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Guides for Work, Family & Boundaries

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The tension between a demanding career and a full life at home is not a scheduling problem; it is a boundaries problem, and boundaries are learned from people who actually hold them. The guides here juggle careers, children, caregiving and ambition themselves.

A session in this category is a judgment-free hour on the questions that rarely fit anywhere else: scaling back without stalling, returning after parental leave, saying no upward without burning trust.

Or start from what's on your mind

All movesCareer changeStay or leaveFirst teamGoing independentMoving abroad

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The people who made these moves

Rami Hajji

  • Egypt and TunisiatoGermany
  • Sales and leadershiptoFounding Nawaya

Left at 19 with a degree nobody here knew and a language I did not speak. Sixteen years later Germany is home, and I am building Nawaya.

Speaks English, German, Arabic, FrenchGermany

Career changeStay or leaveSales
then $88 per session (30 min)

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Isabell Hajji

Over ten years in HR and leadership, full-time, alongside raising a child.

Sessions in GermanGermany

First teamHR & people
then $88 per session (30 min)

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Karim Hajji

  • R&D in energytoInternational sales
  • International salestoPatent examiner, EPO

R&D in energy, then international sales between Germany and MENA, today patent examiner at the European Patent Office. Three deliberate career changes.

Speaks English, German, ArabicGermany

Career changeMoving abroadSalesLaw & public administrationEnergy & industry
then $100 per session (30 min)

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Amine Zgarni

Medical director in Munich.

Speaks English, German, ArabicGermany

First teamMoving abroadHealthcare & medicine
then $90 per session (30 min)

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Amine Darkaoui

  • HR consultanttoFounder, HR e-learning

Over ten years as an HR consultant and trainer in Morocco, founder of an HR e-learning platform.

Sessions in Arabic, FrenchMorocco

Going independentHR & peopleEducation & training
then $65 per session (30 min)

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Warren Nugent

From UX to Product

Speaks EnglishUnited Arab Emirates

Career changeStay or leaveProduct managementDesign & UXMedia & creative
then $75 per session (30 min)

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Bochra Kammoun

  • PhD in agronomytoProject management
  • TunisiatoFrance

From a PhD in agronomy into project management and digital transformation in the farming sector, and from Tunisia into a working life in France.

Sessions in Arabic, FrenchFrance

Career changeMoving abroadOperations & project managementScience & research
then $85 per session (30 min)
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Frequently asked questions

What do people bring to these sessions?

Parental-leave returns, part-time negotiations, the guilt loop between office and home, and workloads that quietly grew past sustainable. If it sits at the intersection of work and life, it belongs here.

Are these guides therapists?

No: and they will say so. Guides share practical strategies from lived experience; for persistent exhaustion or mental-health concerns, professional care comes first, and a good guide will point you there.

Can boundaries really be negotiated in a demanding job?

More often than people assume; but with preparation, framing and timing. That preparation is exactly what a session delivers: a script, a fallback, and realistic expectations.

Not sure which Guide fits? Start with the full directory. Your first session is free.