The “official” bio.

Lara Day is an author, life coach, and cultural strategist with a global online practice that values creativity, connection, authenticity, and community.

With a background in museums, international media, and digital storytelling, she brings her rich 15+ years of experience to people and organisations looking to create a better, more connected world, starting from the inside out.

For five years she led the digital development of M+, Hong Kong’s newest and largest museum, dedicated to 20th and 21st century visual culture from Asia and around the globe. Previously she steered online arts and cultural coverage for Asia at The Wall Street Journal, where she once wrote a cover story on papier-mâché pandas.

Lara’s contributions to the museum field are featured in a chapter of The Digital Future of Museums: Conversations and Provocations by Keir Winesmith and Suse Anderson (Routledge, 2020). Her contributions to digital storytelling at The Wall Street Journal were recognised with the prestigious Scripps Howard Award for Digital Innovation.

Based between hills and sea in Kaurna Country (Adelaide South Australia), Lara coaches clients over Zoom and is writing a book about home. She lives with her spouse, two children, and two Hong Kong street cats who used to fight but now mostly get along.

In addition to being a coach, Lara is a qualified yoga teacher with training in yin yoga, qigong, somatics, and meditation. She holds not one but two coaching certifications, is a member of the Ethical Coaching Collective, and belongs to the International Association of Counsellors and Therapists.

Lara has been a speaker at international conferences including Asia Contemporary Art Week Dubai and Museum Next London. She was a “NextGen” fellow of the Museum Leadership Institute. She holds a BA from the University of Oxford and an MA from the University of the Arts London.

Fun fact: She really, really loves crying.