About Lucy

Hi, I’m Lucy. I’m an embodiment and nervous system coach who works with high‑functioning men who are looking for better ways to manage their energy, emotions, and relationships. I don’t believe people are problems to be solved or fixed. I believe we all need the right support to learn how to live in our bodies more fully.

I’m also an anatomy and physiology nerd and have been fascinated by what it means to live in a body for most of my life.

I’m a licensed massage therapist, a retired doula, and a mom of two.

My Journey

I was born in the UK and moved to Canada as a child. I went back and forth between Canada and England for many years and hold dual citizenship. In my twenties, I lived in Greece, Spain, France, and Mexico, and I’m currently working toward Spanish citizenship.

Living across cultures cultivated a deep curiosity about how people live, relate, and make meaning of their lives.

I turned this curiosity into a career in urban planning. After completing my Master’s in Urban and Rural Planning, I worked with rural, inner‑city, and First Nation communities, exploring how land, culture, and history shape us. I became fascinated by questions like:

How do our environments influence our bodies, thoughts, and beliefs?
What is the relationship between individual and collective healing?

Over time, I began to focus more on health and wellbeing. Beneath conversations about better communities and better infrastructure, I noticed a deep, often unspoken longing to feel well.

Urban planning addresses important problems through projects and systems. But I started to wonder: how useful are these structures if people aren’t resourced enough to get out of bed in the morning and use them?

Turning Toward the Body

I eventually left planning to train as a massage therapist (and studied osteopathy for one year) so I could work more closely with the body and listen to the stories people were carrying.

My hands began to understand things before my mind could explain them. Clients would describe memories, images, or emotions when we worked with certain areas of their bodies. Emotional responses became common alongside physical work.

I knew something meaningful was happening – but I didn’t yet have the language or training to understand it.

Around this time, a psychologist client began referring male combat veterans to me. They were dealing with chronic pain and stress‑related injuries, and some had been diagnosed with PTSD. My role was to help reduce pain and tension.

Working with this group taught me the limits of physical therapy alone.

One day, while booking his next session, a client told me he needed to see me after his talk therapy appointment. Those sessions activated his nervous system so strongly that he needed a massage afterward to calm himself down.

That moment changed everything for me.

I realized: we were missing something. And we were being deeply inefficient in how we worked with the body and mind.

Discovering Somatic Work

I began speaking with other practitioners about what I was noticing. A close friend and colleague was studying somatics in California. At the time, I didn’t even know what “somatics” meant—and with two young children, traveling across the continent wasn’t realistic.

That same friend later told me that a Somatic Experiencing® training program was starting in Halifax. I attended an information session and immediately knew this was the work I had been searching for.

I was drawn to the slowness, precision, and deep respect for the body’s intelligence. For the first time, I had a framework for understanding what lives beneath the surface—and how much it shapes our lives.

Somatic Experiencing focuses on how trauma is held in the body and how the nervous system tells stories that may differ from what the mind knows. I completed this training in 2018 and became a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.

Since then, I have completed numerous additional trainings, including an Embodiment Coaching Certification. My studies continue to focus on embodied embryology and anatomy, nervous system regulation, and practical somatic skills.

My Work Today

Today, I work in person and online, combining somatic bodywork with nervous system coaching. Many clients choose a hybrid approach that blends both.

Over the years, working with veterans, retired police officers, and civilian men has shaped my practice deeply. Listening to their stories helped me develop real compassion for the pressures men face in modern life—especially those in positions of responsibility, leadership, or authority.

I’ve seen firsthand the emotional and physical cost of these pressures, and how little space there often is for men to be human, vulnerable, or supported.

Many men tell me that success has required a degree of numbing or self‑disconnection. They’ve learned to live in their heads because that’s where they’ve been valued.

My sense is that many are searching for something more – more presence, more ease, more connection – but don’t know where to look.

My work is about helping them come back into relationship with themselves.

What It's Like to Work With Me

I’m warm and direct.
I’m interested in you feeling more, not just “better.”
I don’t soothe or push for catharsis.
I bring compassion and curiosity to every session.
I listen closely – and I will interrupt when your body is saying something important.
I balance conversation with real‑time nervous system tracking.
I don’t pathologize or therapize you. The work is non‑judgmental.
I hold deep respect for your adaptations – even the ones that no longer serve you.
I don’t give you answers. I support you in discovering what’s true for you.

If this approach resonates with you, I’d be glad to connect.
You’re welcome to reach out and start a conversation.