Hello!
I’m Kelly.
I’ve evolved through so many versions of myself, where should I start?
I grew up in a time where you were teased for being heavier, not celebrated. I just about tried and tested every eating disorder in effort to be thin, feel good about myself, and to be liked.
It was in my mid twenties that I discovered that I didn’t want to just be skinny, more so I wanted to be healthy, making being a thriving individual my goal as I realized that what I was really needing wasn’t a quick fix but a complete lifestyle change. The major catalyst to this new way of looking at health was witnessing my father have a heart attack.
It’s through this new dedication that I started a fitness business, where I dropped out of college while pursuing a degree in environmental science (after I had received an associates degree in dietetic technology) to make the business my Plan A, not giving myself an option for a Plan B.
I rose to the top of my business, at one point being within the top .01%, all before the age of 30.
I’m fortunate enough to say, that for most of my working life, I’ve worked for myself, making my own schedule, not waking up to an alarm, being my own boss with multiple streams of income. I was working remotely before working remotely was in.
This allowed me a certain level of freedom I am grateful for as well as a newfound confidence in myself. The kind of confidence that helped me to end an almost 9 year relationship I was heavily committed to, allowing me to move states away to live on my own and eventually solo travel different locations in the world.
All the while, through openly sharing my transformation evolving through fitness, explorations of being single and living in a new place, unlearning a lot, exploring psychedelics and being an advocate for them, breaking familial patterns that no longer served me, traveling the world, and venturing into self sufficiency and being a sovereign, wild woman that I amassed a large following on social media.
While through my later years on social media, I became more outspoken on hot button topics that deviated from the cultural norm meanwhile sharing my message through tasteful nude photos. “Come for the ass, stay for the brain” became my way of getting someone to stop their scroll and possibly take the time to consider alternate views. It was through this stage of outspokenness for being a more self sufficient sovereign being that Instagram removed my account @Kelly_Hanner with over 46k followers, 10 years of content as well as a public journal of my life. After a year of it being down, Instagram reinstated my account except it had been scrubbed clean of my content and following.
I tried to share content to my reinstated account although it seemed like everything I shared went against community standards. I stepped away from being a content creator for a year while I focused on the incredible real life I’ve built for myself. Being removed was a gift because it gave me the space to become even more passionate about homesteading, and has given me new content, ideas, and musings to share.
Which is why I’m here.
I have missed writing, turning people onto new ways of thinking and doing.
So I’m utilizing this space, a place that can’t be taken away from me, a place I can control.
I’m thrilled to share with you what I’ve learned about raising rabbits, self sustainability, farming, and all of my musings on society.
Thanks for being here with me,