Hello from Gemma and the Team

From Our Founder, Gemma Petherbridge

Conscience Crystals launched in 2017 by our Founder Gemma Petherbridge, who had previously offered Crystal Therapy for 13 years. Keep reading if you want to hear about the journey of Conscience Crystals in Gemma’s words.

First Crystal Memory:

One of the few memories I have of my Grandad is him showing me a Petrified Wood specimen he had purchased on a holiday years before. Once he gave it to me to look at, I walked around his house holding it for hours. Now I’d say ‘little me’ knew there was something super special about it, but at the time I just loved it’s shine.

If a crystal community member told me that story today I’d say it’s no coincidence a family elder gave me a crystal related to ancestral lineage and the family tree.

Crystal Beginnings:

I was brought up just outside Bath in the UK, so Glastonbury, the home of all things esoteric, and the Jurassic Coast with its crystal and Fossil shops were on my doorstep.

After going through several major events at a young age, I turned to self development and spirituality as a means of support and understanding. The day after I finished university I went straight into learning one of my first spiritual modalities, Hypnosis.

Once I’d started to learn more, my walks though Glastonbury seemed even more significant and special and my love for crystals really took root.

Magic, mystery, and New Beginnings

In 2016 I’d been running a successful six figure business with my husband for over seven years. It was going well and we were proud of where we had come but the hours were excessively long, I was burnt out and what was once my path was clearly not anymore.

The universe finally gave me the classic wake up call I’d now warn others about and after another long working day, I fell down the stairs, chipping my tailbone. Bedrest ensued, and although not anyone’s ideal situation, it’s particularly difficult if you’re a workaholic like me.

To entertain myself I started reading a crystal book, then two and then every book I could find. The gift of that situation was I had the time to really take in the teachings and understand what crystal authors never seem to tell us ‘The actual reasons why a crystal has its exact properties’.

Whilst recovering, the other change I went through was finally giving my intuition permission to take the reins. I’ve been highly intuitive all my life and listen to it’s advice sporadically, but now I was ready to say you take over, you guide me. How can I create a business that makes me happy, gives me a work-life balance and gives me joy. It’s answer was, start posting about crystals on Instagram each day and call the account Conscience Crystals (yes my intuition picked the name).

In that moment @Consciencecrystals was born. Every two weeks I would create a series of posts about a specific crystal, so I could talk about all the different aspects of it over those 10 posts. The reaction blew my mind. Our followers grow quickly, much faster than the social media for our old business and even better, those followers were asking for more.