About Lucy Caldwell
Lucy is a social psychologist and thought leader. She is passionate about awakening humanity’s potential to usher forth a more compassionate, inclusive and regenerative world.
Known for her unique ability to connect people to their deepest held beliefs and inspire courageous action, Lucy has devoted herself to the science and practice of how people change. She is a thought-leader, social psychologist, and master facilitator with an emphasis on human and systems level transformation. Lucy works in partnership with trail-blazing individuals and organizations to unlock humanity’s potential. She is a steward of empowering women visionaries and awakening the divine feminine principles to usher forth a more compassionate, inclusive and regenerative society that places human and planetary thriving at the core.
Lucy is a well respected public speaker who leads workshops and events in partnership with HATCH, TED, Esalen Institute, Awaken Society, and various conferences and transformational experiences around the world. Lucy facilitates a series of ongoing events and an annual summit for women visionary leaders across disciplines focused on activating empowered feminine leadership. She also co-hosts salons and workshops with renowned author John Hagel focused on accelerating movements of transformative societal change.
Trained as a social psychologist at Stanford University, Lucy has always been fascinated by human behavior and the cycle of change. She is fueled by the insight that each person has extraordinary potential that can be unlocked and cultivated. We each hold the powerful role as the narrator of our own life story and the collective story of humanity.
Lucy began her career in the technology sector as an evangelist for human centered design and is a champion of the design thinking approach. Following her career in tech, Lucy devoted herself to working on the front lines of social impact through her work in venture philanthropy. In her service as a board member and partner at the venture philanthropy fund, Silicon Valley Social Ventures (SV2), she has focused on bringing research insights from the world of academia into real-life application. Lucy continues to work in partnership with some of the best in class mission minded companies and non-profits providing strategic, human centered thought-leadership and expertise.
Lucy was born in the highlands of rural Mexico and now lives in Northern California with her two teenage children. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors from Stanford University (BA, MA) and served as commencement speaker for the Psychology Department, where she conducted research on empathy and belief polarization.
“Lucy is consistent with compassion, she is even, fair, and can understand the “now” in the midst of the larger human condition. She is is tapped into a larger consciousness of the pulse of humanity.”
Lucy’s Story
Lucy is known for her unique ability to connect people to their deepest held beliefs and forge new narratives for how to live with greater purpose and joy.
Lucy’s story is one of shedding cultural skins and discovering her authentic voice through courageous practice. Though outwardly appearing to have checked every box on the scorecard on the Silicon Valley installment of the American Dream, Lucy found herself at a crossroads: increasingly isolated, disconnected and depressed as the mother of two young children and so began a journey to deconstruct her assumptions and rebuild her life.
In her vulnerable and insightful writing style, Lucy has shared with a growing community her quest to identify her values, her joy, and her deep sense of purpose. Having studied the science and practice of change throughout her career, Lucy decided to devote herself to bringing more authenticity, courage and passion to her own life and the lives of others through her writing, public speaking, consulting and podcast series, Life Revealed. In these intimate conversations Lucy seeks to question our assumptions to inspire us to live with greater authenticity, purpose and fulfillment, helping us to redefine culture and forge new paradigms that will reshape our inner and outer worlds.
“Lucy is able to see the world and people from multiple perspectives. She has an extraordinary cognitive and emotional capacity to dive into another person’s world, even if their views are vastly different than your own. She has the rare combination of penetrating insight combined with a loving and compassionate nonjudgemental attitude”