Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Hannah Logan. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Alright, Hannah thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Was there a moment in your career that meaningfully altered your trajectory? If so, we’d love to hear the backstory.
Honestly, I don’t think of life in terms of singular “defining moments.” Maybe because my memory is a bit challenged regarding such things. I’m like, “Wait, did I date him, or did we play a married couple in something?” I could have easily been defined as an actor, done nothing else.
I got my SAG card my first month in L.A., but my confidence wasn’t as big as my talent or opportunities. I explored other creative gifts, at the time a clever way to hide myself away. I was in a period of using my headshots as coasters, and this very working actor I was dating said, “Ya gotta focus on just acting. You can’t be scattered.” (When you can act, write, direct, and produce but have no money, it’s called scattered. If you do that with money and marketing, it’s called an Oscar.)
My life and work have had many side trips, but it has been made clear to me this journey is meant to be a sacred, eclectic buffet, not “I always have number 2.” Like anyone, I struggle with my ego insisting on “how things should be,” but thinking we “must have this to be happy” blocks the potential joy our Soul Self tries to bring us, which is never for the self alone. But here’s a little ironic tidbit… ya know what the definition of definition is? The exact meaning of a word. But nearly every word has more than one definition, ergo… NOT exact. So, even definition can’t define itself.
Our need to put labels on everything keeps us from our greatest gift - a life full of the new and as-yet-undefined. We don’t even define things by our own experiences anymore. Celebrities, institutions, and social media tell us what things mean, so we can’t have a pure experience of them. We don’t even recognize when old things are regurgitated and labeled new. We’re trained to maintain the status quo while meme’d to death to “be an individual” (which, of course, will require purchasing the advertised product “everyone must have!”). Even familiar experiences carry the potential for newness.
Take, for example, Max, the sweetest of doggies, who peed right next to my foot once outside today so the sprinkle on my foot could remind me not to wait so long to take him out to pee. This was a bold new move for him and an important reminder for this workaholic.
So, Hannah, what, if anything, do you think does define us… or you?
Ultimately, perception defines us, because it determines our thoughts, words, and deeds. That makes us who we are and reveals our commitment to our own Divinity. Seeing everyone as a “potential client” makes me a taker. Those who see difference as a threat fear losing power. But if I believe in my Divinity and yours, I seek connection, not conflict, and I ask different questions. Am I living in Truth and integrity? Am I actively healing my wounds so I can tap into something greater and be of service to humanity? Am I emptying the recycling bin in a timely fashion? Trust me, this kind of thing can be defining, if you forget enough.
What is your perspective now from this vantage point?
Nothing could have prepared me for what I’m doing today. It’s a mighty “Skittle”-icious “Taste the Rainbow” conflation of a million inexplicable experiences and lessons from crazy-a*s suffering. A spiritual awakening thirty years in the making has culminated in the return of spiritual gifts that have taken my creative purpose to new heights. What defines Hannah became even less definable when intuitive and medium were added to my resumé. My creativity and call to collaborate with changemakers have been amplified. Needless to say, this has radically shifted my perspective and perception of many things. I had no intention of doing this - becoming a professional intuitive/medium and spiritual advisor - certainly not in the South.
Sounds intense. What tools have you used to navigate that?
I tried to run away. Ha! But then gave readings for free, in private. Then affirmative prayer led me to Bliss Co-op (https://blissspiritualco-op.org), a space where I could push my beliefs about what I was capable of. Spirit kicked my a*s. It was like, “We’re doin’ this. We need you. Get onboard, girl.” Then I remembered the way everyone else does things has never been my jam, so why was I suddenly hiding or trying to be “normal,” when so-called normal was being represented pretty poorly anyway?
Truthfully, I had no choice except to abandon myself to a new level in a spiritual awakening I had grandiosely assumed was complete. I got curious. Dug wide and deep. And I wrote. I wrote A LOT. Most of it I can’t even call mine, but you can buy the book.
When I think how small I made God it’s embarrassing… and not helpful, even hurtful. Talked to my inner kids, too. That’s a whole other interview.
Then I gained a new friend in longtime medium Suzanne Suprabha (https://envelopesofgod.com), who acknowledged my gifts and told me to get my butt in gear. She referred clients to me when her calendar was too full. Helping more people gave me more confidence in the gifts I was given.
I came here almost four years ago to regroup after a challenging life event. Charleston was NOT feelin’ me. I blew through my savings looking for stable work, let go of longtime friends as I acclimated to a new self that wasn’t for everyone, and have lived with all my belongings in storage two thousand miles away in California while I adjusting to a whole new way of being in the world. It’s taken time and effort. I found myself scraping old trauma barnacles off the hull of my soul ship after this secret-filled city hit me like a hurricane. It poured salt in a God wound I thought I had healed. (In my humble opinion, this Holy City, bless her, could do with a good grief counselor. Not a judgment - I want to help heal it, however I am led.)
A few people held my hand through some truly dark days and through the undeniable, miraculous, and “woo woo” things I needed witnesses for. I have hundreds of recordings reminding me of what I know is true, reaffirming my Why. Most people don’t know their why. Many live in default mode without questioning their thoughts, beliefs, or actions: “That’s what I was taught,” or “That’s how everyone does it.” Four years ago, clairaudiently, I heard, “You will see beyond sight, hear beyond sound, know beyond common knowledge.” In my naivete, I was like, “Sounds fun.” It went beyond alright. And I promise you, “fun” is as insufficient a word for this experience as “God” is for that infinite thing from which we and all things emanate.
Coming out of the closet with these gifts was hard. Someone once told me, with so much disdain, that I didn’t know “real Jesus,” that the church I visited wasn’t a “real church.” I was more sad for her than offended, but it confirmed the trauma I felt when I arrived. The Infinite is gonna use ALL its tools to guide us home if we’re lost, don’tchya think?
I mean, speaking of dogs, someone recently lost one, and I saw full-color posters on every block, even in store windows downtown. But we’re supposed to believe the thing that birthed universes is only communicating one way, on one block? Makes no sense. All kinds of weird shit comes my way to show folks: “You are not alone! Be not afraid.” Oh, great. Someone won’t believe me because I said Jesus and shit in the same interview. (Shrug.) Screw it. I know why I am here. For the record, the only curse word I ever heard my grandmother say was shit - right after I broke something valuable of her mother’s who had passed. Took her just five minutes alone in the bathroom to pull herself together, come out, then comfort and purely forgive me, cuz I was a wreck.
Now… is that a story about cursing or forgiveness? See my point? Perception defines.
So, has this perspective shift clarified what you plan to do next here in Charleston? Is what you offer changing?
I’ve been guided to UNdefine what’s been poorly defined. To encourage curiosity. To help people create things that defy old definitions. We have new problems and a planet that needs new solutions. My clair-coaching clients are writing a new history for our future. They’re letting go of old ideas, innovating, creating new forms of art, and raising families in whole new ways. Clair-coaching is the organic integration of my Truthful Creative coaching and Be InTRUitive readings. Trust me, I have PLENTY of clients mad as hell, wanting to wear me out with stories of who done what. They want to be right, like all of us humans. Drinking the poison of self-righteousness makes us miserable - but it tastes like honey and feels like we’re guzzling from The Holy Grail, especially when we have an audience.
What’s the antidote?
A Why that is not all about you can stop that cycle of attack and defend. Also, once you experience the Truth inside you, tolerance for “that which does not align” evaporates. Plus, your Spirit team gets bossier. They’re all, “Ahem, does binge-watching FOUR HOURS of Severance align with your why, Hannah?” Turns out no. In my defense, that show is a great example of truthful creativity and demonstrates the catastrophic effects of abdicating one’s inner knowing. It also reflects what I see over and over - that misalignments can all serve as part of our divine refinement if we show up for it.
All my missteps clarified my Divine Why. And each miraculous moment I get to witness nurtures more of my curiosity and commitment to connection and collaboration… ooooh, good tagline. Wish the journey was as easy as good taglines, but I guess that’s why folks like me are needed. I’m passionate about helping people live from their highest selves, because the disconnect has put the world in crisis. I’ll keep creating and collaborating with others who want to uplift humanity, because I was given a clear mission - to heal myself and help those who are ready, to inspire truthful creativity, and to elevate humanity’s consciousness by sharing my gifts from a place of joy and humor… while sometimes using funny voices. Okay, the use of funny voices wasn’t a direct instruction from my guides, but I don’t charge extra for them and no one has complained.
Cuz Lord knows… we need some laughs, y’all!
Hannah, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
Ever had a book literally fall off a shelf and open to exactly the message you needed? That’s kinda how it started, except I was meditating and The Still Small Voice said, go grab a book. I see numbers, symbols, art, random phrases, get divine winks from the universe and I know what they mean. But more than that I have never felt such love… inside jokes that no one, not my longest-time friends, would even get. Every time the miracles come I say again, “This is not a theory, nor made up. This is what is missing… people KNOWING, EXPERIENCING.” Then I imagine all the angels us watching through a kind of two-way glass shaking their heads,”Are they listening… AT. ALL.?”
Spirit tells me what I do is clairsalience — the most important, relevant truths pop out, like neon signs from the cosmos… all the clairs are used, from everywhere.
In a single reading, Jesus might hit me with a Bible verse, then I’ll have the number eight pop off a piece of mail and know it stands for the Eight of Cups tarot card (which I’ll have to look up). My headphones may slip, registering “slip of the tongue,” right as a Katy Perry song blasts through the window. I’ll see her big blue eyes in my head, then hear “Old Blue Eyes” and know the passed loved one liked Sinatra, was older, and/or had blue eyes. Or see a bag of potatoes and know someone in grief just lost their Dad who was a farmer. I can also see what blocks people and guide them to what their soul really already knows, but needs to be reminded of. Better though, I help people connect and stay connected to the part of themselves that remembers they are not alone, that they come from an Infinite Source meant to be used and effective here.
Salient, from the root salir, means “to leap out.” That which is needed leaps out. EVERYONE has this gift. The gratitude clients have for the irrefutable messages they receive from loved ones on the other side is incredible. I can’t even describe the feeling of watching someone’s hope reignite after they’d lost all faith - because I was able to offer clear, personal evidence of love and support from their spiritual team. I get teary in a lot of readings. Those moments of usefulness, feeling the certainty of divine alignment… it’s everything.
I didn’t train for this; I remembered it through deep meditation, a lifetime of curiosity, and a passion to know what I knew was beyond what I was told, an ache for The Infinite Mystery I guess.
Sure, I’m an intuitive, medium, and spiritual coach, with a hearty resumé as a creative and community collaborator, but my work isn’t about telling fortunes or “fixing” people’s problems. The All That Is has told me they are not in the “problem-solving” business as much as getting us to LIVE IN THE SOLUTION business.
My goal in readings, coaching, and collaborations is to guide people to recognize their own divine gifts, cut through fear-based illusions, and step into their truest, most powerful selves, so we can elevate humanity and stop harming ourselves and each other. What that looks like in their lives is an organic positive transformation of everything.
Fear, anger, resentment, and mistaken beliefs have blocked so much of humanity’s infinite potential. But I am certain it’s never too late to make some miracles.
And if someone “just” wants to create miracles in audition or their script, learn to write, or discover a radical new way to approach their business or branding… yeah, I still do that, but now I know I got extra back-up.
We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
Only one? Hmmm. Let me think. One is, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.”
I learned the only people who say this are lazy and/or those benefiting from something that is “not broke,” but in need of betterment, staying “as is.” Often, such pithy aphorism-slingers would rather put discount paint on so-called “unbroke” things and pretend their new.
The largest, most successful creative collaborations I ever conceived (Theatre is the Cure , Say Their Names Hear Their Voices, That 24-Hour Thing), many using the talents of hundreds of artists, were created because I saw something “not broken,” but done poorly. Poorly done because someone had an idea, but little vision. That may sound harsh but you can tell when someone has vision. There is a crackle in the air that goes beyond the person running the show. There is an underlying feeling of “We’re in this together. Let’s do this!” It’s different.
And, frankly, many things may not be “broke” but are being held together by duct tape and epoxy with fumes so toxic you can hardly get close enough to fix them. Should still try though.
My former partner, still-friend, and co-producer-of-many-wonderful-things (www.logansquaredproductions.com) used to say, “Why don’t you have any small ideas?” At the time I think I said, “Because they don’t come that way.”
But I think now I might say that one lesson I learned unconsciously and mistakenly (from others who I believe learned it the same way) was that all the lessons had already been learned. God is already known. Here are your lessons on that. The lessons of business are known. Here is that handbook. Wait… how to win friends and — … there ya go… you WILL need to know how to manipulate them in order to sell to them after winning them over… different book. Ah! And since you’re a woman, here is the recently added addendum. You’re welcome.
My job was not to learn NEW lessons, as it seemed there were none… cuz “it ain’t broke.”
This seemed to have triggered a kind of soul call to learn new things… then teach them, to activate people’s curiosity.
Secretly, I think I was a neuroscientist in another life.
Other people’s experience CAN be relevant, of course, if it works for YOU, if it makes things better when put to the test. ALWAYS consider the source. Does that person have the experience you want? What other people think is rarely relevant, unless it is being used as a barometer to test your experience. And always ask… WHY do I care what they think?
What is always relevant is your own experience.
But here is the thing about YOUR experience in terms of “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” Ya gotta know when something IS broke in you, or rather unhealed, skewed, needs a tune-up, etc. Otherwise, your experience isn’t pure and will poison your perception, intuition, and ultimately, your choices… so, they will not be worth any more than folks who think unbroke things don’t need fixin’.
Are there any books, videos, essays or other resources that have significantly impacted your management and entrepreneurial thinking and philosophy?
Every human, and definitely every business person, should read How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci. (AND do the exercises.) Once you remove the useless, stuck thinking from your thinking, then maybe pick up any book by David Hawkins. Start with Power vs. Force. Sip, don’t guzzle. Both are life-changing, especially if you have been thinking you know everything already… or that anything knew you learn must be firmly and tidily placed upon the nice little foundation of that which you already know.
These books do a few things. They build tolerance for flux and certainty and smash the illusion of permanence or that things are supposed to stay the same, But at the same time they bring home the power of both participation AND letting go in this game called living, and just how much the quality, not just the quantity, of our efforts, affects outcomes.
And both prove that it is a connection to a Greater Something that creates genius, and subsequently the most positive leaps in technology, art, industry, etc., and, more importantly, that genius is not exclusive to those we have labeled geniuses.
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All collages and designs, as well as the Be InTRUitive logo, were created by Hannah Logan.
All other logos within designs/collages were created by Ron Logan.
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Hannah Logan
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