Wanderlust: Expat Life & Style in Thailand April / May 2015 - The Health & Wellness Issue | Page 48

HEALTH & well-being

Amelie
Inspirational
by Katherine Park

H

ave you ever met someone whose life story
ute: what’s the connection between a coach as type
sounds more like a movie than reality? This
of transport and a sports coach?
is the case for French expat Amelie Yan-Gouiffes.
Easy. Both of them help get you from point A to point
Amelie has lived in 20 countries around the world,
B. So, to put it simply, a life coach supports and guides
but she is not your typical expat. Her global experiencyou as you reach towards your goals in life.
es include: setting up Amnesty International Spain's
first team for women’s rights; disaster relief after earthWHAT A LIFE COACH IS NOT
quakes and floods around the world; and post-conflict
Not quite sure how a life coach is different from
support in Bosnia after the Bosnian War. Amea psychotherapist? Psychotherapy employs
lie’s career as a humanitarian aid has altheories of psychology to help those
lowed her to witness life in full—
with mental illness or with diffieverything from the atrocities
culties in life and relationships.
of war to the beauty of hope
Especially in psychoanalytic
and the resi Y[