M O V E L L E S
Fly far.
Stay you.
A move abroad opens a new world and a new way of seeing yourself within it.
Movelles accompanies young women through international transitions with thoughtful preparation, guided reflection, and a place to grow in confidence.
A strong foundation for what comes next
Every international chapter unfolds differently.
Movelles accompanies young women navigating university, an exchange, a gap year, or an early career move abroad.
Through individual coaching, each participant has space to look ahead, make sense of new experiences, and approach the choices ahead with greater perspective and self-trust, whether the journey is just beginning or already underway.
The Movelles Experience
Individual Coaching
A private space of her own, shaped around her destination and the chapter she is navigating. Engagements usually unfold across three months, with single sessions also available. Practical questions are welcome, from housing and paperwork to how to find people.
Time with Horses
Sessions outside Paris, working on presence, boundaries, and reading a situation without words. No riding experience is needed, and a single session can stand on its own.
Circles
From time to time Movelles brings together a carefully curated Circle of young women moving through chapters of their own, meeting in guided conversation across the transition. The first begins later this year.
A place to
find your own way
Living in another country invites new relationships, new possibilities, and new ways of understanding the world. The aim is not simply to feel at home in a new place. It is to become more at home in oneself.
Two worlds.
One you.
Movelles offers space to pause within that experience, see situations more clearly, and make considered choices with growing confidence.
Led by Elyse Michaels Berger
Elyse Michaels Berger is a Franco-American coach, leadership educator, cross-cultural trainer, and specialist in the international student experience.
She designed her first transition training program at Columbia University and has been building on that work ever since.
She is a Global Executive Coach at HEC Paris. Previously she served as Director of the HEC Academy and Director of Academics for the HEC Paris MBA, developing and leading learning experiences for international students from around the world.
She has also raised a bicultural family and accompanied her own children through international education, bringing both professional expertise and lived understanding to the experience of leaving, landing, and finding one's place.
Elyse holds degrees from Princeton University, Columbia University, and ESSEC Business School and is an ICF accredited and Co-Active trained coach.
Every journey begins with a conversation.
Discover whether Movelles is the right companion for the chapter ahead, or ask to be told when a place in the next Circle opens.