Meet Ashley

"I've seen Julie's personal journey, and it's like, okay, she's been there; I can trust her versus other coaches."

Ashley knew Julie and had seen over their relatively short relationship the transformation Julie had made in her own life, both in her body image and inner self. When it came to being able to change the things that didn’t make her happy in both her personal and professional life, Ashley knew that Julie had made many conscious changes that saw her leading a life she now loves, feeling confident and fulfilled both inside and out!

She also knew that Julie did this for her 1 on 1 coaching clients, helping them to grow and transform in so many ways, so when she saw that Julie was offering a group program for women to do this while participating in a safe, welcoming community, right when Ashley needed it, it seemed like fate.

Ashley will admit, she had reservations about the financial commitment. But, because she knew Julie and how successful she had been in helping women just like her, she decided to make the investment, feeling incredibly confident she would have the results she wanted under Julie’s guidance.

“I'm not coming out of this program to be like, Oh yeah, join this program and you can lose 20 pounds. It's like, I feel like I've gotten so much more out of it.”

Ashley will say, even though she joined the program focusing on losing weight and trying to build her external confidence, it became more than a weight loss journey or a weight “release” journey as Julie puts it. This was a labyrinth walk through her own emotions and insecurities, coming out the other side with a deeper appreciation of herself.

In the Program, students are encouraged to uncover the beliefs they have about themselves that keep them in the loop of self-sabotage. This meant Ashley had to take a hard look at what she’s been telling herself, her negative self-talk, then break it down to identify the core beliefs behind it. Once she became aware of the “not enough” beliefs that have been running her she could then challenge that belief, and rewrite a new one that best supported her - and the woman she is becoming.

Through meditation exercises, affirmations and vision work, Ashley reduced her weight but more importantly was able to connect to her inner self. By participating in a group program, Ashley was able to find accountability and support to give 100% of herself to this transformation.

Inside the group, it was incredibly powerful to witness that other people were experiencing similar insecurities to her and that she wasn’t alone in feeling the way she was.

Initially, Ashley found it a struggle to enter the group with the knowledge that she would be expected to share deep and intimate personal struggles and beliefs with what was essentially a room full of strangers! But, once she did though, the camaraderie of the group and the accountability it offered made it all so valuable - and that surprised Ashley.

“It took one person to be vulnerable and open and Julie set it up pretty well...she set it up by sharing about herself first. She told us to share whatever we wanted to share. Gradually we opened up, shared what came up for us, what went well and our struggles. It was a great group.”