Supporting the uprooted in replanting their lives

About me

Hi, I'm Janine Gratrix, and I help people navigating life after being uprooted: the ones who are quietly falling apart behind a very convincing 'I'm absolutely fine.'

If life looks composed on the outside but feels strangely off on the inside, you’re in the right place. I work with anglophone expats and French-speaking clients across both languages, drawing on therapeutic depth, nervous system work, and the kind of honest support that doesn’t require you to perform being okay. Warm insight, occasional dry humour, and absolutely no ‘you shoulds.”

A bit more about me and why I do this work

How I Came to This Work

I know this territory because I’ve lived it.

I first moved to France at eighteen. Returned to Britain. Built a life there, then relocated again in my forties: this time to run a gîte business in the south of France for eight years, raise children across two cultures, and rebuild a professional identity more or less from scratch.

Each time, the logistics eventually sorted themselves out. The interior landscape took longer. The low-grade disorientation, the sense of being slightly out of step with yourself, the version of you that seemed to have been mislaid somewhere between the two countries.

I found my way back through therapeutic work. Once that shifted, everything else began to make sense. That’s what I offer now.

Therapeutic Coaching with Heart

My approach draws on nervous system work, somatic awareness, and the kind of honest therapeutic depth that coaching alone doesn’t always reach. Sessions are warm and grounded, without being clinical or overwhelming.

The work follows a simple arc:

Regulate

Untangle the exhaustion, rebuild trust in yourself, and make sense of what’s been quietly unraveling beneath the surface.

Reconnect

Find emotional calm and safety especially when life feels like a tug-of-war.

Realign

Rediscover your sense of direction and belonging, so your life starts to feel like something you’re actually living, not just managing.

Training & Certifications:

  • Certified Therapeutic Coach, Alex Howard Therapeutic Coaching Programme (Optimum Health Clinic)
  • Practitioner in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
  • NLP and Integrative Emotional Work
  • Somatic and Polyvagal-Informed Practice
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed approach
  • Core Transformation
  • ICF ACC Accreditation in progress
  • Fluent in English and French; sessions available in both languages

What Matters Most in My Work

Safety before strategy

The nervous system doesn’t respond to pressure. It responds to safety. We build that first, and everything else follows.

Compassion over perfection

You don’t need to perform being okay. We work with what’s actually here, which is always enough to start with.

Integration over information

More advice isn’t what’s needed. Space to process what’s happening inside, so things finally start to align.

Ready to feel at home again?

You don’t need to have everything figured out you just need the courage to start.
Let’s talk. No pressure, no expectations. Just a calm space to explore what you’ve been carrying.

“This isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you’ve always been: calm, whole, and at home within yourself.”

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