Hi, I’m Fern
And trust me, I wasn’t born confident.
I grew up in poverty in Brazil in a family of nine children. I was painfully shy, insecure and worried way too much about what people thought of me.
But I always had big dreams.
One of my biggest dreams was to buy my mum a house. I earned a scholarship to study engineering, worked hard and eventually made that dream come true.
But life wasn’t always easy.
I battled depression. Then, 11 years ago, I moved to Australia without speaking English. I started working as a cleaner while trying to rebuild my engineering career.
I applied for hundreds of jobs and heard “no” again and again.
If you’ve ever questioned whether you’re good enough, felt rejected or wondered if you should give up, I know that feeling.
But I kept going.
Today, I still work full-time as a project manager on major infrastructure projects in Australia. I built that career in a country where I arrived without knowing the language.
Confidence didn’t make me fearless.
It helped me keep taking the next step while I was scared.
And confidence hasn’t just changed my career. It has changed the way I show up in every part of my life.
For years, I dated and wondered if I would ever meet the right person. I started to question whether the kind of relationship I wanted would ever happen for me.
But as I became more confident in myself, I became clearer about what I wanted and what I was no longer willing to settle for.
Today, I’m married to a man I truly love.
Becoming a mum was another journey altogether.
After three years of infertility and four unsuccessful rounds of IVF, I went through a very painful and uncertain time.
During that journey, I became a yoga instructor. Through yoga, I realised how disconnected I had become from my own body.
I was used to living in my head, thinking, analysing and trying to control everything. But I had stopped listening to what my body was telling me.
Learning to reconnect with my body changed the way I understood confidence.
I realised confidence is not just about changing your thoughts or repeating positive affirmations.
It is also about understanding your emotions, feeling safe enough to take action and learning how your body responds when you feel afraid, judged or uncertain.
Eventually, I became pregnant naturally. I know how fortunate I was, and I don’t take that experience for granted.
That chapter taught me so much about trust, patience and navigating uncertainty when I couldn’t control the outcome.
Today, I’m a mum to a beautiful toddler.
Somewhere between being a wife, a mum and working full-time, I decided to follow another dream.
I became a certified coach and started my own business to help other women build confidence.
I even started creating content in my second language because helping people matters more to me than speaking perfect English.
Was I scared along the way?
Hell yes.
And do I still have moments when I doubt myself?
Of course.
But I no longer wait for fear to disappear before I take action.
I’m telling you all of this not to brag.
I’m telling you because I know what it’s like to have big dreams and wonder if you’re actually capable of making them happen.
Through my own experiences, I learned that confidence is much more than a mindset.
I know what it’s like to start again, face rejection, juggle a million responsibilities and still want more from life.
I know what it’s like to look capable on the outside while privately questioning yourself.
And I know how much can change when you stop letting fear make all your decisions.
I don’t teach confidence as a theory.
I’ve had to build it and practise it in my own life, one scary decision at a time.
And I’m still practising it today.
So if you’re tired of overthinking, waiting to feel ready or talking yourself out of the things you really want, you’re in the right place.
I want to help you trust yourself through the fear, take the next step and create a life that actually feels like yours.