IN THE MEDIA
Media features and interviews where I’ve shared insights on career development, values, decision-making, and the realities of mid-career change.
FROG RECRUITMENT – NZ Market Update: July 2025
Career Procrastination: Is waiting holding you back?
In this NZ Market Update interview with Shannon Barlow, NZ Managing Director at Frog Recruitment, I share why people delay career decisions even when work isn’t working, how to tell whether you need recovery or real change, and some practical ways to move from looping thoughts into clearer next steps.
CAPSULE MAGAZINE: September 2024
How To Know When to Career Pivot – And How To Make It Happen (Particularly If You’re Burned Out)”
“… Changing your career can feel like an identity crisis … many people think, ‘who am I if not my job?’. Yet we’re so much more than what we do for a living …”
STUFF: April 2024
You’ve lost your job. Now what?
“… Lucy Sanderson-Gammon, career wellbeing coach at Luminous Consulting said losing a job is a difficult experience. In the short term these tips could help …”
WOMEN MAGAZINE: November 2022
Wondering about a new career path?
… To allay the sort of common fears I felt, [Lucy] says: “People who’ve had to juggle a host of conflicting demands, between raising children and working, have learned to be excellent time managers. They bring these abilities to the workplace. They get the most out of whatever time is available.” And don’t worry about being the oldest person on work experience, she says. “Mid-life career changers bring a wealth of experience, so they’re never starting from ground zero…”
THRIVE MAGAZINE: October 2022
Should I jump?
… Lucy has practical advice to help move you forward. “Be super-clear about what matters to you, particularly from a values perspective. Whenever you align what you’re trying to do to your core values, you’ll often get the courage to push through your fears and do it anyway…”
INFLUENCE & DIGEST – Featured Coach
Top 15 Coaches in Wellington
Listed in the Influence & Digest “Top 15 Coaches in Wellington” across multiple years (2022, 2023, 2025).
NZ HERALD: May 2022
Helping kids, fighting crime and making their values pay – minus red tape
… [Lucy] Sanderson-Gammon of Luminous Consulting said views on what work meant were changing rapidly, more so since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Navigating that changing world of work and making more informed work choices requires people to really think about what is important to them. It essentially requires people to redefine what career success looks like for them and, inevitably, that will include doing work that is meaningful and enables them to live the kind of life they want to be living …”
TRADE ME JOBS – FEATURE STORY: May 2022
Moving town for a new job
“ … Lucy Sanderson-Gammon from Luminous Consulting, notes when you’re relocating your family for a new job, you will not only want to make sure the job is worth the upheaval, but also that the new location and lifestyle will suit the family if the job doesn’t work out.
“There is never a 100% guarantee that any job will be the right fit, or that you won’t outgrow the role or the company. Therefore, you’ll want the freedom to change jobs if you need to, without worrying about having to move again,” she says. …”
PODCAST – THOUGHT LOCKER WITH ANDREW DUNCAN: April 2020
How to create the future you deserve
“When the world around you is changing and new and different opportunities present themselves, you want to be prepared to make the most of those opportunities …”
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE: August 2019
5 Tips for dealing with a boss who holds you back
“… If you are relying on your boss to take the lead when it comes to your professional development and it’s not working for you, then you may want to rethink your approach,” said Lucy Sanderson-Gammon, career coach with Luminous Consulting Limited in Wellington, New Zealand. “In my experience, employers are more likely to support employees who are taking ownership and responsibility for their own career development than those who expect their boss to …”
NEXT MAGAZINE: April 2018
Lost and found: Why you should embrace a midlife crisis
“… Lucy Sanderson-Gammon hears that a lot. The director of Wellington career coaching business Luminous Consulting sees many women in their 40s and 50s having career crisis. "Often their jobs aren't fulfilling, or they no longer have the same tolerance levels for dysfunctional bosses or workplaces," says Lucy …”
STUFF: March 2018
I didn't know what I wanted to do till my 30s
… Similarly, career coach and former journalist Lucy Sanderson-Gammon said she struggled to find her niche until later on in her career. "I was one of those people who fell into a career due to circumstance rather than choice. ... There really was no such thing as balance in my life at that time, and it was more about survival than being focused on having a challenging or fulfilling career."
DOMINION POST – YOUR WEEKEND: August 2017
Juggling work and play: 4 couples who live and work together, all day, every day
… Wellington career coach Lucy Sanderson-Gammon says working alongside one's partner is a dream come true for some people. "If you have complementary strengths and skills and understand each others' preferred working styles, then working with your spouse could definitely be an option worth exploring," says Sanderson-Gammon. "Provided, of course, you really enjoy each others' company." For other couples however, sharing the same work-space, let alone the same building, would likely end in tears ...”
MINISTRY OF WOMEN’S AFFAIRS - Publication: April 2014
Inspiring action: action plans and research to help you attract and retain talented women
Lucy's MBA research project looked at the barriers to women attaining senior leadership positions in the New Zealand public service. Her research was cited in the above Ministry of Women’s Affairs report. Lucy was also invited to deliver an expert commentary session on the topic at Public Sector Women in Leadership Summit 2015.