

Why I created Living Map™
At 40, the life I'd spent years building pretty much imploded.
Looking back, I can see how much of that life I'd spent being capable. I could run businesses, manage teams, solve problems and find a way through just about anything that landed in front of me. I was very good at it too.
What I hadn't really considered was whether the way I was living and working actually supported me.
I was so focused on making everything work, building financial security and keeping everyone else moving that I wasn't really present in my own life. Even with my children, I was often managing everything rather than simply being with them.
When everything started falling apart, I had to ask myself some fairly fundamental questions about who I was beyond all that competency.
What did I actually need? What mattered to me? How did I naturally operate when I wasn't constantly responding to everyone else's needs?
That journey took me into studying astrology, archetypes, nervous system regulation and understanding the different parts of who we are.
I've spent around four years learning, questioning, testing things against my own experiences and gradually building a much fuller understanding of myself.
Understanding myself changed how I saw my life and how I wanted to approach it. But there was another important part to that journey.
For the first time in a very long time, I had a genuinely supportive relationship where I could question things, work through difficult feelings and begin trusting my own judgement again.
Understanding myself helped me recognise what I needed. Having that support gave me the space and confidence to start making different choices. And I did.
Today, I'm building businesses and a life that honour my nervous system, my needs and my values. I'm still ambitious, still capable and still doing work that matters to me. The difference is that I'm also able to be present with my family, rather than constantly managing everything around them.
I didn't have to become less capable. I needed to understand that being capable wasn't a reason to keep living in a way that wasn't supporting me.
So why Living Map™?
Because I don't believe anyone should have to spend four years studying astrology to begin understanding themselves in this way.
And I certainly don't think they should have to wait until life-changing circumstances come along and shake the foundations of everything they've built.
I've taken what I've learned and translated it into plain English, moving away from heavily spiritualised interpretations to create something people can actually explore and use in their own lives.
I want founders to have the opportunity to recognise their needs, question familiar patterns and consider making adjustments while they're building their businesses. Not only when something happens that forces them to reconsider everything.
Of course, understanding ourselves doesn't mean we can prevent difficult things from happening. But perhaps we can become more aware of what supports us, what doesn't and the choices we have available.
That's why I'm bringing Living Map™ to life.
Faye Kazmi
Founder, Living Map™








