I’m Lucy Caldicott 👋, a former charity CEO, now a leadership coach working with experienced leaders navigating career change, difficult workplaces, or the question of what comes next.
After 30 years in the non-profit and public sectors, I know what these situations actually feel like. I’ve been made redundant, burned out, and rebuilt from scratch. That’s what shapes everything I make here.
If you’re a mid-life leader in the charity or public sector trying to make sense of where you are and what to do about it, you’re in the right place.
Weekly videos on difficult workplaces, job loss, burnout, and building a working life that fits you.
If you're interested in working with me directly, you'll find details of my coaching practice at ChangeOut, changeout.org, or in the links below.
Content is for educational purposes based on personal experience and is not a substitute for professional legal or HR advice.
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Lucy on Life
It’s a rather gloomy Friday here in Birmingham so here are some sunny strawflowers from the garden.
I wanted to say an ENORMOUS thank you to everyone who’s helped me reach the huge milestone of 25000 subscribers. I appreciate you all and I promise to keep on making the kind of content you find helpful and entertaining.
Happy Friday!
Lucy ❤️
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone I hope you're well.
It's a bank holiday here in the UK and being the last day of August, schools have either gone back already, or it's very soon.
It's been raining on and off so there's a definite end of summer feeling. Today is also a bit of a melancholy and thoughtful for me today.
So hello to anyone else feeling that back to school feeling even though school was decades ago for most of us.
If work is genuinely tough for you right now, I've made a free downloadable checklist that might help. Link here: www.changeout.org/should-you-stay-or-should-you-go…
I'd hoped to do a live stream this weekend and life got in the way. I'll do another one soon.
Lots of you have been asking when the online community launches. Later in September is the honest answer and I'll make sure to keep you all posted.
Let me know what questions you've got, or anything you'd like to see more of on the channel and I'll see you all very soon. New video out as usual on Wednesday
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone - I hope you're having a good week so far.
Something I’ve noticed in your comments lately is how many of you didn't realise you were in the middle of burnout until you reached a breaking point.
I'm launching a new mini-series on this tomorrow. Part 1 is a deep dive into those hidden signs we all tend to ignore or explain away.
But I need your help for future videos. I thought I'd cover burnout prevention, why 'rest' isn't enough and how to survive when you cannot just quit.
What is the #1 thing you are struggling with right now regarding your recovery?
Your answers will help me make sure these videos give you the practical help you actually need. Let me know below👇
And if you haven't watched it yet, my video on burnout recovery might help in the meantime
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone! I hope you're having a restful weekend.
The other day on my livestream, one of my viewers asked for a template to help document difficult workplace dynamics and behaviours.
I've shared it on my web site at the link below and you can download it for free if you ever need it. Obviously, I hope you don't!
www.changeout.org/she-wanted-a-template/
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone and hope you're doing well.
I've been busy gathering up all your recent questions and have scheduled a livestream for this Sunday afternoon.
Come and join me live if you'd like to ask me a question in real time or drop it below.
See you there?
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Lucy on Life
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope everyone is having a great weekend.
I've been gathering a few questions that people have asked me recently, thinking that as well as answering the individual commenter, I could use the topic to inspire future videos.
Then it occurred to me that I could make it a livestream and not only answer those questions but also take some more questions from people watching along in real time.
Would that be of interest?
Do you have questions to add to my list?
Let me know below!
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing ok.
If you haven't watched my latest video yet, do give it a watch.
There's an interesting discussion in the comments and I'd love to know your thoughts.
Thank you!
😀
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Lucy on Life
If you want to see more behind the scenes and shorter clips, I also post regularly on Instagram.
Here’s a link to one from last week on the most common reason equity and inclusion work stalls in the charity sector, which is an area I’ve done a lot of work on in the last few years. It’s had a good response so far.
www.instagram.com/reel/DaPibbwtxMN/?igsh=bTgwdXg4e…
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Lucy on Life
I'm going live on Sunday and I'd really love you to be there.
With the first year of this channel complete, I want to reflect, get your input on some ideas I've got for the future, and answer your questions.
Sunday 28 June, 5.30pm BST / 12.30pm EDT / 9.30am PDT
See you there 😀
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone! I want to let you know that I'm going to be brave and experiment with a livestream on Sunday afternoon UK time. I'm thinking around 5.30pm BST or UTC+1.
I'm thinking of expanding more on my ideas for creating a closed community and getting some feedback from you and also (attempting!) to answer questions you've got.
I hope this might be of interest - let me know and hopefully see you on Sunday
We've got a heatwave in England so I have to mention the weather. It's the law in this country 😁
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