About Lucy Maeve | Somatic Coach, Former JPMorgan Banker

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LUCY.

Here is the version of my story I don't usually lead with.

A few years into my career at JPMorgan, I had a total meltdown over a man I had been on four dates with. He decided he didn't want to take things further, I couldn't get out of bed.

I knew, even then, lying there, that it was not about him. It was about the gap, the enormous gap between how capable I appeared and how little was actually holding me together underneath.

I had a first-class degree in chemistry. I spoke French fluently. I had a paper published in a scientific journal at twenty-two. I became, by every external measure, someone who had it together. On the inside, I was running, I just hadn't noticed yet because I was very good at it.

Then I went to a retreat in Italy, lay on a floor, did breathwork for the first time, and life came back.

WHAT CHANGED..

What followed was a decade of going deeper - training under Dr Gabor Maté and Layla Martin, somatic therapy, attachment repair, nervous system regulation, parts work, sexuality work.

I sat in psychedelic ceremonies. I went into places that would make some people uncomfortable to hear about and that I now consider the most important education of my life.

What came out the other side is something I don't think exists anywhere else: someone who has spent a decade on a trading floor at JPMorgan and gone to the absolute depths of human experience and come back able to translate both, without losing either language.

I work with high-achieving professionals - lawyers, bankers, founders, executives, people who are exceptional at their careers and privately struggling in their relationships.

Just quietly, persistently aware that the version of themselves showing up every day is a performance, and the real one has been waiting underneath it for a very long time.

The work is somatic, rigorous, and goes somewhere insight alone never reaches.

What comes out the other side is someone who stops managing their relationships and starts actually having them, more connected at work, more present in love, and for the first time in a long time, recognisably themselves.

Work with me

ETHOS & PHILOSOPHIES

Truth Over Performance

We don’t do “perfect.” We do real. This work is not about curating who you think you should be - it’s about meeting the truth of who you are, with compassion and courage. Because truth is where healing begins, and pretending is what keeps you stuck.

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Safety Before Strategy

You can’t think your way out of a body that doesn’t feel safe.Before we aim for goals, we build ground - a felt sense of safety in your body, so change doesn’t just make sense in your mind, it lands in your nervous system.

Relationship Is the Work

Your patterns in love are not separate from how you live - they are how you live. We heal in relationship, not in isolation. Whether it’s with a partner, a friend, or yourself, the way you relate determines the quality of your life.

Depth with Integrity

No spiritual bypassing, no quick fixes, no “high vibe only” nonsense.
This work honours science, somatics, and soul. Trauma-informed, attachment-rooted, and grounded in the real world.

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Liberation Through Wholeness

You don’t have to shrink, fix, or perfect yourself to be free. Freedom isn’t about becoming more; it’s about remembering all the parts of you that were never broken. When you stop abandoning yourself, everything expands -love, joy, possibility, life.

TRAINING & CREDENTIALS

Lucy's work draws on over a decade of professional training across somatic psychology, breathwork, nervous system regulation, and trauma-informed coaching.

More somatic than a typical coach, more relational than a therapist, more grounded than a healer.

Diploma in Transformational Coaching - Animas Centre for Coaching
Life Coaching Certification - Jacqueline Hurst
200 hour Yoga Teacher Training
400 hour Breathwork Facilitator Training - Sacred Breath Academy
Compassionate Inquiry - Dr Gabor Maté
VITA Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching - Layla Martin
600-hour Ayurveda - Institute of Ayurveda
Reiki Levels 1 & 2

Testimonials

"You skilfully adapted the sessions to what I needed, shared relevant follow-up materials/sources, and strategically incorporated breathwork to generate the highest impact. During the 3 months, the work felt smooth and effortless; in hindsight, relevant shifts happened that would have required much more work and taken much longer (if at all) if it hadn't been for your guidance."

⎯ Elena, Financial Services

"Lucy changed the trajectory of my life. Sounds dramatic, but she really did! I've gone from feeling burnt out, stuck and emotionally drained to confident, energetic and excited about the future again. Dive in, open your heart, let Lucy guide you, I'm so glad I did!"

⎯ Caroline, Project Manager in Financial Services

"Thanks to the continued work I have done with Lucy I found the confidence to ask for a 12 month sabbatical from my current job and during that time have pursued those things that I love and which spark joy and interest within me. This has taken me down a path of self improvement and learning that I did not think I would be on, but one which I am wholeheartedly loving being immersed in. I would never have had the courage to do this without Lucy's help."

⎯ Helen, Financial Services

"Three sessions with Lucy have brought me a sense of calm I haven't had in a very long time. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the magic that is breathwork, but the few sessions that I have done with Lucy have gone beyond anything I have ever imagined possible."

⎯ Will, Lawyer