A life shaped by resilience
and a deep commitment to understanding.
Lucinda’s calling was beyond a planned profession.
It began through her own lived experience.
Over time, she found herself reflecting on the different stages of her life - how early patterns formed, how they carried forward, and how they continued to shape her choices and relationships.
What started as personal reflection gradually became something more intentional.
Writing became a way to understand.
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Lucinda Wayland Connelly was born and raised in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado. She comes from a large family with six siblings and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces nephews and even great-great nephews.
After an enlistment in the navy, Lucinda pursued higher education and completed a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science. She went on to complete a Doctorate of Public Administration.
Dr. Wayland Connelly’s career includes leadership positions in non-profits and community organizations but she found her calling in child welfare. Following retirement, Lucinda moved to Southern California to live with her daughter and granddaughter.
When she isn’t writing, Lucinda finds time to practice Tia Chi and Yoga. Both practices keep her grounded and contribute to her ongoing healing. She fills her days with “less” and in the process, she has become more introspective and joyful. Lucinda is passionate about the writing process and offers the wisdom of her experience to others who want to tell their stories.
She is a holistic life coach and is certified in journal coaching, guiding others to walk through transitions, heal and build resilience with reflection and writing.
At a certain point, the questions became clearer.
What was carried for years?
What still belonged?
What was ready to shift?
Through writing, Lucinda began to see connections across decades of her life.
Not everything needed to be held onto.
Some things could be understood differently.
Some things could be released.
That process became the foundation for Mothers and Others: My Search for Home.
The book reflects a lifetime of experience - spanning decades, relationships, and roles - and brings forward the patterns that often go unnoticed until we take the time to look.
It is not written as a guide.
It is written as an invitation to recognize parts of your own story.
Today, Lucinda works with women who are navigating transitions - particularly during menopausal and post-menopausal years.
Many of the women she works with are:
Moving through changes in identity
Letting go of long-held roles
Processing loss or major life shifts
Searching for clarity about what comes next
Her work centers on introspection through and journaling as a way to:
Understand patterns
Process experiences
Explore new possibilities
Reconnect with a deeper sense of self
Lucinda’s approach is grounded in creating space.
Space to reflect.
Space to be honest.
Space to explore without pressure or expectation.
There is no single way to move through change.
But having a place to slow down and listen - to your own thoughts, your own experience - can make that process more clear and more meaningful.
If something in this work feels familiar to you,
it. may be a sign that you are already beginning to notice your own transitions.
You don’t need to have answers.
You only need a place to begin.