Dr Lynda Ince-Greenaway

Dr Lynda Ince-Greenaway PhD is known for her passionate enthusiasm on issues such as social justice, social inclusion, empowerment and personal self-development. A multi-talented woman, her achievements range from Business Owner, Author and Senior Lecturer. She is an educationalist, freelance trainer, certified life coach and motivational speaker. She highlights her greatest achievements as becoming a mum, moving from a single parent to becoming a PhD and making a difference by collaborating with others to create change and achieve her highest calling and purpose.

Dr Lynda Ince-Greenaway was born in Barbados but after the tragic death of her father, at aged twelve, she was separated from her mother who emigrated to the United Kingdom in search of a new life for her children. Dr Lynda along with her siblings joined her mother one year later. This was a difficult period with adjustment in culture, racial tension and environmental changes.

At the age of 20, she lost her husband PC Michael Ince, the second Black Police Officer in the Metropolitan Police. He died tragically in the course of his duty. Dr Lynda was expecting their first child who was born one week later. Dealing with the two traumas of death and birth; against the reality of losing her home, combating depression she pulled through a bewildering experience of grief and loss. She comments that having the loving support from her family, especially her mother was what gave her the will to live and fight back. The Christian values she was taught by her mother during her childhood became the backdrop for her resilience as she faced the death of her husband. These major life experiences were the beginning of digging out of the trenches, which lasted for several years.

As she coped with bereavement and loss Dr Lynda realised that her calling was to help people who had similar experiences and challenges as herself, thus, she trained to become a credential social worker. Dr Lynda quickly progressed to managing teams within the Social Care sector where she specialised in child care.

Sensing the need to teach and mentor social work student she transitioned to becoming a Lecturer, which was and still is one of her greatest passions. Over a period of ten years, Dr Ince-Greenaway worked as a senior lecturer on the Child Care Diploma, BA and MA in Social Work courses.

She received an MPhil from Brunel University West London and her doctorate from the University of Birmingham, School of Social Policy and a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education form the University of Hertfordshire. Nevertheless, she wanted to break free and create more autonomy in her personal development. Hence, she reduced her working hours at the University, started a PhD and set up a part-time Training Company at the same time. Through pure determination having taken a drastic cut in salary and relying on her savings she felt that this investment would have a greater return. The desire to focused and be single-minded eventually led to her success.

Dr Lynda was awarded a finalist certificate in 2001 for Black Business owners in the Social and Humanitarian category

She wrote her first book in 1998 which resulted from her MPhil dissertation about the lived experiences of young black people transitioning out of the local authority care system. It was the first study of its kind in the UK and had a major impact on social work training and practice. Dr Lynda also published her work in edited textbooks and monographs.

Dr Lynda is the Author of Hard Truth: Growing out of Adversity. It tells the remarkable story of her journey towards healing and resilience. Told through Christian lenses, Dr Lynda describes the moments that drastically changed and shaped her life as well as the values that sustained her through a bitter experience. Hard Truth is a dynamic and compelling story that will inspire readers. It is a story that is personalised, educational and inspirational no matter where people are on their journey. It is empowering and a relatable story of triumph over adversity, progress over brokenness and success over misfortune.

Hard Truth intensifies the importance of self-refection and personal empowerment. It is written for audiences everywhere and for people of all backgrounds, cultures and ages.

Since the publication of her book in 2021 Dr Lynda has taken part in some PR media activities/interviews. These include:

Two interviews on Montserrat radio

Interviews and coaching sessions on Barbados TV: the Peta Allen show

She was chosen by a watch company in the UK called Hagley West as an inspirational woman and one of their watches was named after her

She was interviewed by Herts and Beds Radio

She has given multiple interviews to different audiences.

Dr Lynda’s hobbies are: pursuing Christian values, walking, entertaining, creative cooking based on Barbadian cuisine, travelling, collecting sea shells and creating friendships.

Email: Lyndalifecoaching@gmail.com