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"Julie assisted me in developing clarity of thought, defining my goals to make them obtainable and building my confidence while faced with difficult work situations. Julie's style is challenging but relaxed. I believe our sessions helped me develop quickly, with a promotion and top performer award as results. Her strengths include reading a situation and assisting in developing a resolution, encouraging you to push yourself to reach your potential, helping you to define your goals. These are just a few reasons why I told my colleagues they should reach out to Julie. "

Management Consultant, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

"When I started working with Julie I felt trapped, stifled creatively and disempowered in my job. I could communicate all of the things I didn’t want professionally but couldn’t seem to look beyond my immediate circumstances to the horizon of an ideal career. The materials Julie distributes before the first session are undoubtedly the most helpful, self-reflective, enlightening and important exercises I have ever completed. During the following nine months we worked together, Julie ushered me from a frustrated young assistant clawing at the walls of my cubicle to a satisfied, empowered creative professional with my own business. Julie walked me through leaving my position on good terms, articulating my career goals and ideal work environment, and creating concrete goals and deadlines to achieve self-employment. Most importantly, Julie helped me to reach this place at my own speed, on my own terms, with my own best interest in mind.  I eagerly looked forward to our sessions together, and felt a giddy sense of possibility and new-found perspective after we spoke. [I cannot recommend Julie highly enough, and especially to young professionals in the final throes of floundering after college graduation who now face 30 years of uncertainty and undefined career goals]. Julie is a terrific listener, a true advocate, an unparalleled professional and a warm voice of reason, wisdom and ingenuity at the other end of the line. She is also wonderfully adept and steering the conversation to maximize our time together.  Many of the skills I’ve learned I transfer into my everyday life, and have become more present, deliberate and focused on my happiness. I am reminded of Goethe’s saying, "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!" For the many of us who are waiting to "begin it," the answer is Julie Cohen."

Self-employed writer and consultant, Philadelphia, PA

After 20 years in one field, I was making a transition to an unknown something else.  I had a pretty good idea of what skills I wanted to use and I definitely wanted to find balance between life and work.  Finding Julie was the ace for me.  I am not a fan of diagnostic tools, but I did find the extensive pre-coaching questions and exercises to be eye-opening.  Besides identifying life/work values, it helped me see what was important for me to have in a workplace.  It also served as our baseline.  With every coaching session, I turned another corner.  I gained a confidence I carried with me throughout my search.  Julie's accessibility via email and phone was invaluable.  I've landed where I wanted to be and it is because Julie helped "hold my feet to the fire" so I could stick with less work and more life.  She is a great coach who inspires, motivates and teaches throughout what turned out to be for me a life-changing journey.

Non-profit Professional, Philadelphia PA