hello, I’m lucy, nice to meet you.

I spent most of my early years dancing in fields and warehouses - I was part of the rave generation of the early nineties. I went on to do this professionally for a few years for the superclub Ministry of Sound.

A car accident in 2001 changed the direction of my life completely - I like to think of it as my ‘wake-up call’. After a year spent in recovery and a couple of years in reset, I began again on a new trajectory.

I travelled, I learned new things, I said yes when it felt right, I followed the signs I was given. I spent a month in an intentional community in Scotland, produced a sustainable festival in Australia, put myself through a year of transformational leadership training, and camped with Peruvian farmers on a gymnasium floor during the Climate Change Conference in Denmark. I studied my Permaculture Design Certificate with Bill Mollison, I spent seven Christmases working the night shift for the Crisis shelters in London, and I qualified as a Co-Active coach.

A few years ago we moved to France in search of a slower pace. It’s given me more space to think and write. Most of what I think about centres on what’s happening to the planet and what we can do about it. My contribution lies in using my superpowers to help others find theirs, and holding space for ongoing conversations around climate change, systems change and reacquainting with ways of being that are more harmonious, heart-centred, and human than modernity has allowed for.

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a recent podcast I guested on…

I’ve been working with the fabulous Frances Fogel for some months, and was honoured to be invited as a guest on her podcast. We talked community, legacy, sustainability, and weaving purpose into our work…

buy me a coffee?

If you like what I’m doing and you want to support me as I work towards building revenue streams for this work, you can buy me a coffee! I’m working on building a community for knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and mutual support, I’m writing a manual for how we can design more resilient / sustainable / regenerative communities, and I continue to educate myself so my contribution stays informed, relevant and useful.

coaching

I’m a trained and qualified Co-Active coach.

‘Earners of this badge can skillfully coach any person on any topic, navigate conflict, design responses and recover from triggered states. They understand their impact on others and create conversations that deepen intimacy and trust. Earners are adept at framing powerful questions that evoke conversations that cultivate trust, catalyze self-discovery, enhance insight, and inspire movement into bold action.’

The Co Active model is ‘whole self’ coaching - I’m trained to work with whatever comes up. If my manifesto resonates with you and you’d like to enquire about working with me, drop me a line here.