growing together

Today, we’re at 33 weeks and 4 days of carrying a little life inside me. I’m working from home, which means I have a little breathing room… the kind that lets your thoughts stretch out, wander a little, and settle where they want to.
And after a long, long time, I felt pulled to sit down and write.
Right here.
In The HANNAN Journal.
The often remembered, rarely visited HANNAN Journal.
But we’re here now — and that’s what matters.

This space has always been a playground, a cocoon, a serene refuge, a therapist’s room, a dance floor — all at once. I guess that’s what HANNAN really is at its core. A space made for expression. A space built for those tiny, fleeting moments when you return to yourself.

Growing HANNAN — our first baby — during these past eight months has been different. Softer. Slower. Deeper. Like the universe nudged us and said, “Grow with intention now.” And so we did.

Pregnancy is a strange ride. Wildly investigative. Deeply introspective. Annoyingly moody. Sometimes blinding, sometimes illuminating — but always peeling back something, revealing something, shaping something. And in that slow unraveling, everything I thought I knew about myself, my work, my purpose… rearranged itself. And as I grew, HANNAN grew too.

A huge part of this shift has been Rishi.
Watching him step into this new season with me — holding the fort, holding space, holding me — has been its own revelation. There’s something beautiful about seeing your partner evolve right alongside you, carrying the weight of your shared dream and goals while also preparing for a new life.
It’s softened us. Strengthened us. Grounded us.

And then there’s our team — the heartbeat of HANNAN.
The ones who kept the rhythm going when mine slowed down.
The ones who stayed curious, stayed excited, stayed aligned.
They held HANNAN with so much care that it allowed me to hold myself.

Somewhere in this collective unfolding — between growth charts, design meetings, swollen feet, product shoots, kicks, laughter, and unexpected clarity — something shifted.

HANNAN stopped being just a brand.
It became a living ecosystem.
A reflection of everyone building it.
A mirror of this season of becoming. And unbecoming.

And maybe that’s the quiet magic of this wild ride — the realisation that 'the process isn’t separate from life'. It’s shaped by it. Softened by it. Sharpened by it. Deepened by every person who touches it.

So here we are.
Growing together — as partners, as a team, as a brand.

And somewhere in this beautiful, chaotic, heart-expanding chapter, we’ve found it:

A deeper vision.
A clearer voice.
A more grounded, intentional, joy-filled HANNAN.

Our first baby, growing right alongside our next.