Something rare, and powerful

How and why we came to be.

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Our mission

To help women prosper, with peace

Lumina was established to create a glowing community of women living their greatest potential.

Realising the significance of emotional intelligence knowledge and its tools in transforming women’s professional lives, Dr Liv Oginska set out to harness and deliver it—within a community—to women in all domains, fields, industries and contexts. It is with this vision—of empowering women to achieve their ambitions of fulfilling careers with harmony, compassion, understanding and most importantly, peace—that she founded Lumina.

Our founder

Dr Liv Oginska

Dr Liv Oginska (DVM MRCVS PgCertSaS MAPP) is a veterinarian, lecturer, emotional intelligence expert, leadership coach, workplace conflict mediator and international speaker. Over the last 10 years, she has helped professionals and leaders in all parts of the world enhance their emotional intelligence and continues to conduct research in the space as a PhD candidate.

Qualifications & Credentials

Doctor of Veterinary MedicineMaster’s in Applied Positive PsychologyCertified Workplace Conflict MediatorCertified Emotional Intelligence Coach

Professional experience

100+ workshops & training sessions conducted50+ keynote & conference presentations6+ years of academic research & lectures

Personal journey

A 10+ year self-growth pathColleagues across 6 continentsExposure to 10+ industriesLived in 4 countries

“I realised emotional intelligence was fundamental while working as a medical professional, when it dawned on me that the hardest part was never the medicine, it was the human beings: with their complex emotions, unpredictable reactions, imperfect nature, and unspoken needs. It’s the one skill set that sits underneath everything else: you can be brilliant, qualified, driven or devoted, but if you can’t understand and manage yourself or read the people around you, your hard skills will only matter so far.”

Dr Liv Oginska

Our focus

Emotional intelligence in-depth & in practice

A living practice for life, beyond the professional: insights and tools that you carry forever.

Self-awareness

Being able to see who you truly are (recognising your own emotions, mood, drivers, and how they shape your thoughts and behaviour); comprehending what you are capable of, and realising it with confidence.

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Self-awareness is where a truly examined, intentional life begins, and everything else (relationships, decisions, resilience, joy) is the beautiful side effect—that awareness in motion.