Hello, I'm Fabienne – Nice to meet you

MEET FABIENNE

A parent, an educator, and someone who could no longer ignore what wasn’t working.

I’m Fabienne.

First and foremost, I’m a mother of two teenage boys.
Like many parents, my journey hasn’t been straightforward. It has involved questioning, unlearning, and rethinking what education really means.

At one point, one of my sons was home educated, while the other followed a more traditional school path.
Living these different realities side by side changed how I see education: not as one system, but as something much more complex and human.

 

WHY I DO THIS WORK

After nearly 30 years working across education from early years to higher education, I began to notice a pattern.

More and more young people were struggling.
And more and more adults were trying to hold it all together.

It didn’t sit right with me to see children as “the problem”.

So, I started asking different questions:

• What if behaviour is communication?
• What if well-being is not an add-on, but the foundation?
• What if we need to unlearn as much as we learn?

Flourishing Education grew from these questions.

 

HOW I WORK

My work sits between the “ME” and the “WE”.

I support parents, teachers, and school staff who are holding a lot, not by offering quick fixes or strategies, but by creating space to pause, reflect, and see more clearly.

This includes:

• what you’re experiencing personally
• what’s happening in your relationships
• and the wider systems you are part of

Because the challenges you’re facing are rarely just individual.

 

MY BACKGROUND

Alongside my experience in education and research (including my current PhD exploring how individuals, communities and the planet flourish together), I bring together a range of approaches that support deeper reflection and change.

I am:

• an NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner
• a Coach
• a Clinical Hypnotherapist, with a focus on anxiety and stress
• a Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher (LinkedIn)

These are not techniques I “apply” to people.

They shape how I listen, how I hold space, and how I support you to make sense of your experience without judgement.

 

WHAT MATTERS TO ME

I don’t believe in fixing people. Nobody is broken

I believe in creating spaces where people can:

• feel safe enough to be honest and authentic
• understand what they are carrying
• question what they’ve inherited
• and begin to respond in ways that feel more aligned

Because when we change how we see,
we change how we respond
and that changes what becomes possible.

 

BEYOND THE WORK

I am also the author of The Flourishing Student and co-author of How to Grow a Grown Up.
I host the Flourishing Education podcast, where I explore these ideas through “imperfectly perfect conversations”. (Link here)

At the heart of it all, I care deeply about holding and co-creating spaces where people can be, become, and belong.

 

LET’S CONNECT

If something here resonates, you’re very welcome to reach out.

This can start with a simple conversation.