Lucinda van Buuren

Lucinda van Buuren, Independent Researcher, Registered Nurse, Grad Cert Perioperative Nursing, Values Based Life Coach, Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Reiki Master, WCH Researcher, WCH Nursing and Midwifery Coordinator and WCH Australia Coordinator. 

Lucinda has been a Registered Nurse for 29 years, spending the majority of her nursing career in the operating theatre as an instrument / scout nurse. She was a member of the Ethics and Values Committee at the Hospital as well as an Executive Member of the state NSW Operating Theatre Association until October 2021. 

Lucinda is the director of The Mindful Nurse Australia and Mindful Healthcare Australia where she shares her skills as a values based life coach, mindfulness and meditation teacher with all, empowering self-care ultimately leading to optimal self-care, patient care and positive outcomes. 

Lucinda was the NSW Ambassador for Nurse Midwife Support from 2019-2021 sharing her business The Mindful Nurse Australia, program “Surviving to Thriving in Nursing, Creating Change One Reset Breath at a Time”, as a pilot project. 

Lucinda became an avid researcher, searching to understand “why” human rights were violated through the Covid era on so many levels. This question of “why” was the sole focus of two years research investigating the WHO Collaborating Centres, WHO GOARN Partners and the WEF connection and how they have and continue to influence global, national and local policy in all areas across the world.