The Awakening That Transforms Rock Bottom Into Divine Freedom
In this heartfelt episode of The Journey of an Awakening Spirit, host Kathleen Flanagan welcomes Gemma Serenity, a woman whose incredible story takes listeners from the depths of despair to the heights of divine transformation.
Gemma opens up about her painful past—growing up in a home where emotional and physical abuse were considered “normal,” and later finding herself trapped in years of domestic violence. Her life took a dramatic turn when, standing on the edge of a tenth-story window, she heard the unmistakable voice of God say, “You can jump, but I’ll give you the same life again, only worse.” That moment of divine intervention changed everything.
What followed was a journey of faith, healing, and rebirth. With the help of her husband Sasha—an awakened soul and spiritual guide—Gemma learned to redefine love, rebuild her trust in life, and open her heart to divine grace. Through gratitude and surrender, she discovered how to transform fear into faith and scarcity into abundance.
Today, Gemma calls herself “The Manifesting Queen,” teaching others how to align with universal laws and live from joyful expectation. Her story is a profound reminder that no matter how dark life becomes, miracles unfold when we choose love, gratitude, and spiritual alignment.
Kathleen and Gemma’s conversation offers hope, wisdom, and inspiration for anyone walking their own path of awakening.
In this deeply moving episode, Kathleen Flanagan welcomes Gemma Serenity, a woman whose story embodies the power of divine intervention, unconditional love, and awakening through the darkest trials of life.
Gemma shares how growing up in a home filled with “normalized” abuse led her into cycles of toxic relationships and domestic violence. But when she found herself standing at the edge of a tenth-story window—ready to give up—she heard the unmistakable voice of God say:
“You can jump, but I’ll give you the same life again, only worse.”
That divine message became the turning point that saved her life and began her spiritual rebirth.
Through faith, forgiveness, and the healing love of her now-husband Sasha, Gemma learned how to transform pain into peace and fear into faith. Together, they rebuilt their lives from nothing—learning how gratitude and divine alignment can manifest miracles even in the most hopeless situations.
Today, Gemma uses her story to inspire others as The Manifesting Queen, teaching how joyful expectation, gratitude, and trust in the divine can open the path to true abundance and awakening.
💫 Key Themes & Takeaways
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The voice that saved her life: How Gemma’s near-death experience became her spiritual awakening.
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Breaking generational cycles: Recognizing and healing from “normalized” trauma.
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The divine role of relationships: How her husband Sasha became her angelic guide and mirror for transformation.
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Living through gratitude: The shift from victimhood to divine co-creation.
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Manifestation through alignment: Why expecting only the best opens doors to miracles.
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Faith in action: How spiritual surrender creates tangible change in health, love, and prosperity.
🕊️ Powerful Quotes
“God doesn’t need us to die to speak to us.” – Gemma Serenity
“When you open your soul to your Creator, miracles follow.” – Gemma Serenity
“Gratitude is what bridges despair and divine awakening.” – Kathleen Flanagan
🔮 About the Guest
Gemma Serenity is a spiritual mentor, transformational speaker, and author who empowers others to awaken their divine potential. After overcoming years of domestic violence and personal loss, she now teaches the principles of conscious creation and manifestation through love and gratitude. Known as The Manifesting Queen, Gemma helps others align with their higher selves to create a life of peace, purpose, and prosperity.
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Kathleen (00:02)
Welcome to the journey of an awakening spirit.
a sacred space where transformation begins. This podcast is your guide to rediscovering your true self, breaking free from old limitations and embracing the power of your soul's calling. Here, you'll receive practical tools, soulful insights, and uplifting conversations that remind you you are never alone on this path. We'll open the lines and dive deep into the questions that matter most to you.
Now, let's begin this powerful journey together with your host of the journey of an awakening spirit, Kathleen Flanagan.
Kathleen Flanagan (00:47)
Hello everyone and welcome to the journey of an awakening spirit. This is Kathleen Flanagan, your host. And today we have Gemma's serenity on the show and we are going to dive deep into what her personal journey of awakening was. So welcome Gemma.
Gemma Serenity (01:03)
Thank you so much. is gem, I like a gem, but we can never know. It's one or the other, that's fine. Thank you so much for welcoming and for opening the floor. That's such an honor. Thank you, Gertlin.
Kathleen Flanagan (01:17)
Well, you're welcome.
So what did you tell our audience a little bit about what your journey of an awakening spirit was?
Gemma Serenity (01:26)
It's an interesting journey to say the least. I was born in a quote-unquote happy family, protected from everything, not from themselves. That means that I was very curious about discovering the rest of the world, though my base programming was that silent, covert narcissism, self-centered.
type of things that was not recognized as such. So I did not know, I was not aware of it. The only thing I was aware of is that I need to get out. So the first bad boy I found was the right one. And I just ran in his arm and started to, and actually gave up my studies, gave up school, gave up, I think it was high school, I was 17 years old, so high school, gave up everything to actually go live with him and...
found a family with him, because it's not because he's absolutely obviously mentally sick that he's not allowed to have wife and children. That was the way I was thinking.
Gosh.
15 years of domestic violence later. It's like, So I lived five years with that man and then broke up because someone told me, do not have the right to be happy. You have the duty to be happy. When I heard that, it actually woke me up that I was absolutely unhappy, like the deepest unhappy possible. If I have the duty to be happy, it must be without that man.
And I left that man within a few days of that ⁓ revelation. That was a first starting, like a glimpse of awakening. Did not last long. I went on, dated a few person, and then started another beautiful journey, like absolutely amazing love bombing type, right? So that actually stayed in something very new.
something in relationship where I still felt like discarded matter in his eyes. And I stick with that person against all odds and I stay, I stay the course. I even, because now I have a child from the first marriage, I even told him, thank you so much for taking care of my child. ⁓ I must give you a child too. But listen to my words.
I must give you a child too, so that even when we do not continue together, because deep inside I knew it was not the right one for me.
At least you have someone, your child. So notice that I am not taking possession of my second child. I'm actually giving it to him, which is exactly what happened.
I gave birth. Two years later, I was gone. Without my child. My baby. Without him. Without the bigger one either.
was 15 years old at that time, knowing that both children were always safe. I was not. They were always safe. So that pivotal moment, and this is where one of the biggest awakening of the soul happened, one of the, there are several.
I tried everything to live, that second one. I understood it was domestic violence all over again with a different person, different circumstances, still the same problem.
I tried everything to leave, nothing worked. I was back home as if I never left every single time. Until that day when I was fed up too much. I cannot take it anymore. And I'm at a level, at such a low level that death becomes sweet to my thoughts.
So suddenly I look at the 10th, I look from the 10th floor of the apartment building. Hmm, that's really cool. Okay, let me jump. Let my body crush down. Let my spirit go to heaven and have a conversation with God. And let me tell to God what is wrong with me. Because it's not with me the problem. The problem is with God who gave me the wrong card on my life. He gave me a life of abuse. I did not sign up for a life of abuse. That was my intention.
That was my communication to God, my complaint. And I even went one step further. I'm okay, you send me back to life. I was not supposed to commit suicide. I remember that. I know. Fine. But now that you send me back, you send me back to a life of love, peace, serenity, wealth, safety at work, safety at home. Everything good. Are we clear? That was my point. That was my communication.
to God, actually by the men.
Good news is that God does not need us to die in order to have a conversation with us. That's the good news in my story. So I'm on the edge of the 10th floor. I have already prepared the window. It's not an easy thing to do, but I prepared the window in order to actually be able to fall down.
And I hear the most amazing voice I ever heard. A voice that feels like presence, a voice that feels love, a voice that feels that I matter.
I never felt that before. And that voice tell me in a very sweet way, of course you can jump, it's going to work. And then a little bit stronger, but I'm going to give you the same life in worth. Is that really what you want? So for me, that's God talking to me because God gives us life. Therefore, who is going to give me the same life in worth? I didn't get it, but I totally understand.
Preview of upcoming attraction. Yoohoo! That's not what I want. You can imagine my answer. No! And he continued and said, okay, so leave by the door. Hmph. I already tried 15 plus times. Why one more? Well, I'm not going to argue with God. Let me give it a try. I can always die tomorrow. I'm not in a hurry after all. I mean, that's all right. I can, I mean, options are all...
Unlimited. I leave by the door and it is the only time the door opens and closed silently, not making any cracking noise whatsoever. And then I run down and I find myself in the street outside alone because you can imagine when I was planning to die I'm not going to take my babies with me, not going to take any, any...
substance with me. Any phone, any ID, any money, anything? No. My car key? No. Why would I do that? I'm going to die anyway. That was my thought.
And I'm so grateful because throughout this process, God carried me through that pivotal moment, showed me the path, gave me an address where to go, happens to be Sasha's address. Sasha is my third last and dream husband. He's an angel in flesh for me since that time. All of that happened in 2013. It's a while ago.
but it's still a pivotal moment. So that was the biggest awakening of the soul. When I find Sasha, he does everything he can to actually put me to safety in a psych ward because when you have like a young woman coming and saying, yeah, I'm going to commit suicide. So what? He's like, yeah, you psych ward first. Let's have that pass and let's try to breathe some life back into you. I can imagine that, but I was so candid and so...
fearless. was, I mean, there is something pivotal. I did not fear death anymore. Therefore, I dared the impossible living.
That was the first big, big awakening of the
Kathleen Flanagan (10:18)
Wow.
But you didn't experience domestic violence in your childhood home, right?
Gemma Serenity (10:27)
It depends how we define it. According to the definition, it was, but I did not feel it that way. I did not recognize it that way until much later in life, until going through all my healing and transformation journey, where I actually learned to recognize what was going on.
Kathleen Flanagan (10:45)
Okay, so you picked it up on a subtle level, even if you didn't actually see the physical.
Gemma Serenity (10:52)
Well, that was physical too, but that was normal. So normal that I did not see anything wrong with that. To the point that my very... I know, but how... ⁓ Listen, I was born in 1978. That was the last generation where spanking, beating, and physically correcting, that was the term used.
Kathleen Flanagan (10:56)
That was normal? ⁓ God. Wow. Sasha. Gemma, that's like, no! That's not normal.
Gemma Serenity (11:22)
I'm going to correct you and VOM! That kind of things. Now, I heard all the stories of parents beating up their child, which are a ton worse than what I went through. So I know there is a ton worse. I had it quote unquote easy. The problem is that it encores physical correction as normal.
Kathleen Flanagan (11:37)
you're right.
Gemma Serenity (11:51)
belittling as normal, not trusting me as normal, that I'm not good enough as normal.
and I wanted out. Of course. But I didn't know any better. So I chose something similar or worse, actually worse.
Kathleen Flanagan (12:10)
But your husbands didn't beat your children, right?
Gemma Serenity (12:13)
No. Yeah, the first one, yes, did. I'm sorry about that. The first one, the severely mentally ill did.
Kathleen Flanagan (12:16)
The first one.
Gemma Serenity (12:24)
And that was unbearable.
That wasn't very.
Kathleen Flanagan (12:31)
So how are your children? So I'm gonna go down a little different path because this is really important. So how are your children? Did you get them in any kind of therapy so you can break that chain of violence? I know if the one's mentally has mental challenges, I know that might be a little bit different. So how are you navigating through that?
Gemma Serenity (12:53)
The son of the first one is still dealing with mental health illnesses now at 27 years old. And as he now lives with us, with Sasha and I, we are getting the full blown effect of it. It's not fun.
Kathleen Flanagan (12:59)
Okay.
Mmm. ⁓
I bet not.
Gemma Serenity (13:16)
He does the best he can with what he has. doesn't have much. Because relationally, like the prefrontal cortex, relationally doesn't work. Now, at work, he's amazing. He's an expert. He does it amazingly well. But relationally, I mean, yesterday I went to a CT scan, and a CT scan means that you have to actually have your heart rate much lower. So they gave you a medication, and I was completely like...
Kathleen Flanagan (13:19)
Yeah, that's all you can do.
Wow.
Gemma Serenity (13:43)
slowed down in a way that I didn't know even if I today I would actually be present for this this episode but thank god it has passed do you think he would have gotten up and done all the routine I do in the morning for me because knowing that I was going to take that medication no no it did not even occur to him when my husband Sasha knew that organized his day made sure to stay
present and not sleeping too much during the night, knowing I would have already taken that medication during the night, knowing I have my tiny little kitten to feed ⁓ two times during the night, knowing that I'm going to rise at several times. And he was sure to be present. And in the morning, this is when I was less able to actually move my body and do things because I had such ⁓ a slow heart rate on purpose.
This is when he actually scooped out the little box, did all the breakfast, did all the cleaning and everything. And later, when we were on our way to the doctor, and thank God for my husband driving and supporting me, then I received a message from my son, good luck at the doctor. I was thinking, it's not even the doctor. It's a CT scan. Is he indifferent? But anyway, thanks. And I learned to not expect anything from him. So.
We still are dealing with that.
Kathleen Flanagan (15:14)
Well, it's a spiritual journey that is a contract that the two of you created for whatever the purpose is for both of your growth. And maybe it's just about helping love him as he navigates through the world the best that he can.
So yeah, wow. I mean, those are challenges in and of itself without domestic violence that being involved.
Gemma Serenity (15:41)
yeah. yeah. And sometimes he really goes crazy violent. So sometimes. yeah, yeah, yeah. A lot. yes, absolutely a lot. He's under I don't know how many medication, maybe four or five to actually to balance everything. And we go with him to the psychiatrist to really give an objective picture of him and not a distorted the way he gives himself his own picture.
Kathleen Flanagan (15:47)
So they don't have them on any kind of medication or anything to keep them stable? yes?
Wow.
Hmm.
Gemma Serenity (16:11)
So, ⁓ yes, and some of the medication help and some others really don't. And it's really a fine line, a fine balance to find what works.
Kathleen Flanagan (16:17)
Mmm.
Well, I guess the good thing is, is he's good at work. You know, I mean, that's a good thing. So it's just, he's just has to deal with, he's got to learn how to handle relationships that he may never learn. Wow.
Gemma Serenity (16:27)
Yeah, that's a good thing of it. That's a good thing of it.
relationships.
correct because of
that prefrontal cortex that is missing. mean, there is something off there, not connected.
Kathleen Flanagan (16:49)
Yeah and there's nothing you can do about
that so. As you came back from your dark side of your awakening what what did you go through from that point on from your awakening to get you where you are today.
Gemma Serenity (17:06)
That's a good question because now that's last 12 years, the years with Sasha. Sasha is an awakened soul already. He never actually fell asleep. His soul never fell asleep. He stayed connected. He was born highly disabled in a way that he was looking at life or death from day one, as well as mentally challenged or well mentally, as well as paralyzed from the waist down or able to walk.
All of that. And with potential first deaths before seven years old. So it was like,
Kathleen Flanagan (17:41)
Whoa.
Gemma Serenity (17:44)
And he never disconnected from the divine within. He never disconnected. He kept on receiving that download. And to this day, he keeps on receiving that download straight from the angels, from the spiritual realm. So he never forgot. So he actually received the mission to help me awaken because he saw the big visions that I now have fully. That is, going...
to inspire millions of individuals to step into their divine self, to reconnect with their soul. Hence we are so aligned.
Kathleen Flanagan (18:24)
So how was your relationship when you first came together because you still had a lot of mental icky stuff going on in your own brain. And then here's this divine being coming in to help you. That's a mind screw right up here because you're breaking, you're looking, you're going, whoa, I don't deserve. How did you navigate through all of that?
Gemma Serenity (18:40)
because
When we considered so many months, so first of all, Sasha came in my life to help, help and support. That was his first role. It was not a question of love yet. There was a connection for sure. There was an attraction for sure, but it was not a love story before many months later.
Many months later, after I already started to trust him, started on that healing journey, I was thirsty of knowledge, but real knowledge, of life, of energy, of how it all works, of universe. I didn't even know what word to put on that. But I was thirsty of real knowledge. I was an accountant. So what I knew already was numbers, but that's not numbers that going to save your life and your soul.
Nope, going to do a small income and done. ⁓ And what actually happened is that the first big revelation was when we considered the possibility to also become a love romantic couple.
because the idea, even though I brought it up because I was objectively in love with him.
But then when I just said, we more than brother and sister? Are we actually together? That was the question. that was the way I formulated it. You notice I did not say couple. And as an answer, what I receive is, of course, my love, I love being a couple with you. You're absolutely amazing.
Couple? Total PTSD. I'm not in a couple. Couple is bad. I'm afraid. ⁓ I know 15 years of couple. I'm not getting married anytime soon. ⁓ my gosh. I'm not divorced anyway, so I'm safe on that one. ⁓ my gosh. I went into a frenzy, a real deep fear of domestic violence. Of course. That's all I knew.
How would that be different? But I was in love with that man and I felt he was good. So it was extremely confusing for my mind and my brain and my heart to actually align.
So I tried to express that to him. Why do I say that as a message? Because just during that time he was visiting United States and I was still in Switzerland when we actually discussed that possibility to actually be a love couple. So it was all by email actually. So I thought about my emotions. I felt it through. was a tornado of emotion. And I tried to put that on paper for him.
And I told him, listen, I am not ready to be a love couple with you.
Because love couple means, I mean not love, couple means, and I listed all the things domestic violence means to me. With cheating, with beating, with untrustworthy, with make believe, with global family picture to make everybody believe it's all good when, but when the door close, it's like hell on earth. That kind of things.
And then I created a second column and I said, now, if you offer me a lover, have an affair if you want to, a lover perspective where it is only about love, then it means, and I listed all the goodness of love, the union, having each other's back, ⁓ trusting each other, always seeing the truth, not having any secret, being transparent with each other, supporting each other.
That kind of things. And I sent him that message saying, I am not a couple because couple meets that. Now all over I would consider. And he said, okay. That is one of the rare times he actually pick up the phone at $3 a minute to actually call me and tell me, okay. You see your last message.
Everything on the couple, you put a real big black marker on it. You cross it out. That, I am not interested in that at all. Now you take the title couple and you put it alongside love. Because all that you have listed on the list love, that's what I'm meaning for. That is what I'm inviting you to join me in.
And I said, okay, if that's a deal, I can give it a try. And if it doesn't work, we can always go separate ways. So, okay, I'm safe to leave, know, like preparing my exit right away, you know. I'm safe to leave. Anytime. I will never stop you from leaving. You know where the door is. I will just take back my broken heart and let you go. Which I never heard from any of my two previous ones. I was more like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You're here, you mind, you stay.
and you take responsibility. Woohoo! No, I'm done. He answered that. I still had to deal with burst of fear, but throughout the last week he was out until he came back. I had time to prepare and to think of it again and again and again and to really remind myself, it's a lover. It's a love. It's not a couple couple, it's a love. All right.
Let me give it a try. Maybe, just maybe, because I was so yearning for love. I needed to be loved. I did not love myself. That was a sort of big point of it. I knew what I wanted and what I did not want. So that was a big progress already. But I didn't know any better. How are we on time? Are we good? Okay, good. So, ⁓
Kathleen Flanagan (24:58)
We got about 20 minutes.
Gemma Serenity (25:05)
That was the first big, ⁓ in French we say, tireillement, pick the right word in English, like friction. That was the first huge friction to actually break through my limiting beliefs, my belief pattern. And he did it gracefully. Like he's an angel.
I'm telling you. He's an angel. Another story of those big awakening moments because the real question is that awakening of the soul. Now we jump a few years later.
So in the meantime, we moved together to the United States. He sells everything he has. He offers me that opportunity of a lifetime. We moved together to the United States as I asked him to. Did I have a plan? No. If you're prepared to go, have a plan. That is my advice.
I have a plan. Think about how you're going to earn money over there. What kind of business are you doing or what kind of job are you going to get? And already start to search and to explore those. I did not. So we simply used up all the wealth that he accumulated by selling everything. And what next? Well, rock bottom.
Because I did not prepare. That was another big knocking at the door of my soul. What am I doing here? Why? And now there is no resources anymore. What? Why? What's that sink?
I was simply depressed on my phone playing a mindless game.
when suddenly it's like if the angels were beaming on me a ray of golden light. Because out of the blue, I was just playing the press, was probably midnight or so. Suddenly it's like a veil unveils. I'm able to see.
And I see all the correlation. I see all the love I received. I see all the love I did not give because I did not know how to give love. I saw all the good thoughts and good vibes I received and I saw all the bad vibes I gave in return. I saw all the wealth I received and I saw the wealth I did not give back.
I fell in tears of regret realizing that I brought that upon us because of my way of thinking.
From that moment on, I resolved to love purely, completely, universally. And I resolved to not entertain bad thoughts anymore, negative thoughts anymore. Did I succeed? Not really, but I did get a lot better. I did get a lot better, yes, exactly. But I resolved on improving my thinking.
Kathleen Flanagan (28:26)
We're human.
Gemma Serenity (28:33)
understanding the correlation between what I think and what matters, come into matter, what manifests.
Miracles after miracles after miracles money started to still come and still miracles Miracles miracles good things happened Over carried all the time in Miraculous way we don't have enough time to go through all the miracles there are so many but it's absolutely gorgeous to see how God carries you when you open your soul to your creator That is what I really want to emphasize here
Yeah, so these are two of the big, big ones. There are more. Where do you want to go next?
Kathleen Flanagan (29:31)
So what path did you take since you're wanting to help, you're wanting to love, you're changing all of that? What specificity, where specifically did you go with this and how did that come about in moving into that direction?
Gemma Serenity (29:52)
First thing I did was to write down on our gigantic whiteboard all I did wrong, all I did right, asking for forgiveness for all I did wrong, recognizing all that I did right.
And that was my coming to Jesus moment, if you want.
So that was the first thing, acknowledging, repenting on the wrong, thanking for the right.
And obviously when you do that, you have more and more gratitude in your heart. And the more grateful you are, more grateful you have, you receive, the more gratitude. I mean, it's an amazing wheel that goes positively as well. And then a miracle happened.
I told you that Sasha was born highly disabled, but since the moment we arrived in the United States, nobody told us that the water from the tap is not healthy. It is quote unquote drinkable. Not really, but yeah. But when you give that on a already weakened immune system, Sasha was.
Kathleen Flanagan (31:01)
mmm
Gemma Serenity (31:14)
physically dying. He was close and close and close to death because of already his weakened body because of that health condition from the start, even though he was able to actually have an amazing mind, be connected to God all the time, walking, never died. I mean, he's still alive at 47 years old, so that works. And even though he is a miracle, his body still is in pain 24-7. But because I kept on giving him
tap water like in Switzerland, it's pure water out of the tap in Switzerland. You can do that. It's totally healthy. Not in the United States. And I kept on feeding him and giving him that tap water. Within two years or three years, he was dying. He just summoned the most of his energy when he heard that I was going to a meeting with entrepreneurs.
and he felt the urge, the intuition, I must go there. So he just took his painful body, us there. And sure enough, we meet a naturopathic doctor who leaves a couple of streets away from us and who created a water treatment system that attaches to your kitchen sink. And freeze your body from all the free radicals, from all the inflammation, from all that thing. So his body
all our bodies became healthy again. That was the biggest blessing because not only did she give that, she also gave all those superfood powders. So giving life back to our body, Sasha suddenly started to dream again. It was like really. So we had an amazing testimonial of her products and she told us, okay, go promote and sell those products. You will get a hefty income.
Let's do that. Boom. I mean, we made way enough money to cover all the money that we needed to live on a daily basis. And it was a joyous experience. We went that way a few months and then something else came and broke our
Kathleen Flanagan (33:11)
Yeah
Gemma Serenity (33:34)
We were just starting to build back our daily spending, our daily living expenses. When suddenly we learned that our landlord is selling the house and we are asked to leave within 30 days.
Kathleen Flanagan (33:48)
Whoa.
Gemma Serenity (33:51)
We have a short credit score, of us. Do not have any savings. First and last month to get started again or buying a home or showing two years of income, none of that. ⁓ We lost the momentum because now I went back into fear.
I would say it's logical. Yeah, but that's not good for manifestation.
Kathleen Flanagan (34:16)
Exactly. ⁓
Gemma Serenity (34:19)
That's not good
for manifestation. For manifestation to work, when you get that kind of news, you celebrate your new home. You go and you just sing along how grateful and how blessed you are to have a new home. That's what you do for manifestation to work fast, especially when you have no money and you cannot really search for something with nothing, right?
My god.
We were not able to sell anymore because of so much fear. We were not able to convey that excitement of a healthy water anymore. So no more commission. And it was not like a fixed salary plus commission. It was just commission type of income. So it works as long as you are super motivated for it.
And we ended up in a Motel 6 for a week. That was even a blessing. Because suddenly someone just decided to offer us and to pay for a week in Motel 6 so that we can find out the next step. Even that, that day, I started to really drop into gratitude and feeling blessed. Suddenly one week felt forever.
Kathleen Flanagan (35:15)
Mmm.
Gemma Serenity (35:37)
And by the way, that week extended to two or three weeks because I felt it was like, okay, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank thank thank you, it works. And those same people even like filled up our pantry so that we can eat. So suddenly like a roof over our head, food on the table. So we had something. We even had help to actually put everything in storage when we had to leave the house.
And then someone else showed up and just say, come at my house. Thank you. Gosh. Come at my house, okay? And any rent at all? Just come. ⁓ Be my guest. And we stayed guest for three years. But during those three years, we started to build our businesses and rebuild trust and rebuild all of that. So we actually re-transformed our life with gratitude.
Having touched rock bottom in a way that really felt only carried by God to go through that, that was an awakening moment of the soul. Now, later on, we talked with Sasha again, Sasha who is highly connected to the spiritual realm still to this day. And one of the big question we were asking was, why does it take to touch rock bottom? Why can't you simply multiply the wealth you receive?
And this is where the most recent awakening of the soul happened. And this is where I actually changed my name on TikTok to put Gemma the manifesting queen so that everybody knows what I'm, how I'm going about that. And this is where I understood that.
joyful expectation of things as if they have already happened. That is a notion that is taught in every sacred text of every religion and every school of thought. Joyful expectation before you see it. Expecting the best does not hope.
that's expecting the best, there is only the best, nothing else. And if anything less than the best shows up dismissed, only the best. That means that if with that knowledge, right now I'm here like, okay, in 30 days you're gone. I will just smile and say, thank God, how blessed. Thank you for a wonderful home that we have been manifesting. In the best neighborhood possible. Thank you for that flood of money.
I would go that way and make my body believe it. That's how I would go about it as an awakened soul. And yes, it took to touch rock bottom. For me, doesn't have to if you step into your divine self right away before you actually touch rock bottom.
Kathleen Flanagan (38:43)
That's such an amazing story and it's so true on just willing yourself, not willing, it's just being grateful because that's exactly how I came out of a very dark place too, was gratitude and believing and what did I want and owning it, just really saying that I'm worthy and deserving of it. So Gemma, how can people get a hold of you?
Gemma Serenity (39:07)
There is a simple website, gemmasurrenity.com. A simple TikTok handle, gemmasurrenity. A simple everywhere, gemmasurrenity. That is how you go about me. That's quite easy. ⁓ G-E-M-M-A, think about it, gem, G-E-M-M-A. Serenity exactly as you hear it, exactly what it means. ⁓ And that is how I love to connect with real people. Right now I'm building...
community. That means that I'm answering messages, I'm answering people who reach out to me. I'm creating that solid, solid community who want and desire and are on their way to connect with their divine self, with their higher self, with their soul, with their divine alignment so that they may manifest everything they want just because they understand how to use it.
And right now I'm also publishing a book about the 12 universal eternal laws. I'm taking the cat's perspective because I love cats, you know. So it's a very fun read. I'm just finishing up the last chapters right now. Going to publish it this month of October, guaranteed. Maybe something, I mean, we'll see. But something good is coming. Something good is cooking.
Kathleen Flanagan (40:29)
⁓ it should be a fun read. Well, I want to thank you so much Gemma for coming on the show. And I want to thank all of my guests for joining. And if you found any value or you know anyone who needs to hear this message, please send them the link and like and subscribe to the show. And I will see all of you next Tuesday, 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. And from my heart to yours, I hope you have a fabulous week.
Gemma Serenity (40:31)
Yes it is, guarantee.
Kathleen (40:59)
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Gemma Serenity
Gemma, victorious over 15 years of domestic violence, knows firsthand the stark difference between toxic love and real love. She has walked the path from painful, unhealthy relationships to a life grounded in true self-love and solid, loving foundations. She understands the steps it takes to go from brokenness and toxic cycles to experiencing the power of healthy love—not only in terms of self-love but also in attracting and building relationships rooted in self-respect.
With numerous accolades, including the Women of Entrepreneurship Award and the LEAP Excellence Award in Creative Leadership, Gemma is a living testament to what’s possible when you embrace your worth and rebuild your life on your own terms. Now, she guides women through this powerful journey, helping them reclaim their worth and build a love based on trust, respect, and deep emotional connection.