Lucy Morris Coaching

23/09/2026

While it's more common to hear about industries where redundancies are widespread, some UK job markets are definitely growing.

This morning's 'Nature Recovery Careers' session run by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, highlighted both the level of need as well as the investment being made in protecting and restoring nature in the region. Nature-based skills are in demand, but less obvious are also skills in project management, community engagement and data analysis and monitoring, evaluation and learning.

You can find out about the demand for roles in nature recovery, the range of sectors involved, and the various entry pathways available – as well as signposting to further support and professional bodies here: https://www.skillsconnect.org.uk/career-insights/green-skills/nature-recovery-career-pathways/

27/08/2026

Summer holidays can be a chance to rest and recharge. And they can also be a useful, natural reflection point for significant questions about your career and your future. How much do you still enjoy your job? Are you happy and motivated at work, or wondering if this is all there is and if you could have more impact elsewhere? Or maybe you're worried about AI coming for your job, and you're wondering how to future-proof your career...?

As a qualified career coach, I offer a structured career coaching programme for mid-to-late career women working in the international development and humanitarian sectors in particular, who would like a career MOT. Over the course of 6 months, you'll get to 1) explore who you are and what makes you tick 2) get creative about possible alternative future careers 3) decide on a future direction and build a bridge from where you are now to where you want to be.

If that sounds like you, you'll find more details on my website at https://lucyclairemorris.com/work-with-me/ where you can request a free, no-pressure call.

10/08/2026

“The Heroes Journey” is a familiar pattern which Joseph Campbell found in stories from societies across the world. We can see it replicated in Homer’s Odyssey and Star Wars, but it can also be helpful when thinking about personal transitions from the ‘known world’ to the ‘unknown world’ and what it means to cross the threshold into an unknown future. It involves trusting that the path and important allies and guardians will appear to support you on your way, before you are severely tested and nearly give up, but you persist and finally return back to the ‘ordinary world’ changed, complete with your new gifts – which could be new skills or perspectives, or hard-earned wisdom.

Since being made partially redundant from INTRAC in July, I’ve been on my own Heroes Journey. It’s included 6 weeks of new and magical experiences – from new in-person connections in Bristol, to facilitated peer learning sessions with other travellers (thanks Huddlecraft), to Spark sessions to learn more about the concepts behind my Human Design chart (thanks https://www.alibrown.me/), to Druidic retreats in North Wales to exploring sea-caves via tandem kayaks in Portugual with my husband (thanks https://seaalgarve.com/). Some were planned, and some were serendipitous but I’m grateful for them all.

I’m continuing to work with INTRAC 2 days a week as a Principal Organisational Development Consultant, and now have more independent capacity for leadership and career coaching through my private practice https://lucyclairemorris.com/ so am beginning to pull together some new ideas and offerings for September. I’ll share more info. and invite your feedback as they start to take shape, but in the meantime feel free to reach out if you’d like to explore working together as part of your own Heroes Journey!

23/07/2026

I'm currently on a summer break and will be back again on 10th August. Happy holidays!

10/07/2026

There's a great post on Linkedin by Helen Tupper today (who wrote 'Squiggly Careers') in which she describes key skills to focus on, to future-proof your career:

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.

Your ability to learn at work is the foundation for your future. Without the openness, curiosity and commitment to learning, it’s very hard to keep your skills relevant, adapt to change and remain resilient (we wrote 📕🦞Learn Like a Lobster to help people with exactly that).

𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲🌀𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 🌀 that help you stay in control of your career development: values, strengths, confidence, networks and future possibilities.

These skills help you understand what motivates you, increase your impact, stop doubts getting in the way of your development, build relationships that connect you to people and opportunities, and stay curious enough to create possibilities for your future rather than waiting for them to appear.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜.

Technical AI skills matter, but they will become increasingly accessible to everyone. Your career differentiator will be the supporting skills you develop and use alongside AI.

We need critical thinking to question information rather than simply accepting it, judgement to make good decisions when there isn’t a clear answer and influence to help other people understand our perspective and turn good ideas into action.

Careers are increasingly uncertain and knowing what to focus on with your development can be confusing. We train over 100,000 people every year and the Squiggly Careers Skill Map below is my view of where I think we should focus. 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ....

19/06/2026

I received another lovely client 10/10 rating from an end of coaching review today.

"Before we started working together, I was still feeling very recently back from maternity leave and feeling a bit unsure/uncertain about my role. My confidence was also quite low. The coaching was a really wonderful space for self-reflection and time to focus inwards on me. I feel l learned a lot about my strengths and my preferences. During our coaching period, I stepped in to a much bigger role at work (and I'm not sure I would have done so if it hadn't been for our work together). It's amazing how you've always been able to find a positive re-framing for things - and not in a toxic positivity way (bleugh!) but in a "being kind/compassionate to yourself" way that was extremely helpful for me."

If you're also looking for someone to help you step into your power and potential, I'd love to hear from you!

01/05/2026

One of the themes that's regularly coming up in sessions with career coaching clients at the moment, is 'panic applying for jobs on Linkedin'. It feels good to take action - but then you see how many other people have applied and don't hear back, and it knocks your confidence and is ultimately ineffective and even counterproductive.

Through my career coaching programme, I help people get out of panic mode and to apply from a place of calm and strength instead by taking the following steps:
📌 Getting to know yourself - what are your strengths, values, skills, accomplishments? What do you need from a job? From life?
📌 Brainstorming jobs that you're interested in and then reflecting on what they'd give you - to get you thinking creatively again and open up new potential options
📌 Going to talk to people. Informational interviews are a really helpful way to find out more about a potential sector or role - how do people get in? What type of people thrive there? What's the future of that sector looking like?
📌 Building relationships and strengthening weak ties - opportunities can come from places you least expect them
📌 Deciding on the option that you're going to pursue that genuinely aligns with your goals and skills, and creating a roadmap to get there.

Jobs are still out there for you, and it sometimes just needs some extra support, creativity and courage to find them.