How and Why Hannah Tyers Built the Platform She Needed

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Monday, 2 March 2026 - 46 minutes

Hannah Tyers is one of the world’s youngest female chartered surveyors - but her real story sits under the surface.

At 21 years of age, Hannah lost her mum to alcoholism. Her journey has forced Hannah to grow up fast, build resilience early, and learn emotional skills most of us were never taught.

In this episode, Hannah shares what grief taught her about life moving on, why “success” can feel complicated, and how those late-night Googles for support became the spark for Soulful Co - a platform designed to help people find the right help faster and feel less alone in the process.

We get into confidence vs the “self-confidence mask”, creating spaces where teenagers actually talk, why rest is a non-negotiable (especially for founders), and what it really takes to choose who you want to be - rather than living as a victim of circumstance.

Key takeaways

• Life moves on after grief - you grow into it.

• Success can feel hollow if you’ve got no one to tell.

• The feeling of “I’m not alone” is sometimes the first step to healing.

• Active listening is simple… and strangely hard.

• Teenagers don’t open up on demand - they open up in motion.

• Rest is a strategy, not a reward (especially for founders).

• You learn most at the edge of the unknown.

• If not now, when? If not you, who?

Chapters

00:00 – Meet Hannah Tyers (the “iceberg” intro)

02:00 – Youngest chartered surveyor + the story underneath

04:30 – 18-year-old Hannah in a male-dominated industry

07:00 – Losing her mum mid-studies + “life moves on”

09:00 – The chartership moment + “success can feel empty”

11:20 – Alcoholism, childhood, and growing up fast

14:30 – Why most adults don’t talk about feelings

16:00 – How to actually get teenagers to talk

17:30 – What Soulful is and why it exists

20:50 – Redefining success (time, family, purpose)

23:00 – Her brother, men in construction, and opening up

26:00 – Entrepreneurship: “press go, learn on the way”

28:45 – Burnout prevention + rest as a non-negotiable

32:10 – How Soulful works (free platform + events + business offer)

36:20 – Making wellbeing “not embarrassing” for young men

40:00 – If not now, when? If not me, who?

41:35 – One small moment for anyone overwhelmed

42:25 – Choosing who you want to be (not victimhood)

44:30 – Rapid-fire takeaways + close

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