Born and raised in Massachusetts, Julie attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and graduated from the University of Florida in Orlando with a BA in psychology. She worked in the mental health department for the State of Florida in the Department of Corrections as an institutional counselor. As a licensed massage therapist with training in hypnotherapy, crystal therapy and sound therapy, she worked for several years at ‘HealthQuest Wellness Center’ on the Space Coast of Florida, where she taught classes as a Reiki Master. Upon becoming an ordained minister for the worldwide interfaith organization of Alliance of Divine Love, she accompanies spiritual counseling with Emotional Freedom Technique and Flower Essences. Julie moved to Cottonwood AZ in 2012 and was employed in Sedona at ‘Amara Spa’ for 9 years, as well as ‘Peace Place’, as a practitioner for the ‘International Center for Reiki’. In 2021 Julie started her own business ‘Holistic Healing of Sedona’ from her home studio in Cottonwood. For over 15 years, Julie has been building sweat lodges in Florida and is a drummer/singer for annual Native American ceremonies in Kansas. On her days off, Julie is most usually swimming her 2 labrador retrievers in creeks and rivers or hunting petrified lightening in the Sedona sands.
