Meet Hannah
Helping you reawaken the sweetness of life
I’m Hannah McKitrick, and my mission is to guide leaders back to a life they’re jealous of by tapping back into their joy, intuition, and the vibrant aliveness that comes from living in full alignment through “la dolce vita”. The process I teach changed my life from living an internal war to experiencing a euphoria I didn’t know existed.
For years I bounced between control, anxiety, chronic gut issues, and chaos. In 2012, after an excruciating Crohn’s flare-up, I began to heal from the inside out—using food as the vessel for wholeness. I learned how to “have my cake and eat it too” when it came to creating a health routine that encompassed my whole self – physically and emotionally.
After graduating with a degree in economics and psychology (and cycling through 4 too many corporate jobs that left me drained), I finally followed what lit me up the most. I moved to Southern Italy to earn my Master’s in Italian Cuisine, studied Eastern medicine and holistic nutrition in London, and trained in transformational coaching and psychic development.
I’ve lived on four continents, healed my gut, and built my dream business, but my favorite journey has been the 12 inches from my head to my heart. Life is so much easier and a hell of a lot more fun when you’re living in alignment with your heart!
I scaled my business to 6 figures in year 1 by doing the opposite of what society tells you to do. Instead of perfecting a funnel, I relentlessly followed my intuition and what felt the most exciting. This embodiment of La Dolce Vita is what continuously yields the most magical results in my life, and the most grounded inner peace I’ve known.
At the core of everything I do now is this beleif: joy is part of how your intuition speaks—and following it is the most strategic path to a life you’re truly obsessed with. Now I permission other leaders to lead from their own joy and internal truth so they can create a life they too are obsessed with, without the mainstream “shoulds”.
Dolce Vita Experiences
Permission to follow your joy
“Dolce Vita” translated literally means “sweet life”.
In 2017 I quit my corporate job and moved to southern Italy to follow my passion – culinary school. Here, I didn’t exactly learn to cook… I mean I did, but I learned most of what I know on Food Network. In Italy, I learned a way of being and living. A euphoria I didn’t know was even possible. The experience set the bar for how good life can be.
And I never wanted to forget that standard. So I got a tattoo on the back of my neck that says “Dolce Vita”.
On the outside, “sweet life” is a reminder that life gets to be fun…
On a deeper level, following your joy and living in the expression of “dolce vita” is how you lock step with your highest self and most aligned path.
Dolce Vita Experiences is a travel and wellbeing company that curates retreats, culinary experiences, and transformational coaching journeys for leaders, entrepreneurs, and seekers who want MORE – more joy, deeper alignment, magnetism, and a softer approach to their lives and work. Through immersive experiences, we help people shift out of the tireless hustle and into the enjoyment of life and intuitive success — the Dolce Vita way.
Dolce Vita Experiences creates this shift through experiential transformations that recondition joy back into your life (it’s not something you learn from your head, it’s something your body has to experience). This joy and “dolce vita” way of being realigns you to your highest self–the truth of who you are at your core–thereby magnetizing more synchronicities. Having fun is your most powerful strategy (and the one that is most easily conditioned out of you!)
Our retreats and experiences condition the fun BACK into your being so you can release the over-efforting and rewire your nervous system to embody more ease, vitality, and lightness that you were meant for.
Let’s never forget how sweet life can be.
What Dolce Vita Means to Us
The whole point of inner work is to have more fun, be more free, and feel more joy. We expedite this process by curating embodied experiences of JOY and FUN that entrain your entire nervous system to an elevated vibration. In the fun is the healing.
We don’t just teach your mind, we teach your body somatically. Our experiences allow you to learn by doing so that the information is stored in the body at a neurological level, allowing for faster recall and less conscious effort. Experiential learning is our starting point to shift your mental and physical well-being into an effortless “isness”. Our experiences help you feel in your bones just how sweet life is.
Joy isn’t just a desired outcome; it is the guiding path towards your deepest alignment. We call this your inner Joy Compass. If it’s not joyful, it’s time to shift or shed! If it is joyful, go do it. Repeat. Following joy is locking step with universal super intelligence; it is your power. When people feel good, they expand. Every experience we create is designed to rewire people back to pleasure, play, and presence as the fastest path to alignment and success.
We are hardwired to connect with others. Which is why we value creating safe and welcoming spaces where everyone can show up as their full, unfiltered selves to express and bond quickly.
“Life isn’t nearly as serious as the mind makes it out to be.” Let’s remember that, have some grace, and begin to learn how much better it feels to take things lightly. And smile. Don’t forget that.
Food, energy, relationships, purpose — everything is nourishment. We infuse every retreat, meal, and moment with intention to feed the whole self: body, mind, and spirit to create true harmony.
Ease is the new edge. We honor flow over force and guide individuals and teams to create from coherence rather than control.
Featured Interviews
Divorced Girl Smiling Podcast
Growth and Transformation: A Retreat I Attended on the Island of Samos in Greece
Prowess Project with Ashley Connell
Nourish to Flourish
Divorced Girl Smiling Podcast
Using Cooking as a Way to Heal After Divorce
Take Notes Podcast with Jen Rafferty
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