The woman behind the work
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Kia ora, I’m Gemma Rose; a trauma-informed Coach and Breathwork Practitioner helping ambitious, deeply feeling humans trust themselves more, perform less, and build lives that actually fit.
My clients are often the capable ones.
The thoughtful ones.
The ones everyone relies on.
The ones who can hold a lot, feel a lot, see a lot; and still end up quietly disconnected from their own needs, truth, and inner knowing.
If that’s you, you’re in the right place.
Through Coaching, Breathwork, and transformational spaces, I help you reconnect with yourself, regulate your nervous system, and free up the energy that has been tied up in overthinking, over-giving, masking, and holding everything together.
My Story
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Before this work, I spent nearly a decade in charitable and philanthropic start-ups and founder-led work. I know what it is to care deeply, lead boldly, and build something meaningful in service of a better future. I also know what it is to look highly capable on the outside while something deeper inside is asking for your attention. Â
The strategies that created success for me in one season of life were not the same strategies that could carry me into the next. Publicly, I’ve spoken about how major life transitions — including becoming a mother, going through divorce, career changes, and navigating a deeper personal reckoning — reshaped the way I lived, led, and related to myself. Breathwork became one of the anchors that helped me come back home to myself when the old way no longer worked. And it helped me continue to serve my community, but this time, without the burnout cycles (or something to prove).
That is why I do this work now.
Not because I think healing is neat, linear, or going to fix everything.
But because I know what becomes possible when a person starts listening to themselves again, and I know how powerful it is to be supported by someone who can hold both your sensitivity and your brilliance.
I believe...
meaningful change does not come from forcing, fixing, or becoming a shinier version of yourself.
It comes from learning how to hear yourself clearly.
How to feel safe enough to tell the truth.
How to regulate your nervous system.
How to meet your patterns with honesty instead of shame.
How to create from self-trust rather than self-abandonment.
You do not need another personality transplant.
You probably need safer support, deeper self-trust, and less pressure to keep being impressive while secretly running on fumes.Â
I work with...
sensitive, intelligent, high-capacity humans — often creatives, helpers, leaders, parents, entrepreneurs, and neurodivergent people who are very good at functioning and increasingly uninterested in functioning like this.
People come to me when they want to:
- trust their intuition
- heal old survival patterns
- stop people-pleasing and shape-shifting
- feel safer in themselves
- create or lead from a more connected place
- bring their ideas to life without burning themselves out in the processÂ
Credentials + BackgroundÂ
I’m certified as a Trauma-Recovery Coach through the International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching, and as a trauma-informed Breathwork Practitioner through Owaken.
I hold a Bachelor of Management Studies from the University of Waikato, and spent nearly a decade working as a Founder, Board Member and Strategic Advisor in philanthropic and charitable, community-led development spaces before moving fully into coaching and facilitation. That experience continues to shape the way I work: with depth, strategy, care, and a strong understanding of both personal and collective transformation.
My work in community impact and leadership has also been recognised with a Hamilton City Council Civic Award.
If you’re here, this is probably for a reason
If part of you is tired of being the strong one, tired of performing fine, or tired of knowing exactly what everyone else needs while losing touch with yourself in the process, you are in the right place.
My role is not to tell you who to be.
It is to support you in feeling safe enough to hear yourself clearly.
Kiran, Documentary Filmmaker Â
"Gemma is incredibly relatable, professional and powerful in her coaching. I was blown away with what we were able to uncover even in a short time, the Breathwork was extremely powerful, and was guided through it ridiculously well. I was able to connect to different parts of myself and garner wisdom I definitely needed, which was something I didn’t realise I was wanting. She introduced me to IFS which has opened a whole new world for me! I couldn’t recommend Gemma more; she’s an absolute weapon when it comes to unlocking blocks, opening up possibilities and ultimately leaving me with more clarity and  direction"
 If you’ve made it this far, your nervous system may already know
If you’re ready to start trusting yourself more deeply, and build a life that feels more honest, spacious, and like yours, share your details below to find out more about ways to work together
