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“We have to work hard because we don’t know what tomorrow will bring”. This value of work, which has affected all dimensions of her life, also applied to her studies.

“I was into poetry, but in a very straightforward way. It’s been one of my great strengths all my life. Things had to work out well in my studies”. Lise did a BAC C (Scientific) although “mathematics wasn’t my cup of tea”. She continued at a business school in Lille.

The business school in Lille was not a total coincidence. At the time, if you wanted to avoid going to a business school in Paris, all you had to do was return a blank exam paper on one subject. It was a playoff. That’s exactly what Lise did, who absolutely wanted to avoid attending a school in Paris….

During and after business school, Lise traveled widely and everywhere. Her philosophy of travel and discovery is very instructive to shed light on her journey. Indeed, Lise thinks that it is by discovering things, other “worlds” … that we can better understand our natural fears. “I told myself that I would raise my children better one day by having lots of different experiences”.

Then there was, just after graduating from business school, what could be described as the first desire to align with our own life wishes. Indeed, questions about the meaning of her studies then clearly arose. “This school, why?”, “What am I going to do for a living?”.

She then decided to do a master’s degree at the Institut Français de la Mode (French fashion institute). “I wanted to recover and immerse myself in this whole universe of materials, fabrics and creations”. Chasing the natural meant she returned back galloping, as they say. At least that is how we could interpret this journey: the child who was passionate about nature, fabrics, creation, pre-adult life, who went to business school and finally returned to her first love for a year and a half. “I had a blast at the IFM”. This teaching, both theoretical and very practical, allowed Lise to develop strong expertise. We can imagine that words and understandings were acquired on sensations, intuitions, which she had always carried within her from her earliest childhood.