{"id":46,"date":"2026-08-17T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dorisproudlove.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T15:12:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dorisproudlove.com\/fr\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@400;500;600&family=Playfair+Display:ital,wght@0,400;1,400&display=swap');\n\n\n\/* =========================================\n   ABOUT INTRO \u2014 BALANCED POSITION\n========================================= *\/\n\n.dp-about-intro {\n    width: 100%;\n    background: #F3F1EE;\n\n    margin-top: -45px;\n    padding: 34px 5% 40px;\n\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n.dp-about-intro-inner {\n    max-width: 900px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    text-align: center;\n}\n\n\n\/* EYEBROW *\/\n\n.dp-about-intro-eyebrow {\n    margin-bottom: 14px;\n\n    font-family: \"Montserrat\", Arial, sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 11px;\n    font-weight: 600;\n\n    letter-spacing: .22em;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n\n    color: #C66047;\n}\n\n\n\/* HEADLINE *\/\n\n.dp-about-intro h1 {\n    margin: 0 0 18px;\n\n    font-family: \"Playfair Display\", serif !important;\n    font-size: 46px;\n    line-height: 1.08;\n    font-weight: 400;\n\n    color: #0F1F3A;\n}\n\n\n\/* META *\/\n\n.dp-about-intro-meta {\n    font-family: \"Montserrat\", Arial, sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 12px;\n    font-weight: 500;\n\n    letter-spacing: .30em;\n\n    color: #32566B;\n}\n\n\n\/* GOLD RULE *\/\n\n.dp-about-intro-rule {\n    width: 55px;\n    height: 1px;\n\n    margin: 18px auto 15px;\n\n    background: #D8A434;\n}\n\n\n\/* CLOSING *\/\n\n.dp-about-intro p {\n    margin: 0;\n\n    font-family: \"Playfair Display\", serif !important;\n    font-size: 24px;\n    line-height: 1.35;\n    font-style: italic;\n    font-weight: 400;\n\n    color: #D8A434;\n}\n\n\n\/* TABLET *\/\n\n@media (max-width: 1000px) {\n\n    .dp-about-intro {\n        margin-top: -25px;\n        padding: 30px 5% 36px;\n    }\n\n}\n\n\n\/* MOBILE *\/\n\n@media (max-width: 700px) {\n\n    .dp-about-intro {\n        margin-top: 0;\n        padding: 28px 20px 32px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-about-intro h1 {\n        font-size: 36px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-about-intro-meta {\n        font-size: 10px;\n        letter-spacing: .22em;\n    }\n\n    .dp-about-intro p {\n        font-size: 21px;\n    }\n\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<section class=\"dp-about-intro\">\n\n  <div class=\"dp-about-intro-inner\">\n\n    <div class=\"dp-about-intro-eyebrow\">\n      ABOUT DORIS\n    <\/div>\n\n    <h1>\n      Stories. Rooms.<br>\n      Ideas worth entering.\n    <\/h1>\n\n    <div class=\"dp-about-intro-meta\">\n      WRITER \u00b7 CREATOR \u00b7 STRATEGIST\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"dp-about-intro-rule\"><\/div>\n\n    <p>\n      Connection is what makes them matter.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@400;500;600&family=Playfair+Display:ital,wght@0,400;1,400&display=swap');\n\n\n\/* =========================================\n   EVOLUTION\n========================================= *\/\n\n.dp-evolution {\n    width: 100%;\n    background: #F3F1EE;\n    padding: 58px 5% 68px;\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n.dp-evolution-inner {\n    width: 100%;\n    max-width: 1500px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n\n    display: grid;\n    grid-template-columns: 1.05fr .95fr;\n    gap: 84px;\n    align-items: start;\n}\n\n\n\/* =========================================\n   LEFT 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TABLET\n========================================= *\/\n\n@media (max-width: 1000px) {\n\n    .dp-evolution-inner {\n        grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n        gap: 48px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-copy {\n        max-width: 820px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-image-column {\n        max-width: 720px;\n        margin: 0 auto;\n    }\n\n}\n\n\n\/* =========================================\n   MOBILE\n========================================= *\/\n\n@media (max-width: 700px) {\n\n    .dp-evolution {\n        padding: 44px 20px 52px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-copy h2 {\n        font-size: 36px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-lead {\n        font-size: 15px;\n        margin-bottom: 28px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-item {\n        grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n        row-gap: 8px;\n        padding: 22px 0;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-year,\n    .dp-evolution-item h3,\n    .dp-evolution-item p {\n        grid-column: 1;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-item h3 {\n        font-size: 20px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-item p {\n        font-size: 14px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-closing {\n        font-size: 19px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-evolution-name-note {\n        padding-left: 16px;\n    }\n\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<section class=\"dp-evolution\">\n\n  <div class=\"dp-evolution-inner\">\n\n    <div class=\"dp-evolution-copy\">\n\n      <div class=\"dp-evolution-eyebrow\">\n        THE EVOLUTION\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>\n        The work changed.<br>\n        The instinct didn\u2019t.\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p class=\"dp-evolution-lead\">\n        From corporate problem-solving to creative work, I\u2019ve always been drawn\n        to the same thing: understanding what makes people, ideas and systems move.\n      <\/p>\n\n\n      <div class=\"dp-evolution-timeline\">\n\n        <div class=\"dp-evolution-item\">\n\n          <div class=\"dp-evolution-year\">\n            BEFORE 2009\n          <\/div>\n\n          <h3>Complex rooms. Real stakes.<\/h3>\n\n          <p>\n            I built my career in technology, banking, project delivery and quality\n            management \u2014 working inside large initiatives, complex teams and\n            situations where making things work actually mattered.\n          <\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n\n        <div class=\"dp-evolution-item\">\n\n          <div class=\"dp-evolution-year\">\n            2009\n          <\/div>\n\n          <h3>I started building my own.<\/h3>\n\n          <p>\n            Consulting became strategy. Strategy became creative development.\n            Over time, the work expanded into branding, websites, design,\n            storytelling and the many places where business and creativity meet.\n          <\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n\n        <div class=\"dp-evolution-item\">\n\n          <div class=\"dp-evolution-year\">\n            TODAY\n          <\/div>\n\n          <h3>Different forms. Same curiosity.<\/h3>\n\n          <p>\n            Today that work lives through <strong>Mercure<\/strong>,\n            <strong>Parler pour parler<\/strong> et <strong>Consulting<\/strong> \u2014\n            three very different expressions of the same interest in people,\n            ideas, judgment, connection and what becomes possible when the\n            conditions are right.\n          <\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n      <div class=\"dp-evolution-rule\"><\/div>\n\n      <p class=\"dp-evolution-closing\">\n        I\u2019ve never really changed subjects.<br>\n        I\u2019ve just found better ways to explore them.\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"dp-evolution-image-column\">\n\n      <div class=\"dp-evolution-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dorisproudlove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Doris-Suit.png\" alt=\"Doris Proudlove\">\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"dp-evolution-name-note\">\n\n        <div class=\"dp-evolution-name-title\">\n          AND YES, THE NAME CHANGED TOO.\n        <\/div>\n\n        <p>\n          I spent much of my professional career as Doris Smith.\n          Today I work and publish under a family name, Doris Proudlove.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <div class=\"dp-evolution-name-line\">\n          Same person. Much better name.\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@400;500;600&family=Playfair+Display:ital,wght@0,400;1,400&display=swap');\n\n\n\/* =========================================\n   DISCIPLINES\n========================================= *\/\n\n.dp-disciplines {\n    width: 100%;\n    background: #F3F1EE;\n    padding: 54px 5% 66px;\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n.dp-disciplines-inner {\n    width: 100%;\n    max-width: 1500px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n}\n\n\n\/* =========================================\n   INTRO\n========================================= *\/\n\n.dp-disciplines-intro {\n    max-width: 880px;\n    margin-bottom: 42px;\n}\n\n.dp-disciplines-eyebrow {\n    margin-bottom: 14px;\n\n    font-family: \"Montserrat\", Arial, sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 11px;\n    line-height: 1.2;\n    font-weight: 600;\n\n    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*\/\n\n@media (max-width: 1000px) {\n\n    .dp-disciplines-grid {\n        grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);\n    }\n\n}\n\n\n\/* =========================================\n   MOBILE\n========================================= *\/\n\n@media (max-width: 700px) {\n\n    .dp-disciplines {\n        padding: 42px 20px 50px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-disciplines-intro {\n        margin-bottom: 30px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-disciplines-intro h2 {\n        font-size: 35px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-disciplines-lead {\n        font-size: 20px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-disciplines-copy {\n        font-size: 14px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-disciplines-grid {\n        grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n    }\n\n    .dp-discipline {\n        min-height: 0;\n        padding: 24px 22px 25px;\n    }\n\n    .dp-disciplines-footer > p {\n        font-size: 18px;\n    }\n\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<section class=\"dp-disciplines\">\n\n  <div class=\"dp-disciplines-inner\">\n\n    <div class=\"dp-disciplines-intro\">\n\n      <div class=\"dp-disciplines-eyebrow\">\n        THE DISCIPLINES BEHIND THE WORK\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>\n        The range is the advantage.\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p class=\"dp-disciplines-lead\">\n        My training has never stayed neatly inside one discipline.\n        Neither has the work.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p class=\"dp-disciplines-copy\">\n        Over the years, technology, project delivery, business analysis,\n        coaching, human dynamics, design and entrepreneurship have all become\n        part of the same working vocabulary.\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"dp-disciplines-grid\">\n\n      <div class=\"dp-discipline\">\n        <div class=\"dp-discipline-number\">01<\/div>\n        <h3>Systems<\/h3>\n        <p>\n          Computer programming, technology, digital platforms and the logic\n          of how things fit together.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"dp-discipline\">\n        <div class=\"dp-discipline-number\">02<\/div>\n        <h3>Strategy<\/h3>\n        <p>\n          Project management, business analysis, delivery and making\n          complicated ideas executable.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"dp-discipline\">\n        <div class=\"dp-discipline-number\">03<\/div>\n        <h3>People<\/h3>\n        <p>\n          Coaching, human dynamics and an enduring interest in how people\n          think, choose and respond to one another.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"dp-discipline\">\n        <div class=\"dp-discipline-number\">04<\/div>\n        <h3>Design<\/h3>\n        <p>\n          Graphic design, web design and the visual architecture that shapes\n          how an idea is experienced.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"dp-discipline\">\n        <div class=\"dp-discipline-number\">05<\/div>\n        <h3>Business<\/h3>\n        <p>\n          Entrepreneurship, positioning and the practical realities of turning\n          ideas into something people can actually use.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"dp-discipline\">\n        <div class=\"dp-discipline-number\">06<\/div>\n        <h3>Facilitation<\/h3>\n        <p>\n          Creating the conditions in which people can think together without\n          prescribing what they should think.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"dp-disciplines-footer\">\n\n      <div class=\"dp-disciplines-rule\"><\/div>\n\n      <p>\n        Different disciplines. One way of working:\n        <em>see the whole system, understand the people inside it, and design accordingly.<\/em>\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"dp-disciplines-credentials\">\n        Formal studies and professional development have included computer programming,\n        project management at McGill University, business analysis at Concordia University,\n        coaching and human-dynamics coursework, Divine Living Academy,\n        Robbins-Madanes Training, Marie Forleo\u2019s B-School, graphic design and web design.\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@400;500;600&family=Playfair+Display:ital,wght@0,400;1,400&display=swap');\n\n\n\/* =========================================\n   FINAL PATHS\n========================================= *\/\n\n.dp-final-paths {\n    width: 100%;\n    background: #F3F1EE;\n    padding: 48px 5% 68px;\n    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class=\"dp-final-paths-inner\">\n\n    <div class=\"dp-final-paths-intro\">\n\n      <div class=\"dp-final-paths-eyebrow\">\n        WHERE TO NEXT\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>\n        Choose where you want to go next.\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        A room. A story. A problem worth solving.\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"dp-final-paths-grid\">\n\n\n      <!-- =====================================\n           PARLER POUR PARLER\n      ====================================== -->\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/dorisproudlove.com\/fr\/parler-pour-parler\/\" class=\"dp-final-card dp-final-card-teams\">\n\n        <div class=\"dp-final-number\">01<\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"dp-final-label\">\n          FOR TEAMS\n        <\/div>\n\n        <h3>\n          Give your team something<br>\n          <em>worth talking about.<\/em>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>\n          Private facilitated experiences for small teams who want something\n          more thoughtful than another meeting, workshop or virtual social.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <span class=\"dp-final-link\">\n          EXPLORE PARLER POUR PARLER\n        <\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n      <!-- =====================================\n           MERCURIAL\n      ====================================== -->\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@dorisproudlove\" class=\"dp-final-card dp-final-card-mercurial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n        <div class=\"dp-final-number\">02<\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"dp-final-label\">\n          FOR THE CURIOUS\n        <\/div>\n\n        <h3>\n          Enter a story.<br>\n          <em>Stay for the world.<\/em>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>\n          Mercurial is the House of Illustrated Cinema \u2014 original stories,\n          serialized worlds and films made to be entered rather than simply watched.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <span class=\"dp-final-link\">\n          ENTER MERCURIAL\n        <\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n      <!-- =====================================\n           L'ATELIER\n      ====================================== -->\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/dorisproudlove.com\/fr\/Consulting\/\" class=\"dp-final-card dp-final-card-atelier\">\n\n        <div class=\"dp-final-number\">03<\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"dp-final-label\">\n          FOR YOUR WORK\n        <\/div>\n\n        <h3>\n          Bring me the thing<br>\n          <em>you can\u2019t quite solve alone.<\/em>\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>\n         FOR YOUR BUSINESS Fix the thing that&#8217;s held together by hope. 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