About Small Shifts

Small Shifts grew from seeing the same patterns in patients, colleagues, friends, and family - people managing busy lives and responsibilities, but finding it harder to stay on top of things. Aches and pains, poor sleep, time off work, and everyday life becoming harder to manage.

For most, it wasn’t a lack of advice. They knew what to do, but under ongoing demand the body had adapted, making it harder to use the support available, or to do the things they knew would help. especially when those things felt like they added to an already full day.

That’s how Small Shifts began. It started with a simple idea: to work with the body across the day, not separate from it, so people can respond differently and changes can take hold in a way that fits into everyday life.

Meet Lucy

Lucy McCormick founded Small Shifts after 20 years working in the health and fitness industry, including several years in NHS mental health settings, supporting people to manage stress, fatigue and physical discomfort through breath and movement.

With a background in exercise science and applied physiology, her work looks at how the body responds to ongoing demand, and how small, practical changes can support regulation, recovery and day-to-day function.

She launched Small Shifts in 2025 after seeing first-hand the rise in stress, anxiety, and physical discomfort across patients, colleagues, friends, and family - and the impact this has on how people feel and function.

Her approach centres on simple, repeatable ways to improve how people regulate, recover, and function in everyday life.