By: Alva Ree

Since childhood, Julia has always tried to do everything efficiently and with dignity: a straight-A student at school, a diploma with honors at the university, at the age of 25 – the head of the legal department at a large enterprise, then – deputy general director, head of the department in a federal government agency. She achieved what many strive for: authority, state awards, and exciting work. At the same time, Julia constantly improved her expertise, received a second higher education in economics and management, and studied in dozens of courses and webinars.

At the age of 43, life changes completely: Julia gets married for the second time, moves to the USA, finds an academy accredited by the ICF (International Coach Federation), receives the status of an ACC-level coach under the ICF system, and already has more than 350 hours of practice. Now she has new achievements – a wonderful marriage, a favorite business, the opportunity to help people, and further prospects for self-development.

“Coaching attracts me because you reveal the client’s potential and do not give them mandatory recommendations. I wouldn’t say I like being bossed around. That’s why I build partnerships with the clients when they decide how to proceed.”

At the same time, Julia is ready to express her opinion if asked, but she always emphasizes that the decision remains with the client because there is always a choice. Once upon a time, Julia read Edith Eva Eger’s book “Choice.” This is a book about the freedom and inner strength of a Holocaust survivor. The author of the book is a psychologist, a Holocaust survivor, who proves with her whole life that even in a concentration camp, there was a choice whether to survive or not and how to live. She shares this attitude towards life with her clients.

Julia is not a psychological healer. She does not work with problems and traumas of the past and does not tie clients to herself in past years. Instead, she aims at the future. Julia calls herself a navigator who shows the client how to go from today’s point A with all the baggage accumulated over life to the desired point B in the future—and how to do it quickly.

“Often a person lives not by their own, but by other people’s goals and thoughts, without even realizing it. She is looking for the attributes of what seems to be a happy and successful life: a car, an apartment, beautiful children, and a wonderful husband with an eternal bouquet. But these are pictures. What do you want? What does happiness and success mean to you personally?” — Julia helps her clients answer this question honestly. For her, honesty and trust are the foundations of working with clients and her values.

The questions a person comes to a coach with can differ: how to get a job promotion? How to get a higher income? Or: I have lost interest in life; nothing makes me happy – what should I do? A coach not only helps you get out of an undesirable state but also makes it clear how not to return there again and how to remain in a resourceful state. To do this, you need to change your thinking.

Julia is inspired by stories of people who change their lives before our eyes. Business people who experienced burnout ended up doubling their income, rebuilding family relationships, finding a partner, and rethinking their lives.

Julia is an absolute guardian angel for those who boldly take a new path in another country. Her invaluable help and support make adapting to new conditions more accessible and comfortable. Thanks to Julia, many people improve their lives, opening up new opportunities and prospects for successful adaptation. Adaptation is a process that includes many changes, and Julia helps make this path more conscious and smooth.

Julia not only has the full classical coaching arsenal but also constantly creates new tools. She developed her own transformational game, “MindMania,” in which a person sets a goal, reviews all areas of life, and leaves with a plan of at least five points to achieve the goal.

Julia has pursued coaching all her life: “I have always built effective, result-oriented teams from scratch. What helped me in this was that I felt people. I find their place for everyone, and I help them reveal their abilities. After all, if a person is creative, putting them on some boring report they will turn sour. As a top manager, I was essentially doing the job of a coach without knowing it.”

Having achieved excellent results, Julia continues to move, starting a new startup: she is developing an AI Assistant for coaches and psychologists. This unique proposal does not replace a coach or mentor, as is usually the case, but increases their effectiveness for the client and, simultaneously, more conveniently organizes their activities. After this, Julia plans to expand this offer to other helping specialties.

Over the two years of living in America, Julia has adapted, according to her, by 90% because adaptation is not just survival in new conditions but a whole, happy life. “For careful adaptation, it is better not to burn all bridges. If, in your home country, you went to your favorite cafe on weekends, in a new place, it is better to maintain this habit, albeit with a different cafe. It would help if you tried to make the house cozy and treat it not as temporary housing. Living in a state of waiting is not adaptation. In general, I have a whole guide on how to adapt.”

This is what Julia is all about—she likes to notice what others don’t see, to grow above herself, and to achieve new goals. Once you reach point B, you can visualize and strive for points C and D on the horizon. At least, this is how it is for Julia.

Published by: Nelly Chavez