Founder, Brand Strategist & Storyteller.I’m Hannah.
I've always been drawn to stories. The stories we tell ourselves. The stories we share with others. The stories that shape how we see the world and how we understand our place within it.
Long before Matrescent Co. existed, stories were already shaping my path. What began as a love of writing grew into Further Bound, an award-winning travel blog that took me around the world and ultimately became the foundation for my career as an independent business owner.
For nearly a decade, I built a location-independent life, writing, photographing and sharing stories inspired by the places and people I encountered. Along the way, my work was published in numerous publications, and my photography was featured by National Geographic.
My years on the road took me far beyond the familiar. I drove a tuk-tuk 3,500 kilometres across India as part of the Rickshaw Run. I rode a motorcycle around Cambodia, walked among Komodo dragons, house-sat an 18th-century French château and lived in a cave house in Spain.
Between adventures, I built businesses from cafés, guesthouses, airport lounges and kitchen tables around the world.
It was a life shaped by curiosity, reinvention and courage, and taught me the value of storytelling, connection and creating a life on your own terms.
Looking back, every chapter taught me the same lesson: People connect with stories.
Not polished versions of who we think we should be, but honest expressions of who we are. That understanding became the foundation of my work in branding. Because the brands that resonate most deeply are rarely the most perfect. They're the most authentic. They carry the character, values and perspective of the person behind them. They feel unmistakably human.
Over the last twenty years, I've worked across branding, design and marketing, helping businesses uncover what makes them distinctive and communicate it with clarity and confidence. But my work has never really been about logos, websites or marketing plans. It's about helping people articulate who they are, what they stand for and why their work matters.
Today, I live in the Cotswolds with my two children and our two dogs. Life looks very different from my years spent travelling the world, but the themes remain indelibly unchanged: Community. Connection. Creativity. Growth.
As a mother, a single parent and a creative, I've experienced firsthand how every meaningful chapter of life asks something of us. It stretches us, shapes us and invites us to evolve. To become more.
The businesses we build are no different. They grow alongside us. And that's why I created Matrescent Co.: to help women build brands that feel deeply aligned with who they are today, while holding space for who they are still becoming.
The Studio:
Matrescent Co. was born from the intersection of storytelling, strategy and transformation.
It's a brand studio inspired by the idea that growth is never purely professional. The businesses we build shape us just as surely as we shape them.
Become More.I work with women who are creating something meaningful, whether that's a new business, a new chapter or a new version of themselves. Women becoming more.
Through thoughtful strategy, storytelling and design, I help women shape brands that feel deeply connected to who they are and what they stand for. Because the most impactful brands are not created by following someone else's blueprint.
They're built from truth.
They reflect the values, experiences and perspective that make a founder uniquely themselves. Matrescent Co. exists to help women bring those stories to life.
Behind every meaningful brand is a story that could only belong to one person: its founder. If you feel ready to bring your story to life, I'd love to hear from you.
