Hi, I’m Pauline

I’m a self-worth and self-leadership coach for purpose-driven women leading meaningful work.

I help women who carry responsibility, impact, and vision to expand their influence without hardening, burning out, or sacrificing their love life.

My clients are ambitious, conscious women – leaders, executives, change-makers – who want success and intimacy, authority and connection.

Why I do this work

Because I’ve seen – and lived – the cost of power built on pressure.

I’ve worked for years in humanitarian leadership, managing programs in war-torn countries like Darfur, Congo, and Colombia.
High stakes. High responsibility. Constant urgency.

I was strong, capable, effective.
… and disconnected from myself.

Like many women of power, I knew how to lead in crisis –
but not how to rest, receive, soften, or let myself be met in love.

I see this pattern everywhere:
brilliant, sensitive women
dimming their light – or burning themselves out –
paying for impact with their bodies, their health, or their relationships.

I believe this is a waste.
And I believe women can have it all.

Power, love, and inner authority

My turning point was redefining power.

After years in the field, stress forced me to stop.
What started as a break led me to India and then to spend over a year living in an ashram, studying and teaching yoga.

That’s where I reconnected with my body.
With sensation.
With myself.

Later, my journey deepened into worthiness, love, and self-leadership –
understanding how operating in “warrior mode” had shaped my relationships.

When I learned to return to my body, trust myself, and take responsibility for my inner experience, everything shifted:
how I led,
how I loved,
how I chose partnership.

This is when I stopped chasing love –
and became available for it.

Today, I live between Brazil and the south of France with my partner and our young son.

This is the foundation of Sovereign

An embodied power.
Rooted in self-worth rather than performance.
Led from inner authority instead of control.

I now support women who are already leaders to become sovereign
grounded in their body, clear in their mind, and powerful in their life and relationships.

My work integrates:

  • self-love as a lived foundation (nothing to fix)

  • body–mind–soul transformation

  • radical self-leadership

  • and a conscious integration of feminine and masculine energies

Not fighting the world as it is –
but becoming an active force of change from the inside out.

Training & Professional Foundations

My work is grounded in both lived experience and extensive professional training, including:

  • Master’s degree in International Law

  • Master’s degree in International Humanitarian Aid

  • Sex, Love & Relationship Coaching Certification (Tantric Institute for Integrated Sexuality)

  • Trauma-informed somatic work (Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System – BBTRS)

  • Advanced embodiment, meditation & consciousness training
    (Yoga teacher training in India, Vipassana meditation, and long-term spiritual practice)

This work changed how I lead and how I love — without asking me to become someone else.

— Senior leader, humanitarian sector

If you want to lead powerfully without losing yourself
and create relationships that meet you –
you’re in the right place.

See you soon

Pauline

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