Coaching Testimonials
"Through coaching, I learned to look at challenging situations on the job from new angles. I also learned how to understand my own actions and motivations. As a result, I developed a set of practices to follow that I hope make me a more effective leader. Julia is genuine in her coaching - you can tell when you work with her that her commitment to you is deeply heartfelt."
- Kim K., CEO, legal aid nonprofit organization
- Kim K., CEO, legal aid nonprofit organization
"Working with Julia helped me carve out time to be reflective about what I want from my career and relationships and to come up with workable action plans to actively further my goals. I became more resolute about changing the things I could change and found a healthy perspective about working with the things that I could not (yet) change.
Julia asks great questions that get me thinking about problems I've been mulling over a long time in a new way. By cutting to the heart of the issues and asking the right questions, Julia makes the sessions incredibly efficient, which feels great when you are taking time away from a very busy schedule to get coaching. She is direct and validating and actively seeks feedback to cater the relationship to your style."
- K.P., Partner, Am Law 100 Law Firm
Julia asks great questions that get me thinking about problems I've been mulling over a long time in a new way. By cutting to the heart of the issues and asking the right questions, Julia makes the sessions incredibly efficient, which feels great when you are taking time away from a very busy schedule to get coaching. She is direct and validating and actively seeks feedback to cater the relationship to your style."
- K.P., Partner, Am Law 100 Law Firm
"Coaching makes me feel accountable, but simultaneously, puts me in the driver's seat. It's not about all the things that have happened to me - it's about all the things that I am going to do - that I am CAPABLE of doing. It's incredibly empowering, and focusing. Especially in times like this, when everything seems so out of control, working with a coach is so helpful to zero in on what truly matters to me. What are my values? How do I stay true to those things, amidst all the chaos? It reminds me that I am in charge of that, no matter what. And that is incredibly grounding.
My sessions with Julia feel like a spool of thread, gentling unwinding. I am always wound up so tightly at the beginning. I'm not sure even where to begin. But somehow, very gently, she finds a little door to open. Sometimes I don't even quite notice that it's happening, but before I know it, we (I) have found that hook, and have started pulling, and things start to come together in this totally easy, straightforward and super comfortable way. It's not scary, or ever too fast or too slow. It's like the answer was always right there, just waiting for me to see it. I've worked with coaches - and therapists - before. But it's never worked quite like this."
- Jennifer DaSilva, Executive Director, Start Small Think Big
My sessions with Julia feel like a spool of thread, gentling unwinding. I am always wound up so tightly at the beginning. I'm not sure even where to begin. But somehow, very gently, she finds a little door to open. Sometimes I don't even quite notice that it's happening, but before I know it, we (I) have found that hook, and have started pulling, and things start to come together in this totally easy, straightforward and super comfortable way. It's not scary, or ever too fast or too slow. It's like the answer was always right there, just waiting for me to see it. I've worked with coaches - and therapists - before. But it's never worked quite like this."
- Jennifer DaSilva, Executive Director, Start Small Think Big