Julie grew up in Pittsford, NY, a suburb of Rochester and attended Brown University. Though originally a theater major, Julie graduated with a degree in International Relations after a spiritually transforming experience occurred during her study abroad program at the Moscow Art Theater in Moscow, Russia in the fall of 1999. The experience led her to change her major in pursuit of learning everything she possibly could about the world around her and within her. After studying at the La’akea Gardens Permaculture Design Certification program in Hawaii, Julie decided to apply the design principles she learned through Permaculture to build her own personal authentic life balance as well as to help people get organized in their homes and offices. She began Balance Organizing and Design in 2002. After a couple years of travel and exploration, internally and geographically, where she studied and learned many different tools, philosophies and practices for personal growth and transformation, including Native American spiritual approaches, non-violent communication and many others, she moved back to her hometown of Rochester, NY. A side effect of her own journey of spiritual healing, transformation and growth, Julie’s natural gifts as a healer, intuitive, empath and coach, essentially burst forth with astounding clarity. Integrating her newly discovered abilities with the various tools and philosophies she had been using for her own personal transformation, Balance Organizing and Design turned into the Balance Point in 2005 and Julie has found great joy expressing her authentic self working as a Life Coach, Intuitive, Healer and entrepreneur ever since. Julie is overjoyed to have recently added her initiation as a Rising StarTM practitioner through SQ-Wellness, a truly profound and powerful healing modality, to her offerings. Julie continues to be a full time student in the School of Life, ever deepening her own path and evolving her offerings and ways of being of service to the authentic unfolding of others.

A Message from Julie: Why I Love Coaching

The greatest truths and secrets of life have been revealed and written in hundreds, maybe thousands of books and spoken by so many sages, artists, leaders, saints and teachers, but there is no more profound moment, in my experience, than the moment when an old truth is discovered in its own unique way from within a human heart. Words are just words, but when these words are infused by the fire of discovery, when the truth at the core of these words is connected to in a personal way, something new and astounding is birthed. I am continually inspired, awed and humbled by the honor of sharing in such a sacred space with another. During a coaching session, I get to sit and watch a person discover how truly amazing they are, and this is a truly amazing thing for me to witness.

Whether you feel called to participate in a personal discovery process with the Balance Point or with any of the thousands of amazing practitioners, paths and organizations out there or none at all, I wish you all the best on your adventure wherever it may lead you. I have unconditional faith in you and I wish that grace may lead you exactly where you most need for the highest and best. May the world be blessed by the gift of your authenticity!

Much Love, Light and Many Blessings,
Julie

The Empathic Experience

What is an Empath?

Empathicness is the ability to vicariously experience the feelings of another as if they were one’s own.  All humans are naturally empathic to some degree. An Empath is someone for whom experiencing the feelings and thoughts of others is a defining characteristic of their daily life experience. When not identified or understood, this gift can be experienced as a burden, a source of continuous confusion, overwhelm and emotional chaos. When identified, fully understood and managed, this gift becomes a great blessing that can allow a person to become an instrument of profound healing, support and guidance for others.

Julie’s Empathic Discovery

Julie is an Empath. She experiences what others are experiencing, she feels their feelings, emotionally, spiritually and physically, as if they were her own. It took a long while for Julie to discover this is what was going on inside of her. It also took many years for Julie to learn how to discern the difference between her own thoughts and feelings and those that she was “picking up” from others, how to consciously manage this ability and to learn how to build an authentic, grounded life for herself. Julie is now able to use these gifts to help others develop deeper self-awareness, to heal from within and to support people in a truly loving and accepting environment to come into their full authentic nature.

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