"There is much we can learn from a friend who happens to be a horse." - Aleksandra Layland

Welcome to Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart is about Natural Leadership—a beautiful model that can help humans balance their over reliance on thought and language with their often dormant animal instincts.

When we awaken our innate skills like awareness and attunement, we have access to more of our power. We can move through our challenges with more confidence, embrace what we truly desire, and build more authentic relationships.

Natural Leadership is inspired by the way horses live together in herds, and there’s so much to learn!

Wild at Heart is also about a horse girl (me) and everything that feels so important to her right now—reclaiming the wildness and wisdom of our animal bodies, slowing down, reconnecting to ourselves and the wider world around us, and doing more of what brings us alive.

Sounds good, huh?

What to Expect

I’m just a girl (in the world 🎶) with a business to run and kids to feed and horses to water… so you can expect to hear from me about once a month.

You’ll receive posts in your inbox, but for a little more fun, get the Substack app. There’s some cool stuff happening there!

In addition to my written posts, I’ll be hosting a monthly, paid zoom call for the community. There will be a guided meditation, a short lesson on Natural Leadership, and some time for self-reflection. I’m also a Human Design nerd, so we can chat about how to apply that to our lives, too. I’ll send you the link to sign up.

Hi, I’m Hannah. 👋🏼

I’m a seeker and a striver. A multi-passionate, mostly-confused human. A dreamer. I feel a lot and worry a lot (climate crisis, anyone?) and when I’m at my worst, it’s usually because I’m overworked, screen addicted, and starved for nature.

You, too?

I want a place to explore all the ways we can slow down, reconnect to ourselves when we get off balance, and fill our lives with more of what we love.

My hope is that folks will join me away from mainstream social media for genuine conversations about all of the above.

In Wild at Heart, there will be stories and dreams and horse wisdom and all the things that make life more beautiful. And fun!

My Horse Journey

I was born a horse girl, but life had other plans until right before my 30th birthday…

My mom’s new partner was a bonafide cowboy, and when he put me up on his favorite horse, Mooney, the shit-eating grin on my face sealed the deal. I started riding lessons the next week, and within a few months, I had a horse of my own—a mustang named Takota.

And that was only the beginning…

I didn’t just learn to ride. I read an article in Oprah magazine about equine assisted coaching (who knew?!), and it wasn’t a hot minute before I was in training to become a coach myself.

Since then, I’ve had revelations in round pens in both northern and southern California, the Arizona desert, Texas, Missouri, the mountains of North Carolina, Washington, and of course my home sweet home in the hills of Arkansas.

I don’t even care about sounding cliché when I say that my life will never be the same because of my four-legged friends and the Natural Leadership model.

Horses have taught me to live with more freedom, perspective, sensitivity, resilience, and dare I say, delight. There’s nothing like watching one fly across the field just because they feel like kicking their heels up!

Join the Wild at Heart Herd

In honor of all the horses (but especially my wild one, Takota) who’ve stood beside me, supported me, and catalyzed something new and beautiful in my life, welcome to Wild at Heart.

When you subscribe, know that I'll be waving furiously from the Ozark Mountains, to wherever you are in the world, thrilled you’ve joined the herd.

Happy to have you along for the ride!