Posts by Julia Balto

Raise your hand if you identify as a deeply intuitive person. Not raising your hand? That’s OK! Most of the high achieving, ambitious, women who come to work with me DO NOT.    They’re intelligent, hard-working, highly educated leaders who pride themselves on their critical thinking abilities. NOT their feelings or something woo like intuition.  …

I believe that you are meant for MORE.  You are here to access your full power. To change the world like the leader you were born to be. I also believe that you’re meant to feel good doing it.   It’s why I’m obsessed with teaching trauma-informed mental wellness that meets sensitive leaders in their full humanity and…

You know that you’re here to create something BIG in your life. Whether it’s healing generational trauma, raising kids in a way that honors all of them, making sure your work has real-world impacts, or helping your community – being a leader is something that runs deep in your veins.    The only problem is that the inner burning…

Yesterday was one of those days. I woke up and my head was straight SWIRLING with example after example of how every area of my life was sad, mediocre, a total disaster, and especially how it was all my fault.    You know the kind of day that I’m talking about?   Maybe you notice…

You know that list you keep running through the back of your mind at all hours of the day? The one filled with allllllll the stress-reducing, health-promoting, productivity-increasing things you could, need to, and really should start doing?   For most of my clients (and let’s be honest, me too) this list looks something like: Exercise…

You know those days where you’re straight SWIRLING in your head? The times where you know you’re intelligent but really start to doubt it cause your brain is feeling more like a mushy, blob of irrational and nonhelpful emotions?   It’s frustrating AF – the more you try to think you’re way out of it (the way you’re used to solving problems),…

Sometimes we don’t have anything ‘of value’ to share. And that’s OK. That’s exactly why I’m writing this blog post. I sat down today to write and I just got nothin.    Nothing’s wrong, I’m perfectly fine, definitely a little tired. And I don’t have any words of wisdom pouring out of me.   And that’s…

Don’t come at me before reading further, but yes I said what I said. Your feelings are NOT always valid.    If you’ve noticed me consistently urge powerful women to actually allow and experience the full range of their feelings, this might sound confusing.   So let me explain.   Your feelings are powerful guides. They are messengers from your body, mind, and soul…

Last week a coaching client came in with an excellent question. It’s one most highly sensitive and ambitious women are going to have at some point so I think it’s very worth diving into. “How am I supposed to feel my feelings and still show up and get my work done?”   Let’s assume that like…

Let’s be honest, finding the right coach, therapist, healer, etc., to support you on your journey can feel exciting, hopeful, and also hugely overwhelming. To be clear, you already have everything you need within you. You are already a whole, resilient, and competent human, exactly as you are.    And there is a certain kind of power…