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Her cool city upbringing had meant she’d learnt to dress well and oozed surface sophistication. The survival of the fittest mentality had been drilled into Madeleine from a young age and she thought that being the sharpest and best prepared was the route to success. She appeared to take everything in her stride but underneath she was on a constant mission to self-improve and actually quite hard on herself.

Saint Marie exposed Madeleine to a team and community that was full of all the qualities she had previously avoided - warmth, empathy, inclusivity, friendship and support. Sometimes it freaked her out but soon she started to understand there were alternative ways of achieving contentment.

After being offered a promotion at home, Madeleine moved back to Paris.