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Life coaching in Paris for women in transition: the moment in between

By Aliya · English-speaking life coach in Paris · 2 November 2026

Aliya, life coach in Paris

There is a moment I love working with. Not before the change, not after. The moment in between.

Your mind is already in the new life. But your reality is still in the old one. Maybe you moved to Paris and you still don’t know who you are here. Maybe you left a job, or you want to. Maybe you became a mom and the old you doesn’t fit anymore. Or maybe there is a dream that just won’t go quiet, and you know it.

That moment is beautiful. And it’s also really, really uncomfortable.

Why the moment in between feels so heavy

Because nothing is stable yet. The old routines don’t work, the new ones don’t exist yet. And your brain hates that. For your nervous system, “unknown” often reads as “danger”, even when the change is something you truly want.

So you get tired faster. You doubt more. You start to think something is wrong with you.

Nothing is wrong with you. You are in a transition. It’s supposed to feel like this.

What life coaching does in this moment

I’m an English-speaking life coach in Paris, and most of the women I work with are exactly here. In between.

We work on two sides at the same time.

The external side: where do you actually want to be? What is the next real step, this week, not in five years? What in your environment pulls you down, and what can we change?

The internal side: your fears, your old beliefs, and your nervous system. Because you can have the perfect plan and still freeze. I always say, your success is limited to your nervous system capacity. So we make that capacity bigger, gently.

You don’t have to give up. You can make it easier.

A lot of women I talk to are not going to give up. They’re strong, they’ve done hard things before. They just don’t want to burn themselves to the ground on the way.

And honestly, that’s the whole point of my work. I help women in transition make it easier: aligning their heart with their mind, their nervous system and their body, so they actually get where they want to go. With energy left when they land.

Why in English, and why in Paris

When you talk about the things that matter, you need your own language. Not your “good enough” French. If half of your energy goes into translating yourself, there is not much left for the real work.

And Paris, because so many of us are here in transition. Expats, women who moved for love, for work, for a dream. I see you. I’ve been there too, and with two kids at home, I still am in some ways.

I see clients in my cabinet in Paris and online. If you want to know more about how I work, read about life coaching with me, or start from the home page.

A few signs you might be in the moment in between

  • You feel like you’re living two lives: the one in your head and the one in your calendar.
  • Your environment is very different from where you want to be, and everything feels like it pulls you down.
  • You have a goal you truly love, and you’re scared to burn out going for it.
  • You’re carrying something heavy, and you’re tired of carrying it alone.

If you nodded at one of these, it’s probably time to talk to someone.

The first step is small

You don’t need to have it figured out to start. Honestly, if you had it figured out, you wouldn’t be in between.

The first call with me is free, 30 minutes, online. You tell me where you are and where you want to be. That’s it. Let’s start there.