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As a certified coach and facilitator, specializing in life transition and retirement, Julia can help you…
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Is Julia a good match for you?
As a later-in-life coach, Julia is a resource maven, life-long learner who loves influencing change. Her vision is to bring forth positive aging role models and disrupt current stereotypes so the focus is more on growing, not just getting older.
Julia walks the talk. She’s had her own journey with life transitions. Going from an entrepreneurial background with over 20 years of professional experience in entertainment and education, she sold her company and took up the role of full-time parent and volunteer. That lasted five years before going back to school to earn a Master’s degree in 2012. Julia knew she had one more big thing in her, and after a lot of soul searching, realized her calling was life transition work. She earned her professional certification in coaching and since then has received more advanced training related to life transitions and change, including earning two retirement certifications from the Retirement Coaches Association and Retirement Options.
Not all coaches are the same, and a successful coach-client relationship is not one-size-fits all.
About Julia Holladay, MA, BCC, CPC
Julia Holladay is a board certified coach, with two additional certifications in retirement coaching, specializing in life transitions and overall well-being. She brings an array of life experiences and leadership to her coaching practice. Over the span of her career, she has served as a teacher, career counselor, entrepreneur, award-winning business owner and the Regional Vice President of an adult education company.
Julia has successfully worked through personal challenges such as integrating adoptive and birth children, the early loss of a sibling and parent, caring for an aging parent and earning her graduate degree in mid-life. She brings an authentically approachable and relatable personality that benefits her clients during the coaching process.
She has several years of coaching and mentoring experience working with individuals and non-profit organizations. Julia received training at the College of Executive Coaching in a post-doctorate certified coaching program. She also facilitates workshops on retirement vision & action and works with the JCC at their Retirement Academy.
Education:
Master of Arts, Leadership Studies, University of San Diego
Certified Professional Coach, College of Executive Coaching
Certified Professional Retirement Coach, Retirement Coaches Association/Retirement Project and Retirement Options
Life Launch, Hudson Institute
Bachelor of Science, Communication Studies, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts
Mediation Training, Harvard Negotiation Project and San Diego Mediation Center
Dialogue Training, University of San Diego
Working with Julia was more beneficial than I expected, and I had high expectations based on her reputation. She has a way to get to the heart of the problem and works with me to find solutions that work for me, not just general solutions. I’m still implementing her suggestions and I refer back to my notes to her often, months after working with her. M.H.
Julia is an exceptional coach, pure and simple. I affectionately have come to name her approach and impact, “The Julia Factor.” She is an outstanding listener who is able to quickly synthesize information and strategically create action steps that incorporate various topics discussed. Julia’s follow up is impeccable as she keeps you top of mind and consistently provides on-point and timely resources. She is a passionate and seasoned guide whose techniques are relevant, informed, and sophisticated. Clearly, Julia is living her calling and her clients are richer for being in her orbit. C.E.
“I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Julia for several years, and seen her leadership strengths in action as she guides projects through to their successful completion. Julia is both professional and accessible; a high-level thinker whose attention to detail also ensures her work gets done effectively and on time. I’ve considered myself lucky to feel confident referring coaching clients to Julia, which I’ve done in the past without hesitation. I trust Julia to guide and handle any project and challenge that comes her way with diligence, commitment and grace.” Deirdre M.
Julia is outstanding in her ability to not only read and communicate to a small group, but to gently draw individuals to articulate and create a meaningful revelation. She uses thoughtful and resourceful ways to move the group through the transition process, always being timely and respectful. Julia’s intuition is impeccable, and she can help define nuances even those in transition did not recognize. This is another example that sets Julia well above her peers in this space. B.W.
Julia is one of those rare coaches who truly wears her passion for her clients’ success on her sleeve. You couldn’t ask for a better collaborator, motivator and facilitator for your professional and personal growth. She respectfully and consistently pushes you to be more and do more than you thought was possible. C.M.
Julia is an amazing coach and group leader. I’ve had the pleasure of being one of her clients and the insights she had into my pre-retirement journey were truly remarkable. Not only could she identify the areas I need to work on, she was able to coach me through how to address them. Julia is very empathetic and caring and it also shows in her leadership style as chair of the Rotary Scholarship committee I was a part of with her. She was able to cut through to what was most important and really did a great job with the youth who applied for and received the scholarships. I would highly recommend her as a coach, mentor and leader. J.T.
What I have observed and experienced personally is her ability to and the help already highly capable women create a significant shift in their lives in deeply profound ways. Julia is very generous and creative in providing all the materials needed for the workshop: handouts, journals, magazines for Vision Boards, books, quotes, charts, Guest Speakers, surprises etc. Her follow through is impeccable and I continue to move in directions Julia helped me chart. In short, take a workshop from Julia or work 1:1 with her and change your life! Lora B.
