Lucida Strategies is a consultancy for writers, learners, and educators at every stage — grounded in creative practice, rigorous pedagogy, and a deep commitment to how each mind learns best.
"Your way of thinking is not the obstacle to good writing — it is the very source of it."
We offer writing coaching, pedagogical mentorship, and educational support designed for the full range of how minds actually work — not the narrow range most institutions were built for.
Explore Our Services →One-on-one coaching for graduate students, academics, and professional writers navigating long-form scholarly and creative work.
Learn more →Coaching and professional development for educators, school leaders, and institutions committed to genuinely inclusive practice.
Learn more →Online courses and one-on-one coaching for students who deserve instruction built around how they actually learn.
Learn more →We have built our practices around a conviction that most pedagogy still hasn't absorbed: effective teaching doesn't just accommodate different kinds of minds — it is designed by and for them from the start.
This isn't a specialty we offer on the side. It is embedded in how we structure every session, draft every workshop, and approach every writer who arrives unsure whether the problem is the work or the way they've been taught to do it.
We are also both practicing writers and artists. That isn't incidental — it is what makes our coaching different from tutoring. We know what it means to face the blank page, to lose the thread, and to find your way back.
Our first consultation is always free. We meet by phone, by Zoom, or — if you are in the San Francisco Bay Area — in person. We respond to all inquiries within two business days.