My story starts, as with so many of us, as a very young child. I was lucky enough to grow up living in the Countryside in the Middle of England and have parents and an upbringing that fostered a strong bond and connection to the natural world. 

I’ve always enjoyed thinking deeply and pondering the more philosophical and existential questions. Often when I was little and couldn’t sleep, I used to stay up late at night chatting to my Dad about the miracle of life, mind boggling with the infinite range of possibilities that seemed to exist in the universe. Just what a great mystery life seemed and still does even now to me!

In 2007, I received this very strong and sudden urge to work with crystals although nobody else that I knew was doing this at the time! My interest peaked very much out of the blue and I wanted to go and visit a local crystal shop. In that shop, I was led very intuitively to a piece of Blue Kyanite which clearly told me, ‘You are going to be walking a path that is very different but do not be afraid of expressing your true essence.’ Before this very moment, I had no awareness I was going on a spiritual journey and yet I could feel deep in my core that I was being guided to do something. Over decades, this path has continued to unfold for me and Kyanites message still resonates and guides me to this very day. As you walk any path that is different from the norm and you speak about things that are outside of current awareness, you really do have to learn to stand firm in your truth no matter what others might do to try and deter you. This is how crystal energy unfolds, they speak in a silent language. Something in that stone truly spoke to me that day and it has carried with me ever since. Kyanite is the stone of spiritual truth.

The Blue Kyanite was all the sign I needed and I was immediately drawn to enrol in a crystal healing course at my local college. From there, my mentor and guide Annie Day, opened me up to a huge range of healing practices and modalities previously unknown to me, that I very quickly connected to. I connected to crystals, angels, tree spirits and fairies as well as colour therapy and chakra healing, aromatherapy, divination with pendulums, runes, tarot and oracle as well as healing through plants with herbalism and energetic flower essences. Connecting with this huge range array of spiritual tools was so exciting to me but I was always so strongly led by Crystalline Work. It was from Crystals I first heard the call and with Crystals that I remained. Even when I weave in other practices like Reiki, that crystalline thread is strong through it all.

Once I became a Crystal Healing Practitioner, I worked on myself and performed many healing layouts for family and friends. What was really beautiful was that many of my family members also ended up connecting strongly with Crystal energy at this time and there are multiple generations of our family that still work with them to this day. My spiritual practice felt deeply personal work and for a long time (beyond family) was not something I often shared with others. The internet and social media was not as it is today and so for a long time this was mostly a very solitary practice for me. This is one of the reasons, that I am so truly grateful for the community of like-minded souls I have built since opening Fern and Clay and because of that, I never feel that I walk this path alone anymore. 

When I look back now, I can see that crystals have changed my life twice! Very profoundly when they first came to me in 2005 and set me on a spiritual path that would ultimately shape who I became as a young woman. And then again in 2020, my second major ‘awakening’ came when Crystals stepped to the fore of my life once again and led the way into me opening “Fern and Clay.” I could not see coming all that they would share with me over the next 6 years but this time the shifts came thick and they came fast!!! They transformed and are continuing to transform my life on a great many levels and I am so thankful for this blessing. The lessons of the last 6 years are some the most transformative I have ever received and that’s maybe for a separate blog post or even a book ;) but I am so thankful for the blessing of being able to work with natures most gentle medicine each and every day. And I am so thankful for you being here to share the journey with me as we walk this great mystery together.