Hannah Ciordas is a writer, therapist & breathwork facilitator focused on integrating spirituality alongside the modern realities of relationships, mental health and wellbeing. She is the founder of Meeting Myself Again, an online community where over 100k wise minds gather to notice patterns, practice conscious communication, and get honest.

Hannah is especially passionate about supporting individuals in developing a spirituality that is Self-led, and oriented around principles like freedom, forgiveness, and trust.

Hannah is endlessly curious about how difficult conversations can be a door for connection. Hannah’s work first went viral two years ago when she began advocating for less binary, more nuanced approaches to conflict and ideological polarization.

Hannah is a registered social worker and therapist. She is in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. Hannah’s work as a writer is separate and distinct from her work as a therapist.

Education

Hannah studied philosophy, classics, and social sciences through the Foundation Year Programme (FYP) at the University of King’s College, Halifax. After reading Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” during FYP, Hannah went on to pursue an undergraduate specialization in Women’s Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. Hannah then completed a Master of Social Work at York University.

Hannah’s graduate-level research focused on moral righteousness and how the feeling of “I am right” impacts relationships, social movements and connection.

Hannah’s thesis was an auto-ethnography entitled Something About Righteousness: Unravelling social justice dogma and orthodoxy as a barrier to collective mobilization, transformation, and healing (2022). Hannah completed an independent study project in undergrad entitled The Stories We’re Scared to Tell: Grieving and Healing Through First Person Narrative (2018). She went on to publish a poetry chapbook entitled BodyHouse (2018) as a result of this project.

Prior to university, Hannah attended Etobicoke School of The Arts in Toronto where her love for creative arts was nourished.

Approach

Hannah has completed the following trainings:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) Online Circle with the Internal Family Systems Institute (2023 - 2024)

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Externship with ICEEFT certified EFT Trainer Ryan Rana (PhD, LMFT, LPC) at Arkansas EFT Center (2022)

• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) with Elisha Van Harte, MSW, RSW at Wilfrid Laurier University (2022)

• Advanced Narrative Therapy with Stephen Madigan (MSW, MSc, PhD) and David Nylund (PhD, LCSW) from The Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy (2021)

• Narrative Practice from The Dulwich Centre (2021)

• Trauma-Informed Practice with Alyson Quinn (MSW) and Robbie Ruddell (M.A., RCC) at The Trauma Informed Practice Institute (2020)

• Trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT) from The Medical University of South Carolina (2020)

• Grief Literacy with Rachelle Bensoussan (M.A., CT) and Michelle Williams (MSW, RSW) at Being Here, Human (2019)

Awards & Scholarships

Hannah has received a number of awards and scholarships for her writing and research including: The Lillian S. Robinson Memorial Scholarship in Women’s Studies (2017), The Simone de Beauvoir Institute Scholarship (2018), The Workshops in Social Science Research Scholarship (2018), The Réseau Québécois en Etudes Féministes Excellence Scholarship (2018), The York Graduate Scholarship (2019-2021), The York Graduate Fellowship (2019-2021) and The Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC) (2021-2022).

Work History

Hannah has historically worked within the system. Prior to pursuing independent work, Hannah was a Domestic Violence (DV) Therapist. Hannah worked with clients at high-risk for homicide. Hannah’s work involved providing pro-bono therapy on a weekly or bi-weekly basis to victims and survivors. It was through her work in the DV sector that Hannah discovered meditation was an extraordinary tool for deeper self-understanding, nervous system regulation, and provoking change—even with individuals crossing the most difficult thresholds of their life. Hannah’s work with meditation within the system informed her movement to work outside of the system, with a focus on meditation, breathwork and spirituality for healing.