ABOUT ME

Born and raised in Paris, France, I moved to New York City in 1998 to pursue a career in finance. After receiving my MBA, I worked for fifteen years as a trader at investment banks and hedge funds, including Société Générale, SAC Capital Advisors, and Point 72. I liked my work. It demanded versatility and near-constant adaptability. It rewarded curiosity and strategic thinking and taught me invaluable lessons in perseverance, composure, and resilience.

Human nature has always fascinated me: why we thrive and experience setbacks, how we overcome life’s challenges and turn them into opportunities, and how we grow and have the power to shift our mindset.

By the end of my finance career, I came to realize that questions like these had always been my underlying interest, and being able to answer them—my strongest passion.

As a coach today, I support others in answering these questions and am fully committed to helping my clients in their self-development and realizing their vision of success.

CREDENTIALS

CPC Certified Professional Coach - the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC)

ACC Associate Certified Coach (ICF)

Certified Conscious Business Coach (Fred Kofman)

Cognitive Behavioral Coaching certification

(ELI-MP) Energy Leadership Index assessment Master Practitioner

Deeper Signals Assessment certification (Leadership)

MBA , Major Finance, from Baruch college, NY (CUNY)

BA in Business, Management and Finance from Dauphine University, Paris

Reiki Master Practitioner and Reiki instructor

TESTIMONIALS

 I have had the pleasure of working with Selima over the past 6 months. She is not only warm hearted, but extremely knowledgeable and immediately puts you at ease when in session. She is a wonderful, intuitive listener. She allows you to fully realize how to connect your dots so that your life, your feelings and emotions, and your experiences make a little more sense. She has helped me dig deeper than I have before with any therapist and has helped me to realize inner blocks that I never knew existed until we began working together. She is smart, she always has your best interest at heart and she is one of the most passionate and authentic coaches with which I have had the honor or working.   She is someone who is truly objective and guides me in recognizing my full potential - Shannon Maehr 

Working with Selima was a transformative experience.  She began coaching me during a time that I was overwhelmed with all the directions that I was being pulled in, both professionally and personally.  Selima had a warm and grounded presence that made me feel that she was invested in me and cared about my goals.  She helped me to take a step back and clarify my priorities to create much-needed balance in my life.  In the end, I felt like I got so much more done at home and work and yet, had more of a sense of calm than in my previously frenzied existence.  I wish I started coaching with her ten years ago!   - N. White  

Selima is a brilliant coach. She is organized, calm, and creates a really safe and nurturing space to identify what's going on at a deeper level. I really appreciate her approach- she's highly present and skilled at deep listening, while also following a consistent format that encourages depth. I had a great insight with her that helped me to increase my overall enjoyment of my work and to follow my gut on a key business decision that I'd be in internal conflict about. I recommend Selima for female leaders who really want to be more engaged with their work and increase their overall confidence! - Brooke Ramsay