Whether from a chronic condition, a stressful life transition… or due to upregulated nervous system, sleeplessness, or situations that weigh you down…
It doesn’t have to stay that way.
we Believe:
When the brain or body goes through high stress, injury, illness and HARD “stuff,” the nervous system goes on guard. Sometimes it can get stuck there in a fight/ flight or freeze state. Sure, sometimes silencing the symptoms or powering through can help, but when it doesn’t, it can make things even worse. Instead, collaborating between the mind and body to shift your body out of survival mode is where, we find, lasting restoration begins.
When you strengthen your breath, repattern your somatic position, and/or tone the aerodigestive system, you can increase energy, improve physical and emotional boundaries, and cultivate strength and ease.
The body IS the brain! There are WAY more messages going FROM the body TO the brain than the brain to the body. Understanding this relationship and learning successful brain-body collaboration, can empower you to repattern yourself toward feeling calm, clear, connected and a newfound sense of vitality.
We Empower:
We coach the know-how and practice to apply cognitive change work and self-directed neuroplasticity. Each of us is in a constant state of change, it’s just a matter of whether you are directing change or reacting to change.
We guide you to experience a change in patterns, beliefs and/or somatics in order to understand things in a whole different way. Working with the somatic intelligence of the body and the nervous system is the KEY to making changes that stick. 95% of our behavior is automatic and driven by sensations in the body.
We offer specific tools & techniques to cultivate or return to: clear thinking, confident communication, strong breath, a toned and efficient aerodigestive system, and restful sleep (when the nervous system is on guard, it shouldn’t sleep deeply; we can help you change that).
By learning the framework of the autonomic nervous system, it’s triggers, and the ways it automates, you learn to successfully collaborate and support lasting change. This collaboration, when practiced successfully, is perhaps the most significant collaboration you may ever have.
“We spend decades in school learning how to refine and train our minds to think. We spend virtually no time learning how to refine and use our body’s sensory intelligence. Just as it is possible to have “faulty reasoning” in the mind, there can be “faulty perceptions” in the body, that can keep us stuck in a state of dis’ease or overwhelm. You can learn to change that...and it goes far beyond the power of positive thinking alone.”
Are you going through challenging times?
Experiencing symptoms of physical, cognitive or emotional overload inside and out?
Let’s help you leverage the power of your body-brain system (nervous system, somatic intelligence, belief system and all!) so that you can re-align with your most vital self and move forward with more ease, clarity and confidence.
It won’t always feel like this, you really can feel better.
I’ve worked with 1000s of patients in the medical field, and now even more clients in the coaching world, over the past 24 years.
For my initial years of practice, I spent much of my focus, alongside my colleagues, addressing the symptoms at hand. At some point, I started to realize the intersection of these symptoms went well beyond symptom management alone and began broadening my mind body understanding and approach.
I now hear things like:
“In all the many providers I’ve seen no one has really helped me to understand the connection of my symptoms, let alone empowered me in the “how to” to move beyond managing my symptoms alone and embody what it feels like to release, reenergize, strengthen my system and feel so much better.”
“All the things” that the traditional medical system offers can be quite valuable and essential parts of identifying and addressing acute problems….and yet, when the symptoms linger, shape shift, and/or are multilayered, and impact a person’s sense of self, a traditional model of addressing one symptom, one organ or one system is often not enough to systemically address the relationship pattern between multiple complex systems.
As a speech language pathologist since 2000, turned integrative coach, I have a fierce passion for innovation, science and repatterning. I am an expert in the neurological, cognitive-communication, vocal and digestive systems within our bodies. But along the way, I discovered that one’s nervous system, subconscious mind, somatic patterns, and belief systems are deeply interrelated. By optimizing them as a dynamic relationship, through my integrative coaching modalities I have helped clients experience faster and deeper results.
I’ve now had over a decade of integrating therapeutic and coaching modalities a huge array of symptoms and severity, by bridging the traditional medical models that have real value with integrative coaching and therapeutics such as coaching the subconscious mind, supporting the nervous system work from the lens of the polyvagal theory, application of clinical hypnosis, breathwork, eye movement integration training, conversational hypnosis, metaphorical shift-work, neuro-linguistic processing, and much more.
I regularly hear from my clients say:
“This is so profound! I’ve seen 15 practitioners and no one was able to connect the dots for me before.”
“I wish I’d learned this years ago. When are you going to train more people to do what you’re doing.”
In sessions with me, I can uniquely identify a truly precise combination of modalities during your session to help you produce a real-time shift not just in the specific situation that is the most challenging, but often also in your entire emotional, cognitive, and physical experience and the way you perceive yourself and the world around you.
Such that I hear things like:
“I feel so different. I can see things so much clearer. I feel more like myself than ever.”
My approach is collaborative and integrative and I have a uniquely precise, but not linear, combination for each client. My goal is to meet you where you are at and empower you to make deep and lasting change.
Hi there, I’m Juli.
I founded Vital Therapeutics and Coaching to empower people making change. Beyond the misunderstandings society teaches (e.g. being the ‘victim of circumstances’ or ‘controlled by our habits’) there is a power we all hold to make change. Who knew?! It’s not easy, especially for those of us who try with the linear, logical mind. Will-power alone only taps into about 5% of our brain power. No wonder?! That said, the more I understand and work with mind-body therapeutics and self-directed neuroplasticity, the more amazed and inspired I am about our ability to change the brain and the body. I have been working in healthcare for over 23 years. I’m a certified and licensed speech language pathologist, certified integrative life coach, respiratory muscle training specialist, 200hr trained yoga teacher, clinical hypnotist, and a Reiki II practitioner. If you haven’t guessed…I love to learn, understand and share. Oh, and I also love dark chocolate. >> Read more
kind words and positive outcomes…
‘The things I’m learning from you are so important for my life and for moving forward. These are things that should be taught to everyone. I wish I had learned these earlier in life, before I even went through cancer and being sick for the past two years. Thank you for all you are doing to help me get back to myself.’
-SF, former lawyer recovering from cancer related illness
‘Wow, a 44% increase in my maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) and my ability to hold out my voice went from 8 seconds to 17.5 seconds!’
-client with a degenerative respiratory muscle disease; after 3 visits
‘As a former professional athlete, training and coaching is at the core of what I do. Juli helped me identify my lane, provided me with the understanding of how my brain works and then helped me create tools that fit with my life and my work goals. These sessions are great. I feel empowered again that my brain is getting better every day.’
-client with MCI after multiple concussions
“Juli’s warm and gentle presence was felt throughout my session. The space she held was just what I needed, and her facilitation helped me to make inner progress in a significant way. My session with Juli completely resolved the issue that was troubling me. I would highly recommend Juli to anyone.”
- Holly B; after 1 visit
“I used several of the strategies last night when I had difficulty falling asleep and they really helped. !!!”
-LT, client recovering from TBI and with chronic sleep disturbance
‘You help me see things so differently, it’s inspiring and I’m sending my friends your way. Thank you!’
DT, client making life changes after TBI and loss of her husband
“Thanks so much for the session and your follow up. You held my space with compassion, confidence and clear guidance. Much appreciated! I’ll see you again soon.”
-Debbie H, Director of HR; after 2 visits
“Juli practices with a unique blend of evidence based techniques and individualized treatment approaches. She is an excellent resource to her clients, families and colleagues. Her ability to find solutions to complex problems, her professionalism and her creativity result in positive outcomes for clients and families.”
-Sharyl, SLP and former colleague and educator
“I wanted to let you know that yesterday after we met, I felt so serene all day. This morning, I’m feeling thankful and calm and grounded. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
-client recovering from TBI
“I have had the pleasure of knowing and working alongside Juli for over 10 years. Over those years I have learned so much from her and admire her creativity and ability to prepare treatments specific to every need of the client. I would whole hardheartedly recommend Juli to any family or friend because I have seen firsthand the exceptional quality of care that they would receive!”
-Lisa
“I can vouch for the metaphor work with Juli. The exercise she led me through, with her gifted guidance, made a HUGE difference for me… big shift!!! Highly recommended!
-EJ, client seeking support for navigating overwhelm; after 1 visit
“Out of all the providers, coaches, and practitioners my wife has seen over the past 5 years, your sessions with her have made the most profound impact, I am forever grateful” -Matt
At Vital Therapeutics and Coaching LLC, we provide integrative coaching and cognitive change work through integrative modalities. We do not directly treat medical conditions nor replace medical treatment.