Opening up.

Former Bachelorette Hannah Brown just moved to Nashville with her boyfriend Adam Woolard.

As she enters this exciting new chapter, the Bachelor Nation star sat down with Composure Magazine for an exclusive interview.

During the chat, Hannah revealed what advice she’d give her younger self if she had the opportunity to do so.

Hannah said, “I guess in my biggest, wildest dreams, I did dream of being on TV in some capacity. My favorite thing to watch on TV was morning talk shows and the Ellen and Oprah show in the afternoon after school. However, I think I began to believe my dreams were too out of reach.”

The former Bachelorette said how she ended up on our screens was extremely unexpected and not what she had originally envisioned for herself.

She said, “I just kept going through the doors that were opening for me — even though I had no idea what I was getting into! So, if I could speak to my younger self, I would tell her to pursue those wildest big dreams with conviction. To not get stuck in doing what it is you think you should or have to do. There is such a big world full of all the things that you maybe can’t see in those around you but that you feel within yourself.”

What great advice!

Hannah also shared how her quick rise to fame would sometimes shock even herself.

She said, “It all happened so fast that I don’t think I really knew the magnitude of what was going on! All these things happened (and more!) within a year or so. I have little blurbs of memories before going out on these big stages, and every time I would get this intense rush of butterflies and nerves and have an “oh sh*t, what am I doing? How am I here?!” moment… seconds before I just had to do the thing (whether it was a dance for millions, or give out an award at the CMAs or step out of a limo in front of the mansion).”

And amid all the excitement Hannah has experienced in her career over the past few years, she said she also needs to take intentional breaks.

The Bachelor Nation star said, “I take breaks away from it all in an attempt to find a groundedness and establish what is true/what is reality. I am still trying to find my balance with it because I feel like I can be extreme and completely shut everyone out in an effort to self-preserve. This is truly one of my biggest struggles that I finally feel ready to tackle.”

Hannah said she’s still working on finding the right tools for when she’s struggling, but that those breaks definitely help.

She said, “I think my experiences made me more of a public figure, just putting a magnifying glass and extreme pressure on the struggles I was already dealing with but that I didn’t have any tools to overcome. I didn’t know how to help myself. I think my biggest learning lessons and opportunities to grow have happened in the last several years.”

Hannah went on, saying, “While it has been challenging feeling like I have an audience sometimes while I am trying to figure it all out, it also has given me the ability to have others join in on the journey to mental wellness and self-love. I am grateful that I can hopefully continue to foster opportunities for a community to be brave and vulnerable as we navigate through life, just trying to be a little bit better.”