Katarina, the brainchild and heart of La Petite Provence

The French pub that has been running since 2012 is me, Katariina, who has already spent the same amount of time in Provence and enjoys it enormously and gets inspiration and refreshment.

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Katarina

I am an enthusiastic and bursting with ideas woman who has seen and experienced a lot, the caregiver of my adult son with special needs, and the mother of two young women who are already independent.

I spend a lot of time in Provence, where I make delightful new and vintage finds from time to time.

I love Provence with all my heart, the way of life in the south, its landscapes, aesthetics, history, climate and food, absolutely everything - even the oddities that I sometimes come across here in the Mediterranean culture.

This wonderfully varied entrepreneurial life, which focuses on the atmosphere of France, seems to fit me perfectly. I feel at home both in southern France and in Turku, Finland, and above all I love serving you, my wonderful customers.

My main education is an architect, a marketing economist, and I have also completed a vocational qualification as an entrepreneur and life coach training, and I am in the training of a cognitive short-term therapist, and have learned art therapy methods, self-compassion, solution-oriented trauma work and mental flexibility as tools for my clients in all my work. Always, Pyykkikristallit TM is my signature from start to finish.

Today, I do interior design on the side of running the shop, offering warm, even slightly luxurious and gently rustic and soulful Provençal interior design for your longing for beauty. Gentle tones, small surprises and the harmony of the soul as well as the resident's own personality guide the design and implementation of the interior. I aim for a strengthening, joyful, life-flavored and individual home interior from which you can draw exactly what you need in your life. Your home should be your safe, uncontroversial refuge that gives you strength.

In addition to all this, but not least, I take care of my clients with gentle and future-oriented solution-oriented coaching. I specialize in helping women in difficult life situations, such as spouses of addicts, those who are separating from them or those who are divorced, as well as others in need of change, lost and even vaguely aimless. I do coaching and therapy in Turku, remotely and on the French Riviera/Provence. I also operate in English and also guide groups.

So that the time would not be too long, I have also opened the doors of my home in Turku and Provence to random travelers, especially to women traveling alone or in pairs. My home in Provence is especially suitable for those who enjoy local life in a small mini-village. In the same place, I organize small-scale retreats as well as support periods and coaching, as well as short retreats for women who have divorced or are suffering from a difficult marriage. Contact me personally, and we'll see what kind of package would suit you, so you can get a wonderful new flower in your life <3

I love all my professions and I burn with the desire to serve you, my dear customer, whether you came to me from La Petite Provence or from another industry <3 Everything aims at the same end result: To make you feel good, beautiful and have a good calm mind!