My name means "hope"

I consider myself an eternal optimist who likes to inspire others to believe in themselves and go after their dreams as too often what really limits us is ourselves.

I was 15 years old when, my economics and social science teacher stated during the class that according to the statistics less than 1 out 10 children who were from working-class parents would graduate from higher education (even lower rates if one looks at the most prestigious higher education institutions), and most of them would remain in their parents' social class for the rest of their lives. Not only was I from working-class parents but also from one of the poorest areas of France and daughter of immigrants.

I remember that day particularly well as I felt both infuriated and very sad. Not because I thought there was anything wrong with having working-class parents but because there was something terribly wrong with the idea of having no hope, no choice in deciding about my life and somewhat being condemned to being a statistic and merely reproduce the past. I finished high school exams with grades that were so high, it took me years to fully accept there were truly mine. At that time, I had close to zero awareness of my potential coupled with a poor self-esteem but deep down I wanted to move forward. That is how I embarked on studying languages and business as I have always been drawn to other cultures. During my studies, I took the opportunity to study one year in the United Kingdom (thank you Erasmus!) where I became aware for the first time of my own cultural conditioning when I returned to France.

After graduation I started my career in the Technology sector in Ireland working for Microsoft in a highly multi-cultural environment surrounded by great colleagues and managers. At this point I could have felt proud for having "made it" but the truth was I felt quite the opposite. I felt completely lost and at the wrong place. Being a fast learner and getting bored easily, I started changing jobs, I moved countries (went to Australia) and then cities back in France, always working in highly international environments, in various client relations management functions in the Technology industry.

I reached my 30s having accumulated a lot of skills and various experiences but feeling more and more empty, totally disconnected to myself, and not finding much sense in my various jobs.

At that time started a long period of introspection, exploration and multiple detours through skills assessments, personality tests, psychology books, tons of hours of reading on personal development, attending conferences, talking to experts. I became aware that what had been truly missing in my career so far was the human with a big "H" and by that it meant helping others progress, know themselves, believe in themselves and to some extend feel more free.

This is how, in my early thirties, I joined an international intercultural consultancy which was contributing to help people communicate, work and understand each other better across cultures or being successful in their expatriation. After 6 years I decided to become certified as a professional and personal coach and specialize on career aspects. This led me to join the career center of an international leading business school in France where I got to coach, advise, and train a huge variety of profiles for over 5 years, from young adults starting their professional lives to executives with between 5 to 10 years of professionnal experience through their career transition.

To date, I am proud to have successfully accompanied over 300 people from over 56 nationalities in the many aspects involved in international careers and career transition.

I created Trampolife to put my journey, the knowledge I acquired through mistakes sometimes and the experience I accumulated over the years at your service.

Now, I am very curious to learn about YOUR story and very much looking forward to support your career happiness!

Nadia