EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, I knew that I was not here to live a normal life. I have never been interested in working a 9-5 & selling my soul in exchange for money. Nor did the prospect of following the normal western route of school – job – mortgage – marriage – kids- ever appeal to me.

If you had of asked me what my biggest fear in life was ten years ago, I would have answered - a mundane existence. Because the thought of routine and living the same day over and over until I die was my own personal idea of hell.   

But as I grew older and began to rebel against societal norms in my pursuit of achieving my vision of living an extraordinary life, my fear evolved. And the thing that I came to fear the most was no longer simply living the same day over and over, but instead, the terrifying thought of reaching the end of my life & not having actualised my potential as a human being. Of sitting on my death bed & having regrets about the things I didn’t do, the places I didn’t see, the people I never met and the talents, ideas & gifts that I never had the courage to act upon.

FROM THE AGE OF 17 TO 29, I devoted myself wholeheartedly to the process of discovering my purpose and figuring out how I could create a fulfilling and meaningful career for myself in order to live an extraordinary life. During these years I dedicated my time to being a student of life, spending tens of thousands of dollars on various forms of study including an (unfinished) university degree, workshops, online and in-person courses and certificates, whilst all of my spare time was spent exploring my intellectual curiosities and creative impulses to find exactly where my passions lay.

After just over a decade of tinkering and taste testing it became clear to me what I was here to do; remind others of their purpose, power and potential and in the process, empowering them to live a life true to themselves.

MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE which had previously been figuring out why I was here on Earth, then became figuring out how exactly I would meld my purpose & gifts together and create a career out of them.  

AS A NEURODIVERGENT FEMININE, my interests and passions seemed to have no end and it was a struggle deciding which was the right path to take, because according to Western Society – you must only pick one. So, with a million and one ideas, I began to grapple with the decision of which path to choose. Did I want to be an author or a mentor? An artist or a business owner? A podcast host or a novelist? My heart couldn’t decide and the anguish and frustration I experienced as I tried to label myself and choose just one of my passions to pursue caused my mental health to deteriorate. I was maniacal, changing my mind every week & falling into despair every time I thought of the parts of myself that I was neglecting by limiting myself and trying to force myself into a box. But after another 12 months of continued inner work and a deep dive into feminine and masculine embodiment, I learnt that by harnessing both the creative power of my feminine essence & the logical, structured nature of my inner masculine, I didn’t have to pick just one path. I discovered a way in which I could honour my multidimensional self & nurture my creative nature & here we have the physical manifestation of that realisation - gemmafae.com: a portal through which I may freely express myself, assist others on their own journeys of self actualisation and deliver the infinite projects that my soul wishes to birth into the world.

And it is my greatest hope that through my own escape from the confines of the conventions of Western society, that I might inspire you too, to find the courage to travel the road not taken and embody your most actualised and authentic self, because something I have come to realise over the years is that there are no limits to that which you might do or be during your time here as a human on Earth. The only limits that exist are the ones we place on ourselves.