Hana Esselink

POWERHOUSE GLOBAL MAGAZINE (PGMAG) INTERVIEW WITH:

HANA ESSELINK (HE)

PGMAG: Hana, welcome to today’s interview with Lady Anita.

HE: Thanks Anita, it’s great to be interviewed for an international audience, I appreciate the opportunity!

PGMAG: Please briefly introduce yourself.

HE: My name is Hana Esselink, I’m based in London in the UK and I am a spiritual and intuitive teacher and an Intuitive Soul Mentor. I use my clairvoyant skills, a gift I’ve had since I was 7-years-old, to help people unblock their challenges and move forwards in their lives with confidence.

I’m also an author and I have a background in Public Relations and Communications for 18 years.

PGMAG: As an intuitive and Spiritual mentor, what would you suggest to someone who is struggling to deal with past trauma?

HE: I think a lot of people struggle with trauma on some level, except maybe some aren’t aware of it. Once you start to develop self-awareness, your journey becomes one of healing and trusting the Universe/God, having more faith in yourself and your environment. This can take time and can be challenging, but ultimately it’s great to heal yourself and help others too, if you can.

My readings and sessions help people to understand and start to heal any negative programming, including traumas, which are not serving them. This gives them clarity, saves time and brings more focus and purpose into their lives. I love empowering people to be the best version of themselves and to help others achieve their goals around them too. As people release their pain or trauma, they obviously grow into their true self.

PGMAG: If you knew what you know now, what would you do differently?

HE: I wouldn’t waste my time with people who aren’t right for me, although there is always a lesson in that too! Time is a gift and really precious and one thing I’ve realised, is that it flies by way too quickly. Happy memories and love are so important, a lot of people have really learnt to remember those good times during lockdown.

PGMAG: Please tell us about your book (The Vanishing Café).

HE:

The Vanishing Café is a novel that was published a couple of years ago. It’s about a fictional café in Soho, London that is a mystical place. The café has an intriguing mix of quirky ‘regulars’ that help shape the beliefs and personality of Nina the narrator, after the death of her beloved grandmother.

Searching for answers beyond death, in the café Nina meets people who open her eyes to the world and to the worlds behind the world. After much soul searching, Nina finally finds the answers to difficult questions amidst the array of cafe goers, including the philosophical James, the enigmatic Buddhist Eric and the temperamental Brazilian cafe owner, Davla.

Their personal stories help Nina in her search for the 'truth' as she embarks on a magical journey through her imagination, brought to life in the café. Her questions about faith, life and death, mingled with the stories of everyday losses and joys, stir the café to provide answers in very unusual ways.

But when Nina returns to the café after a five year absence, she finds that it has closed down. The question remains whether the cafés’ red canopy truly shaded a doorway to higher consciousness or had it all just been her imagination?

PGMAG: As a woman, what is your message for those who are struggling with low selfesteem?

HE: Everyone can struggle with low self esteem from time to time, even the strongest people. The important thing is not to stay stuck in that place and recognise low self esteem for what it is, which is basically a place of continuing to be stuck for whatever reasons, not fulfilling your potential or moving on. It can be very challenging to come out of that place, as low self esteem can cripple you and make you feel like you will never change. I would say never give up, there is always hope and faith. For those of you who believe in the power of prayer, which is energetically a very high vibration and it doesn’t have to be religious either, pray for the right people or situations to show up in your life. Also keep looking for the answer, there will be one.

I come from a traumatic childhood in West London, and I had to learn how to heal myself through therapy and understand myself a lot better. This was a lonely process, yet all that healing has proven invaluable and has given me lots of positive experiences.

There are many layers to us and it can take time, so be patient with yourself and kind too. I know how my clients feel because I’ve been there.

PGMAG: What are the top three books that changed your life?

HE: I’ve read a lot and there are some great books I can recommend. I absolutely loved Ben Okri’s The Famished Road, I read that years ago and the descriptions of poverty and spirituality in the book are amazing, I remember crying at parts of it. Many people didn’t like the book, but it was a game changer for me because it showed two very different realms.

I also liked The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene, which is about a worldly priest, ‘the whisky priest’ on the run from persecution of clergymen in Mexico. As his own situation becomes worse whilst he is on the run, he begins to really cultivate compassion and humanity and understand what that means more than ever before.

The third book is Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman, which I read when I was much younger and loved instantly. It’s sold millions and rightly so! It’s the story of a man who meets an old man called Socrates at a gas station, and his life is changed forever. Essentially, it’s about his awakening into spirituality and travelling into realms of light and our own shadow and overcoming the limitations of the mind.

There are many more books I could recommend, but these will do for now!

PGMAG: What is your message for world leaders?

HE: I’m not sure that I specifically have a message for world leaders. Maybe something like listen more to the people, be fair to people and cultivate compassion and humanity more, it’s really needed at the moment. Also, to really help out with the mental health issue, which is huge world-wide challenge and has risen significantly more during lockdown. What practical measures can world leaders take to really educate communities and people and help them to feel happier and more fulfilled in their own lives? I realise this is a huge issue, but it does need to be tackled now more than ever before.

PGMAG: What are some of the things people look for when they engage in your services?

HE: People come to me because they feel stuck in an area of life, such as relationships and love, finances, career or emotionally. They want to move on and either heal what is keeping them stuck, or remove the challenge in one way or another. Emotions are a big deal and I love helping people to untangle their emotions and move forwards to lead lives that are more fulfilling.

My readings are great at picking up the challenges people have clairvoyantly, and the one to one sessions enlarge on this process and help people who are feeling isolated, lost in themselves and their direction in life and who blame themselves for a number of things. This is surprisingly common. I help people (mostly women) identify the blocks that they are experiencing and give them the tools to overcome it. This includes everything from how the past or present is affecting them from making money, to understanding their relationships and themselves better and other challenges too. Also, people want to grow spiritually and are looking for ways of protecting and maintaining their own energy daily. It’s amazing how a lot of what we think are our own thought processes are actually the thought forms and systems of our other people –

such as loved ones, spouses, cultural systems and so much more. Once someone knows how to separate that and be themselves, they are often much happier and start to follow their true path.

PGMAG: International women’s day is finally here. As a leader and a woman, what do you think are the roles of women in shaping the future of business?

HE: Women are essential in the role of shaping businesses in the future and now!

Sadly, many women are still much more underpaid and under-rated than their male counterparts. However, this is slowly changing. Many women are confident now more than ever before, entrepreneurial and believe in themselves and their own businesses as a way forward.

Lockdown has taught many of us to think differently, reflect deeper, talk to your Soul, so to speak. That’s when the true way forward can present itself. So don’t be afraid to follow that path.

As a visionary, I would say never give up. Sometimes it’s a real challenge, especially during these times, to believe that things can lift off the ground. Yet there is always a way, so just keep trying!

PGMAG: Finally, what would you say to your younger self?

HE: I would say a lot! Such as find a way to deal with your anger, be patient and kind to yourself, don’t burn all your bridges – that was a big one! Also, accept yourself for who you are, including the parts you don’t like. We are like that for a reason, find out what the reason is and then work on it, to heal, to clear, to let go and forgive, to love more or to transform.

Everything happens in it’s own time though, nothing can be forced and maybe my younger self wouldn’t have understood all this at that time!

PGMAG: It has been an absolute pleasure to have you as my guest – much appreciated! I would say a lot! Such as find a way to deal with your anger, be patient and kind to yourself, don’t burn all your bridges – that was a big one! Also, accept yourself for who you are, including the parts you don’t like. We are like that for a reason, find out what the reason is and then work on it, to heal, to clear, to let go and forgive, to love more or to transform.

HE: Thanks Anita, it’s been great to be interviewed.

PGMAG: Please share your links with us.

HE: You can visit my website and book in for a reading or a one to one Soul Mentoring session at www. inspiringmypath.com and you can email me directly at Hana@ inspiringmypath.com I’m also on LinkedIn and Twitter as my own name, Hana Esselink, so you can find me there.

I have also started a Facebook Community Page called Elevate Your Inner Self during lockdown and it is now helping a lot of people. It’s a free mastermind group, an awesome community of spiritually minded people, where I share tons of great content, such as guided meditations, that I write myself. Also live interviews with other spiritual leaders and my top tips for cleansing negative energy an achieving other spiritual goals. If anybody would like to join, the link is www.facebook.com/groups/ elevateyourinnerself