MY STORY
Becoming Hannah Maxim.
Who am I?
I am a lover of stars, sunsets, tacos and pinot noir. I am an empath, a mumma, Virgo sun, Capricorn rising, Gemini moon. My current life path has enabled me to take on incredible life experiences that have shaped me immensely. At 35, my “spiritual awakening” or “homecoming” kicked off, and the 2020 experience has resulted in me living and following my purpose and reconnecting with my soul.
I am an old soul; I am a star being. I am the kid who had a funny accent at school, with childhood stories that seemed unbelievable. I am the kid who was the gypsy. I am a 3KKid - growing up in a community within the PNG highlands.
I am a splenic projector, 3/6 line. Gene Key 6. Enneagram 7. I am an ENFP Campaigner - a big-picture thinker.
I am a transformational life coach, passionate about growth, health, and building communities of people that are soul-focused.
My mantra is to build, create, envision and live a beautiful life aligned to me. This is - sujiivana - सुजीवन - whether this is in business or, more importantly, the legacy to the cosmos.
Sujiivana is my galaxy of all the things I love.
The beautiful life coach is my coaching container - health and wellness, transformational personalised coaching, spiritual soul purpose, and a way to express my story.
So, my name is Hannah (a palindrome - meaning the grace of god (little g)) - the balance of yin and yang, an indepreneur.
My Journey of Discovery.
I was born Hannah Elizabeth Whittam, to a Splenic Projector (Leo) and a Generator (Gemini),
My journey has been nothing but hectic, living 20 lifetimes before I turned 18. My Soul journey has definitely been a baptism of fire and learnings for this 3/6 line (which is all about trying out life, making mistakes, wins and learning from it - rinse and repeat) - certainly we have done that.
From spending my first 7 years in a third-world country to the culture shock that was returning to the UK, a country, people, culture, climate that was so far removed from what I had ever known.
Experiencing tremendous loss and heart break from close friends passing in traumatic circumstances before I was 7, leaving behind a well-loved soul dog and a country that is literally tattooed on me like freckles.
Not fitting into life in the UK, my childhood was kept a secret because it was so weird and full on. My Parents glamourous job and the family breakdown as a teenager and the subsequent turmoil that insured from that moment.
Parental depression and suicide ideation, parental ptsd anger and trauma issues - the full works.
My own battle with addictions, a “hedionistic lifestyle” and the loss of a great friend at 21. Moving across the world solo to start fresh (was either going to end up dead or in prison) building a successful marketing career (but also living a life on the moto - “we could be dead tomorrow” and still expecting to be dead by 35 (I know exhausting right?)
But here we are - just turned 40 with a little Indigo Piceses firecracker 1/3 Emotional Manifestor. Building a coaching platform and doing the juggle of coaching, human design, marketing clients & raising small human, solo.
We can do hard things!
Leaving Corporate.
I have to be honest, I have attempted to leave the corporate work hustle world on at least 3 different occasions, and due to financial pressures ended up back in the mill and system.
In 2009, I had this aha moment, whilst I love the creation, strategy and process of marketing, launching huge campaigns, running events, and watching campaigns succeed (and some fail), the corporate machine wasn’t for me.
At that moment I started working on how to transition out, I began studying naturopathy, nutrition, and health sciences. I wanted a role where I could work and operate in the hours that best suited me. That aligned with my mission and vision - of a Beautiful Life - Sujiivana.
In 2016, after some major health challenges, a breast cancer scare, and the breakdown of a relationship, I was back in the same position - wanting to finish my naturopathy studies, and reviewing how, what, and why with everything. I was burnt out, my love of marketing was dead and my willingness to carry on as before was gone.
In the Scorpio season of 2021, I had finally come to the point that it was time to leave, I had a handful of coaching clients, I had graduated from the Dharma Coaching Institute, I was learning and studying Human Design, I was deepening my spiritual practice, I was studying hypnotherapy. I was in a place financially to begin to turn this drive into reality.
This time would be different - I went all in on me. I got into a relationship, and as that was dissolving I found out I had a little Star Indigo Beam on the way. And went back into corporate marketing for the duration of my pregnancy.
Creating My Beautiful Life.
Let’s be raw creating my beautiful life has its ups and downs and is an ever-evolving practice.
The seasons of my life have altered what I require for my beautiful life and what I have cultivated. As a single mother, this has also really morphed into what life looks like externally and internally behind closed doors.
At the moment my beautiful life consists of the following:
Slow mornings, healthy breakfasts, giggles, coffee and PJs.
Daily Activity - walking, stretching, (chasing after my small human)
Appreciating the little things - having children learning, everything from scratch, you appreciate watching the ducks swim, and the ants go about their busy days.
Reading, time in nature (we spend a lot of time at the park), being present.
Work is a frenetic flow - as a splenic projector, I have leant into my ability to get a lot of work done quickly and find a balance with building my financial future to support my small person.
My Values.
Integrity
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Connection
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Creativity
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Empowerment
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Fun
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Integrity 〰️ Connection 〰️ Creativity 〰️ Empowerment 〰️ Fun 〰️
My Vision.
A world where everyone can define, create, grow and build the most beautiful life aligned to them.
Taking a holistic view of the body, mind, spirit and cosmos.
Aligning to a world steeped in love, and compassion. From surviving to thriving.
My Mission.
To create a beautiful life - su-jii-vana - सुजीवन
I am passionate about people and believe everyone deserves to find their spark, live authentically and create a beautiful life.
To me, this is Sujiivana.
If you could create your beautiful life what would that look like?
FAQs.
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Hannah’s scope of practice is as a Transformational & Spiritual Dharma Life Coach. She is not a mental health facilitator. She works with individuals on a client-centered process to facilitate and empower the client to develop and achieve self-determined goals. She does not diagnose mental health issues, health conditions, injuries, provide treatment or advice for mental or physical health conditions.
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Hannah studied as part of the Dharma Coaching Institute (now called the Highest Self Institute) in the inaugral group of Spiritual Dharma Coaches.
She has studied Human Design under Amy Lea,
A life long learner Hannah has studied 100’s of hours training in Human Design, Breathwork, Meditation, Tarot, Yoga and somatic practices.