing how to remove parasites, heavy metals, and such.

I'll be traveling here and there, but I won't be living out of a backpack anymore.

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Next trip is Bali. =D

I am so grateful for this life, because there was certainly a time where I imagined I wouldn't live let alone ever be happy. I want to share all of how I became who I am today with you.

So for the mean time, please follow me on FB & IG. If you ask to be my friend on FB message me to let me know you're from Steemit! I'll be launching a blog soon, but I plan on sharing a hell of a lot more content here on a Steemit.

I'd love to know what you'd like for me to share...

Overcoming self hatred
Going after your dreams
How to use plant medicine or what plant medicines I've used
Detox methods
Workout/health advice
Travel tips
Etc?

Please introduce yourself to me!

Thanks for checking me out, welcome to my page.

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👏🐻 Awesome intro post!!! I feel like I already know you having went thru some of the same life struggles! I am so glad you shared and I really look forward to reading more of your blogs! Keep posting quality like this and you will be a smash hit on here before you know it! 💓

💙 thank you so much. I appreciate hearing that. Do you talk on your page about what you e gone through that makes us have similar stories? 🙂 I'd love to hear more about your journey!

Your so welcome! In my intro post I touched on my adoption of a heath lifestyle and that I now believe in the power of positivity etc. I haven't yet delved into my history of depression and social anxiety or attempts to self medicate, however I plan to at some point soon. Like you I realized tho my past has been difficult that I have the power now to choose how I feel and when you love yourself it can transform everything in your life. I however have never been a digital nomad but would LOVE to be, haha... look forward to more of your journey as well! 💕💕💕

I look forward to seeing your future posts as you reveal more of your story. Posivity has been so helpful in my journey, when I discovered the Secret, my entire life changed for the better. I'm happy to hear you made it out on the other side of all of that. 💙

Omg to both of you lol @beartribune & @kellyhanner - Same here on similar stories, and just feeling drawn to your post.

I do not have the 6 figure business yet lol. But our upbringings are uncannily similar - what is it with small town America lol.

Following both of you now - and can't wait to read more!

I'm planning on going to Bali end of this year, and would love to see that. Welcome to steemit and I look forward to seeing some of your future adventures!

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Thank you for the support! Any idea where you'll be at in Bali?

I'm not sure. It's one of my friends 30th birthday and she'll be planning it. When are you going? I'd love to show her your post so she can reference it.

How awesome that she's spending her 30th in Bali! I spent my 30th in Nepal. 😁 I'm going next month! I'll be there for about 3 weeks.

Your welcome to this platform. Nice pictures Have fun.

Thank you. 🙂

Your welcome, please due make out time to visit my blog to read my recent and previous article on Steemit, the rich and the poor.

Welcome to Steem friend. Let's build this community! I left an upvote for you! Would be happy if you follow me for the latest tech news etc.

BTW and if you need help, you can always get back to me!

Nice to have you here at steemit, yes... cannabis:)

wooooo legalize it!

hellyeaa..lol I followed you, follow back if you may, cheers!

Just move to Amsterdam! love my city and very liberal.
inspiring story by the way

Haha, I'd LOVE to visit Amsterdam! It's a goal for sure. If it were more warm I'd consider living there!

Hi Kelly,

Your intro blog is great and scary to me as well, as it seems we shared similar experiences in our youth including the "lets drive real fast and slam into a tree to see what happens" thought process. Freee of all that now many years later i have a beautiful wife and 2 kids who are just awesome. I still lvie with general social anxiety and Dysthemia (among a few other things) but im happily content with life, just have to work on building up my cash flow as i always rejected wealth but now i have no problem with it haha.

It was nice to meet you and good to hear you have got a great balance on life and health. stay strong and power on!
regards
Shan the sound man

Thanks for the really personable response. Glad to hear you were able to overcome a lot of the stuff from your childhood, also happy to hear you've developed a more positive mindset with money... keep that going, and put some work in and that money will flow right to you. =)

Very nice to meet you, thanks for reading.

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