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Lizzie

Allan

Welcome to my online home. I am a comedy therapist, and my work is to help people move the fear that blocks their light. I do shows, courses, workshops, and retreats. I write books. I coach people. I make silly videos on Instagram. I start movements rooted in love, and I’m going on tour in the USA in 2026.

Comedy therapist
founder of hilarapy

How I Got here
Hilarapy
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How I Got Here

(the short version)

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I was brought up in England by my emotionally chaotic, gorgeous, divorced, traumatised parents. It was the 80s, and most people were trying to feel okay — usually with booze — in a post-war Britain. We laughed to cope, and by age eight, comedy had become my mission in life.

As a teenager, I started reading spiritual, metaphysical, law-of-attraction books and thought, “Hey, that’s a better way of being successful than slaving away at school.” Alongside this hobby, I was taking my own journey with addiction — light and shadow doing their merry dance.

Back then, my life was an ego-driven cocktail of mystical insight, fear, and self-rejection. I had no idea who I was or how to accept myself. Those ingredients contributed to a severe bout of madness in Thailand in the year 2000 — I was nineteen and completely unprepared for what came next: a life-altering spiritual awakening. But goodness me, try telling a psychiatric doctor that. I felt like a fish in a fishbowl, everyone staring at me. I tried to explain myself, but only bubbles came out.

Shoehorned into the psych ward against my will, I went on to have a vision:

a) that I was Jesus reincarnated, and

b) that I would save the world with a rap album.

I’m not Jesus reincarnated, and I don’t rap — but it’s on my to-do list.

I got clean and sober in 2010, and to this day, I still actively work a program of recovery to maintain my high-vibrational state — which is important for manifesting the life of your dreams. I have a Comedy Writing and Performance degree from Salford University in the UK, which proves I am funny. I also trained as a therapist, and it changed the way I show up on stage and in all my relationships, especially the one with myself.

I married my two great loves — comedy and healing — and their love child is Hilarapy.

Everything I’ve lived — the chaos, the comedy, the madness, the awakening, the recovery, the spiritual obsession, the law-of-attraction nerdery, the therapy, the humour — has brought me to my purpose: helping people move the fear that blocks their light, and having a really good time doing it.

I live in British Columbia, Canada — and I make it my job to dance with genius.*

*According to the ancient Greeks, genius was a visiting spirit — a mischievous muse that would drop by, stir things up, and vanish once the magic was done.

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The heart behind
the humour

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  • A person in a black suit standing in front of a large world map depicting South America and surrounding regions.
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  • Two women sitting on a brown couch, smiling and holding photographs inside a living room with curtains and blinds.
  • Three people standing in front of a shiny, gold-tiled wall with a neon sign that reads 'Happy Birthday.' They are dressed in vintage-style clothing and surrounded by gold balloons, with a reflection of one person in a mirror or reflective surface.
  • A group of women, laughing and singing with a woman playing a ukulele in the center, in a lively indoor setting.
  • Woman with short, styled hair wearing a checkered blazer, white shirt, and black tie, holding a microphone, speaking on stage with a dark blue curtain background.
  • A young girl with blonde hair smiling outdoors, wearing a white t-shirt, shorts, and pink shoes, with a woman walking away in the background near power lines.
  • A smiling baby in a high chair, wearing a bonnet and a dark hoodie, in a cluttered room.
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  • A man and a woman hugging and smiling in front of a bus with a building in the background. The woman is carrying a Hoffmann reusable bag.
  • Three women at a comedy therapy event standing in front of a white backdrop with the word "HILARAPY" repeatedly printed in light teal. One woman, with dark hair and glasses, stands on the left in a light blue vintage-style dress. A woman with short blonde hair, no glasses, and wearing a black hat and white shirt with a tie, sits in front of them. The third woman, with chin-length blonde hair, stands on the right in a dark dress.
  • Three women dressed in white pose on a black stage. One woman sits on a stool with notebooks and a water bottle beside her, while the other two stand behind her, one with hands on her shoulders.
  • Three women with different styles of hats and clothing engaged in a performance or discussion, with one woman holding a microphone and pointing, inside a dark room or stage setting.
  • A person wearing a dark blue blazer, white shirt, and black tie, holding a black hat in their hand, smiling at the camera, with a white background that has the words "Hilarapy" written multiple times.
  • Two women laughing on stage with a microphone, standing in front of a brick wall with the YUK YUKS comedy club logo overhead.
  • A cheerful young man in a yellow hoodie and black pants is leaning against and playing on a red car, smiling with arms raised in a victory pose. He has one leg kicked up and is holding a water bottle in one hand.
  • Person wearing a black rain jacket and brown boots crouching on artistic concrete with a face illustration, surrounded by graffiti and rain droplets.
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Healing with Humour

Hilarapy was born from my own struggles with addiction and mental illness, and my desire to be a comedian.

Long story short, I had a dream to do comedy from a young age, but my life was a mess, and when I got into recovery, the stand-up comedy scene didn’t feel safe. I felt my stories were too vulnerable for a drunk audience, and I WANTED TO GO DEEP. So I thought, f**k it — I’ll just create my own shows and invite all the people I love into that space. Somewhere people could laugh, cry, and heal together.

Over many years of trial and error, through many highs and lows, I’ve discovered a beautiful formula that has worked for me and many others. I teach people how to make friends with their shame, reframe it, and then authentically serve it to the world with humour from a place of wellness. For the last 12 years, I’ve guided extraordinary humans as they navigate their own shame, stories, and struggles.

And that’s how Hilarapy was born.

Watch my TED Talk
to learn more:

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Work With Me

One-to-One

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My coaching packages blend intuition, spirituality, therapy, and grounded real-life lived experience. I meet you exactly where you are, I make myself available, and together we walk you home to yourself.

Who I Work With

I work with people who are brave enough to want more from life — more light, more peace, more clarity, more joy, more love, more alignment, more power.

You don’t need to be “fixed” first.

You just need two things:

1. You’re ready for change.
Not someday soon - NOW. Even if you’re scared.

2. You’re willing to invest in yourself above all else.
Because real transformation asks for energy, attention, devotion, and yes — money. You must put yourself at the top of your own list.

What Our Work
Together Looks Like

Expect honesty.
Expect depth.
Expect laughter.
Expect tears (from me too.)
Expect breakthroughs that realign your whole life.

My coaching packages mix therapeutic tools, spiritual guidance, intuitive insight, and deep inner work to reconnect you to your higher self.

You will not leave the same person you came in as. And that’s a Lizzie Allan promise.

WARNING: This will take you to the next level.

If you’re ready, I’m ready.

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