Just Julia

The fear of failure can be crippling and it can prevent us from pursuing a life that we really want. In this episode, we examine failure and recognize the value it brings.

We all have an idea about the kind of life we want to lead, but fear of unknown outcomes prevent us from moving forward. In this episode, we talk about ways to be brave and take the steps that will create a life we love.

We all know what we SHOULD be doing, and what we WANT to achieve, but we don't take the action needed to create that change. This episode addresses how to make life changes that stick!

Leaving our comfort zone is obviously uncomfortable, but it's the only way to progress in life. In this episode we discuss why we feel afraid of change and how to move forward despite that fear.

We are all quick to be a friend to others, but we neglect our own needs and then get resentful when our friends don't meet our emotional needs. What if we didn't play that game and learned to be our own best friend. This episode offers the benefits and steps to becoming your own best friend.

In this episode we discuss the basics of proper nutrition while addressing the power of emotional attachments to food. When we nourish our bodies properly and process our emotions in a healthy way, we improve our relationship with food and with ourselves.

Hobbies sound like something that we just don't have time for, but this is exactly what creates an imbalance in your life. In this episode we explore how to create the time for a hobby and the benefits to your health and happiness when you pursue them.

For many of us, the hustle never ends, in fact, that constant hustle is seen as a marker of success, but running your life at this pace can lead to burn out and in balance. In this episode we explore what you can do to create a more balanced and enjoyable life that leaves you feeling refreshed and restored.

People pleasing occurs when we puts other people's needs before our own, and this episode explores the problems that creates and offers solutions to serve from a place of love rather than resentment.

We have a love-hate relationship with guilty pleasures, we love indulging in them but we shame ourselves for doing it. In this episode, we explore why we feel guilty and what it would take to enjoy ourselves without the guilt.

The elusive nature of happiness keeps many of us thinking that happiness is out there in the world and that we just need to find it, but this episode offers ways to cultivate and create happiness, regardless of outside circumstances.

New Year's resolutions are most often based on self-criticism about how we fell short the previous year, but what if we changed our thinking and simply resolved to practice better self care. In this episode we explore a gentler approach to New Year's resolutions.

The hard part about negative self talk is that most the time we don't even realize we're doing it. In this episode we discuss how to notice the way we talk to ourselves and how to shift our negative self-talk towards more positive talk.

We all have vague ideas about how the choices we make matter, but in this episode we get very clear on how choice and consequences actually create our lives. I offer some musings on how we can better harness that power to create a life that we love.

The value of friendships can be neglected in an increasingly busy world, so in this episode we discuss the nuts and bolts and benefits of maintaining and building healthy friendships in adulthood.

Social connection isn't a luxury, it's essential but becomes difficult in an increasingly disconnected world, but it's easier than you think to create new connections and repair old ones. This episode explores how to do it.

The importance of self-trust is often overlooked, but self-love, self- compassion and self-esteem all stem from the ability to trust ourselves. In this episode we discuss how to develop this important trait.

Creating healthy habits is the most reliable and sustainable way to improve our lives, but it turns out there's more to it than we realize. This episode offers a simple recipe for creating healthy habit, and eliminating bad ones!

In a culture that emphasizes being polite, it's easy to fall into the habit of offering unnecessary apologies. In this episode we discuss the detrimental affect this can have on our self esteem.

In a world that is becoming more socially and emotionally distant, with fewer person interactions than ever before, in this episode I share why an increase in friendliness is needed more than ever.

We all have times when we feel socially uncomfortable. In this episode we explore where those feelings come from and understand what steps we need to take to always feel socially confident, no matter what the situation.

It's hard to find the motivation to do all the things that we know we should be doing to care for ourselves. In this episode we talk about some hacks we can use to do those things...even without the motivation.

It's easy to neglect ourselves and feel like it's selfish to address our own needs in a busy world filled with intense to-do lists, but in this episode we explore the idea that self-care is one of the best things we can do if we want to serve others.

Self improvement efforts can feel like a burden, but what many people don't realize is that accepting yourself now, jus as you are, flaws and all, is the best form of self-improvement.

In this episode we explore why we are so attached to our comfort zones, and how to experience real growth by taking tiny steps out of your comfort zone without getting too uncomfortable.

It's easy to fall in the trap of social comparison, particularly through Instagram. Here are some tips to avoid the downside of social comparison and ways cultivate personal improvement through positive social media use.

In this episode we explore how we can elicit better treatment from others and deepen our relationships by treating ourselves with more compassion and kindness

In this episode we examine what a limiting belief is, how to identify it, and share life-changing methods on how to eliminate those limiting thoughts.

Sharing some important thoughts and concepts for how to stay positive and improve your relationships by sharing that positivity with others.

Ever notice how negative people leave you feeling drained? Some tips for how to avoid letting the negativity of others bring you down.

Sharing some tips and traits of to help increase our emotional maturity and resilience

All the time we hear people tell us to“Just be yourself!”....but we have been socialized to forget who that is. In this episode we discuss why it's important to remember who we are.

An exploration into why we don't do the things that we know are good for us and what we can do about it.

This is a way to clean up our thoughts through practicing four simple steps that will improve our relationships with ourselves and with others.

What if we thought about productivity differently and that building ourselves and building relationships with others are just as important as all the other things on our to do list?

In this episode, we touch on how to develop a healthy self-esteem and why it's so important.

Sharing a few more thoughts on how our lives are affected by the thoughts we carry in the subconscious mind.

In the first episode I discuss how we create our reality through the thoughts stored in our subconscious mind, and I touch on how to create better results through better thoughts.