Let me help you find your path.
Meet Julie
I am a writer, Tarot reader, and registered counseling therapist living and working in Edmonton, Alberta, in Treaty 6 Territory (Amiskwaciy Waskahikan—Plains Cree land). I came to what I do through a Master’s degree in Canadian poetry, yoga teacher training, a counseling degree, writing a couple of books on trauma recovery and moon goddesses, running a yoga studio for ten-plus years, and doing a lot of my own healing work both medically and esoterically, so it’s been a bit of a winding path. Whether you want to practice yoga with me, read my writing, sign up for a process-focused Tarot reading, or want to work one-on-one with me in counseling, I want to help you find your path. I deeply believe that we all have the wisdom inside of us to heal ourselves, but that it often helps a lot to do that healing in connection with another human being and/or in community. My yoga classes are thoughtful, reflective, and often playful, my Tarot readings are intuitive and participatory, and my one-on-one counseling sessions are trauma-informed and focus on ways to get the body and the mind to communicate with each other so you can find your own way forward. I do my best to be inclusive, feminist, and anti-oppressive, which is an ongoing process.
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Credentials
I am a registered counselling therapist with the Association of Counseling Therapists of Alberta (ACTA). I have been practising yoga and meditation for over 20 years and spent 11 years running the yoga studio Ocean and Crow in Vancouver, BC (E-RYT 500, YACEP). I have written three books: Secrets of the Eternal Moon Phase Goddesses: Meditations on Desire, Relationships, and the Art of Being Broken (SkyLight Paths 2016), the Canada Book Award-winning WANT: 8 Steps to Recovering Desire, Passion, and Pleasure After Sexual Assault (Mango Media 2019) and The Full Moon Yearbook (David and Charles 2023). I’m also a staff writer for Spirituality and Health Magazine and have a library of guided meditations and courses on the Insight Timer app. I have a Master’s Degree in Canadian poetry from McGill University, focusing on the works of George Elliott Clarke and Dennis Lee, both of whom considered the complications of Canadian identity from a racial and historical perspective. I also have a certificate in counseling skills from Vancouver Community College. In 2020, during the pandemic, I became a mom.
I work, live, play, and heal in Treaty 6 territory, specifically in Plains Cree and Blackfoot lands (also known as Edmonton, Alberta) and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations (also known as Vancouver, BC).
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery, and Innovation.
Images on this page by Catherine Byrdy