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Elena Bershtein · Systemic coach & analyst

Understand
what is happening.
Choose how
to move forward.

Personal change, a career turning point, life after relocation. Space to understand what is happening and choose your next step.

Explore my situation · RU

29 questions · about 5–7 minutes · no registration

Close portrait of Elena Bershtein smiling in a blue shirt
Attention to the person.
Attention to their context.
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01What brings you here

Change has many
starting points.

Sometimes your question is clear. Sometimes all you know is that you want something to change.

01

Personal change

Your priorities, relationships or sense of self are changing.

 02

A professional turning point

Your current role no longer fits. A new direction is still taking shape.

 03

Life after relocation

A new country changes familiar foundations and raises new questions.

Elena Bershtein smiling while seated beside a window in a white shirtThe person behind the approach
02About me

The person
comes first.
Then the system.

My path began in economics and management. Government service, property management and entrepreneurship gave me experience of decisions, responsibility and change within complex systems.

Today my professional interest is the person experiencing change: their circumstances, their own words and their ability to choose.

My professional path
03Approach

Understand.
See the connections.
Choose a step.

The work makes room for conversation, examining a specific situation and written reflection. Understanding needs to connect with the realities of daily life.

Explore the approach
01 /

A specific situation

Start with what is happening now.

02 /

The wider context

Notice relationships, roles and practical constraints.

03 /

Your own choice

Find a question and action that make sense for you.

04A project by Elena

Perehod

Relocation.
A chance to live
differently.

Perehod is a project I am developing for people who have emigrated. Its direction is to change how we live through the experience of relocation.

In development

Explore Perehod

Your own pace.
Your next chapter.

05Materials for reflection

Everything needn’t
change at once.

The transition cards explore support and development across different areas of life. They are materials for reflection, with no right answer to find.

All materials
Every area has its own paceOpen material ↗
Materials for reflection / 01CARD

Every area has its own pace

Work, language, relationships: each may call for a different kind of help.

When support comes firstOpen material ↗
Materials for reflection / 02CARD

When support comes first

Make the day manageable and leave room to recover.

Self-reflection map · In Russian

Not sure where to start?
Explore your situation.

Relationships, work, business, income or feeling left behind. Everyday questions help you notice recurring themes and choose a manageable next step.

Open the map in Russian

29 questions · about 5–7 minutes · no registration

Essay / Elena Bershtein · 8 min read · Russian

The ashes from which
new life grows.

On the pause after change, the value of past experience and the conditions that allow something new to grow. Read Elena’s original essay in Russian.

Read the essay in Russian

Creating a project
about people and change?

I welcome conversations about collaboration, educational formats and developing Perehod.

Discuss collaboration

The next step

Shall we
talk?

Discuss
my situation

You don’t need to have an answer ready. Start with what is happening in your life.