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Since the move, life at home feels harder. Your children's meltdowns are escalating. Conflicts are piling up. And you're in the middle of it all — exhausted from holding everything together.

I’m Clio — a parenting coach for expat and multicultural families.

I help mothers rebuild connection with their children and with themselves, without chasing perfection.

Something shifted when you moved.

Mornings have become battles. Your child melts down over nothing — more intensely, more often than before. They cry without apparent reason, appear defiant, clingy or on edge.

The conflicts pile up. And you keep trying to stay patient, to do everything right — but you find yourself reacting in ways that don’t feel like you. In the evening, you wonder why everything is so hard, when you organised this whole move to give your family a better life.

You’re not broken. The context became too heavy — for you and for your children.

This isn’t just a parenting problem. When a family relocates, everyone adapts — but faster than the nervous system can follow. Your child is managing a new school, a new language, new social codes — while still needing you to be their safe base. You’re rebuilding a social life, possibly a professional identity, a home that feels like home again. Maybe your partner is absorbed by their new role. Maybe you’re the one who followed, and you’re still figuring out who you are here. The result is a specific emotional loop that runs in expat families — one that doesn’t resolve on its own, and that ordinary parenting advice was never designed to address.

What you’re experiencing has a name. And once you see the pattern running underneath, everything becomes clearer.

This is how we work together.

The Rooted Connection Method is a coaching approach built specifically for expat and multicultural families.

Three steps:

1 — Map the loop
We identify the exact moment where stress becomes reaction in your family — and why the expat context makes it so much harder to interrupt.

2 — Understand the trigger
We work on the underlying belief driving the spiral — not just the behaviour on the surface. This is where real change begins.

3 — Build your calm anchor
We create a new dynamic rooted in connection, not control — one that holds across countries, transitions and cultures.

This isn’t a list of techniques. It’s a shift in how you see yourself, your children, and what’s actually happening between you.

Where would you like to start?

📌 Free Clarity Session — 30 minutes

In 30 minutes, we identify together:
— which pattern is running in your family
— where the real point of tension is
— what you actually need to move forward
You leave with a clear picture of what’s happening — not a list of tips, but a precise map of your situation.
Online · In English or French · No commitment

Free Guide

When Big Emotions Take Over

A practical guide for expat mothers navigating emotional meltdowns — why they happen, why relocation makes them more intense, and what actually helps.

📌 Rooted in 6 — Individual Coaching Programme

Six sessions to move from reactive to grounded. We work on your specific family loop, your triggers, and the relational patterns keeping you stuck.

Credentials ? I'm glad you asked!

Certified Mindfulness & Life Coach
Positive Discipline for Families and Early Childhood Facilitator
Trained in Daniel J. Siegel’s Interpersonal Neurobiology approach

I'm Clio — I've lived what you're going through

You don't have to keep holding it alone.

The first step is simply understanding what’s really happening in your family — and knowing where to put your attention. That’s exactly what we do together in 30 minutes.

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