Nancy Bonamy
MY MISSION
I support humanitarians, expatriates and accompanying spouses who wish to make successful life and career transitions. I help them create positive and lasting changes in their professional and personal lives.
I'm Nancy Bonamy, a certified life and career Coach. I specialized in life and career transitions, professional and personal development, resilience and well-being. I’m also trained in burnout prevention and post-burnout career guidance.
MY BELIEFS
In every transition, whether desired or imposed, there are opportunities and a chance to reinvent yourself, a little, a lot, even passionately!
The secret to successful life and career transitions lies in your ability to reconnect with who you are today and what you really want in all areas of your life.
You have all the answers within you on how to re-enchant your professional and personal life.
MY MULTIPLE EXPERIENCES AT YOUR SERVICE.
An expatriate for 30 years, I've worked in a dozen different countries in Africa, Middle East, Russia, Europe and North America. I also returned to my country of origin, Switzerland, for 5 years. Over this time, I have experienced multiple professional and personal transitions.
My atypical career path includes several professional reconversions with very different jobs. I've been a primary school teacher, a manager of professional musicians, a humanitarian with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an expatriate spouse (yes, it's a job too!) and for 10 years now, I’m certified in Life & Career coaching, working with humanitarians, expatriates and accompanying spouses.
As a humanitarian working for the ICRC, I have spent 8 years in the field in emergency contexts (Palestine, Chechnya, Congo, Sudan, Iraq) and 2 years at headquarters in Geneva. In addition to the challenges directly linked to my humanitarian work, I had to face the difficulties of taking care of myself and my life balance. I also experienced a rapid career progression (deputy head of delegation for my 3rd mission) with all the challenges (and learning) that this implies in terms of management, communication and leadership. And then, finally, I had to learn to reorient myself professionally after years in this sector.
The day I took on the status of expatriate spouse, I realized, much to my surprise, how complicated this role (usually misunderstood and not valued) was to take on. I faced many obstacles regarding my professional and personal development. I had to learn to live with the very simplistic label of "wife of...". I also learned to reinvent myself...often!
Since 2014, I’m certified in Life & Career Coaching, Positive Psychology, Resilience, Social & Emotional Intelligence. I’m also trained in Burnout Prevention and Post-Burnout Career Orientation.
Throughout my studies, I developed my expertise on issues related to life and career transitions, expatriation, humanitarian sector, the status of expat spouse, and studied many other subjects such as well-being, non-violent communication, mindfulness meditation, etc.
YOU ASK YOURSELF A THOUSAND QUESTIONS? I UNDERSTAND, I’VE BEEN THERE TOO!
My life is full of transitions and for a long time I managed all these changes with great ease. Thus, until one day where I was no longer able to identify what I really wanted and how to ensure a good life balance.
At the time, I was facing several circumstances that had important impacts on me:
- Professionally, after years in the humanitarian field, I was no longer satisfied with my life balance. Though not knowing what to do about it. When I finally decided to leave the humanitarian sector, I was at a total loss as to how to find a new, meaningful career direction that would combine my past experiences.
- On a personal level, becoming a parent marked a real turning point in my life. It felt like a tsunami, turning my priorities, values, expectations, and goals upside down.
- And finally, the day I took on the (too often) misunderstood status of accompanying expatriate spouse, I faced many obstacles to reinventing myself and create a fulfilling life.
It was through coaching and my various training courses that I finally succeeded in creating the positive changes I needed. Throughout my studies, I had the privilege of equipping myself with tools that still enable me to bounce back with agility from life’s challenges!
What has had a real positive impact on my career is to have been able to clarify who I am today, to identify what I really want and to have learned to put in place the right strategies to achieve my goals.
My experiences and training have naturally led me to work with humanitarians, working expatriates and accompanying spouses willing to create positive changes in their lives and navigate successfully their personal and professional transitions.
MY COMMITMENT TO YOUR SIDE
Today, I’m lucky to have an incredible job, which gives me the unique opportunity to pass on practical tools to the people I accompany, so that they too, can create positive and lasting changes in their professional and personal life.
Thanks to my programs, the people I support can reconnect with their own needs and desires, dare to reclaim their rightful place, and find the right balance in their lives.
Pour mes coaching, j’ai créé une méthodologie spécifique qui s’adapte à ta situation particulière d’expatrié en poste, d’humanitaire ou de conjoint accompagnant.
MY METHODOLOGY AT A GLANCE
My coaching method offers you a path to follow, both during and between coaching sessions.
Thanks to an autonomous training platform that I have created for you, you benefit from a clear and structured framework for reflection that allows you to progress at your own pace and in a completely independent way.
The coaching sessions are totally personalized to your specific needs and support this framework for reflection. You leave each session with a better understanding of how you work and what drives you.
This methodology provides the groundwork you need to activate your creativity and unblock your situation. It enables you to come up with ideas, solutions, answers and decisions that respond to your unique situation.
It supports you in your reflection and in taking action to create positive and lasting changes, both in your professional and personal life!
At the end of my coaching sessions, you'll be equipped with a clear, concrete action plan and you'll have built up your own box of resources. Tools you can take with you wherever you go, long after we've finished working together.
Je t’accompagne, en français ou en anglais, en ligne, où que tu sois basée dans le monde !
Nancy Bonamy - 30 years of expatriation - Journey & Lessons learned.
In this video, I tell you about my journey and lessons-learned of my 30 years as a multi-expatriate (in French with English subtitles)!
If you'd prefer to read, click here: Article on my 30 years of expatriation (in English).
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Certification in Personal & Professional Coaching – New York University (NYU)– New York
Trained in Burnout Prevention & Post Burnout Orientation – Ciao Burnout – Belgium
Trained in PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) Reconsolidation Therapy – Brunet Method – Canada
Certification in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) – The Flourishing Center (TFC) – New York
Certification in Emotional & Social Intelligence – Institute Social & Emotional Intelligence (ISEI) – Denver
Certified Resilience Trainer – Bounce Back Better® – The Flourishing Center (TFC) – New York
Certified Facilitator – Flourishing Skills Group® – The Flourishing Center (TFC) – New York
Certification in the use of the DiSC® tool – New York University (NYU) – New York
Positive Psychology in Coaching – Institute for Social & Emotional Intelligence (ISEI) – Denver
Group coaching – New York University (NYU) – New York
Teaching Diploma for Elementary School – Ecole Normale de Fribourg – Switzerland