My Services
Transition Coaching, Change of Country (Adults or Teenagers)
Want to explore and discover new horizons?
Expatriation is a big change in anyone’s life: It is a great leap into the unknown. It calls into question most of your certainties and pushes you beyond your comfort zone.
The best way to live this change is to prepare yourself to live it at its best. My role as a coach is to prepare you for it and to help you gather the tools and resources that will allow you to move forward easily and smoothly towards your next adventure!
"Actions do not always bring happiness, no doubt, but there is no happiness without actions."
Adult Expatriation:
- You want to find your place within your intercultural company.
- You want to bounce back and readapt quickly by making the most of your previous experience to build a new project.
- You want to manage the different phases of the transition as well as possible.
- You want to give positive meaning to the different learning experiences while abroad.
- You have difficulties adapting socially or culturally.
- You feelisolated.
- You are overwhelmed by the tasks to be accomplished.
- You are overwhelmed by your emotions.
Teenage Expatriation:
- You want to find your place in your new school.
- Together with your parents, you want to organise your environment so that it is as safe as possible for you.
- You want to become aware of your skills and assets, acquired during your previous schooling, to use them as resources in your new establishment.
- You have difficulties in adapting socially and culturally.
- You do not manage to build strong links with your new friends.
- You feel isolated.
Return to the Country of Origin:
- You want to prepare to leave your current country (goodbye rituals, keeping what will be precious to you for the future) and start planning.
- You need to organise your priorities before your return.
- You need to organise your priorities before your return, you want to relate your experience abroad while valuing the contributions of expatriation.
- You are overwhelmed by the tasks to be accomplished.
Coaching process:
- A preliminary interview of about 15 minutes by telephone with the parents and teenager, free of charge and non-mandatory: to ensure that the request falls within the scope of coaching, to get to know each other, to set out the context, to identify the goals, and to agree on the methods.
- Approximately 3 to 5 sessions of an average of 1 hour each, at weekly intervals (unless otherwise requested),
- If coaching a teenager, a tripartite review (coach + teenager + parents), while respecting the confidentiality of the content of the sessions
- Between 1 and 2 months, according to the rhythm of each person.
- Our meetings can be face to face (Dubai) or remotely (virtual platform or telephone).
Testimonials
"An excellent coach who I highly recommend. Marie-Astrid helped me to question myself, to know myself better and to take stock of my qualities and weaknesses. Thanks to her, I regained my self-confidence and I refocused on the essentials in order to target my expectations and set new personal and professional goals. The follow-up throughout the coaching was very effective thanks to her listening skills and her advice."
Laëtitia 42 years old
"Marie Astride, as a Professional Coach, helped me to get to know myself. Throughout the sessions, thanks to her active listening, I noticed that I had limiting values, needs and beliefs. So, thanks to her highly effective tools and her individual approach, I was able to re-establish my self-confidence and project myself positively into my professional future. Today, I am a self-employed entrepreneur and I am delighted to have taken this step. After the sessions with Marie Astride, I knew myself better. Thank you Marie Astride for your professionalism, your patience and your positivity.”
Presilla 53 years old
"First of all, I wanted to thank Marie-Astrid for coaching me and helping me to understand what I wanted to do and to reach many of my personal goals. Thanks to these 3 months of coaching I was able to understand certain areas of my life that I needed to improve and certain areas that I needed to work on in order to move forward and gain confidence in myself. Since I began taking coaching sessions I have been able to follow my dreams and I am now trying to think more about myself in order to achieve my goals and fulfil my aspirations. I went to South America for 6 months as an exchange student, realising that this is my life and not anyone else's, that I need to listen to myself much more to be happy and succeed in what I do. The numerous phases of coaching are all important to be able to discover who we really are at the end. Thanks again to this excellent coach whom I highly recommend!”
Valentine 22 years old
"I had the fantastic experience of being coached by Marie-Astrid Mneimneh, a dedicated, positive, dynamic and talented coach. Her quick wit and vibrant personality made this experience incredibly stimulating. Marie-Astrid makes the coaching process enjoyable, allowing you to be true to yourself and find the answers you are looking for. Combined with her methodical coaching approach, you will be able to define your personal goal, draw a clear roadmap on how to reach your goals, remove doubts and strive for success. Her coaching exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend her."
Nicolas 44 years old
“When I first started my coaching sessions with Marie-Astrid I had doubts about my own commitment and the end results. Although new at that time to coaching, Marie-Astrid has been key to my development both personally and professionally. She knew how to channel my energy and help me stay focused, drawing the very best out of me. Marie-Astrid was always prepared but also knew how to be responsive and flexible, adapting to her coachee. Over a year has passed and the desired change is still here and I can only thank Marie-Astrid for that. I highly recommend Marie-Astrid as a coach, she is an active listener, helps you stay focused and passionate about what she does!”
Sonia 42 years old