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I Escaped the 7/7 London Bombings… Then Went to Rehab with Hannah Lanel

Episode 101 Published 2 weeks ago

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Twenty one years ago, serial entrepreneur and wellbeing expert Hannah Lanel made a split second decision that saved her life.

On the morning of the 7/7 London bombings, Hannah was sitting on the Tube when she looked up and made eye contact with another passenger. An overwhelming sense of dread washed over her. She got up, ran off the train and left the station, despite the fact it wasn’t even her stop.

Hours later, she discovered she’d been sitting in the carriage where the deadliest of the London bombings took place. The man she’d made eye contact with was the bomber.

If she’d stayed on that train, she would almost certainly have been among those who lost their lives that morning.

What almost nobody knew at the time was that Hannah was secretly battling a crack addiction while running a successful business. To everyone around her, she appeared to have it all. Behind closed doors, she hadn’t slept for days, was falling apart and desperately needed something to change. That day became the catalyst for rebuilding her life.

Ellie sits down with Hannah to explore everything that followed, from addiction, ADHD and survivor’s guilt to entrepreneurship, nutrition, mental health and why she believes we’ve got the conversation around addiction completely wrong. They also discuss the realities of building businesses, overcoming trauma, the failures of the modern wellness industry and why connection, not shame, is often the key to lasting recovery.

Whether you’re interested in the 7/7 London bombings, addiction recovery, ADHD in women, mental health, trauma, entrepreneurship or nutrition, this is a conversation that will stay with you long after it ends.

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In this episode:

✔ Hannah’s miraculous escape from the 7/7 London bombings

✔ Crack addiction and recovery

✔ ADHD diagnosis later in life

✔ Survivor’s guilt and PTSD

✔ Entrepreneurship and resilience

✔ Nutrition and wellbeing

✔ The psychology of addiction

✔ The wellness industry

✔ Rebuilding after trauma

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