Understanding the demands and challenges event planners face, Julia partners with you to customize her keynote, ensuring it delivers the powerful impact and results you envision for your audience.
Julia’s Speaker Kit
“I have heard and hired 100s of speakers throughout my career. Only a handful have really inspired me. Julia Nicholson is in that select group. I guarantee that once your audiences hear her, they will be better equipped to handle changes and obstacles they are facing both personally and professionally. Julia is truly one of the most inspiring, dynamic and thought provoking speakers you will ever hear.”
—Ellen Michaels, CEO & Owner
The JULIA Difference
Julia creates a lasting experience, bringing energy, heart, and passion to every event. She connects with audiences on a deep level, speaking from her own experiences in business, leadership, and life’s toughest moments.
POWER SHIFT
Goes beyond the typical recycled talks about tapping into or unleashing power
Dives into real, relatable issues
Defies conventional thinking with a new, bold, fresh perspective
Gives audiences concrete, actionable strategies to take control and use their power in ways that truly move the needle in their lives and careers
A game-changer for those ready for something different—and something that works
Audiences leave with:
A roadmap to shift their power and drive transformation in every area of their life
Actionable strategies and tools that can be used immediately
Long-term value from the strategies and tools, empowering them well beyond the event
Energy and motivation to put the tools into practice
With Julia’s blend of humor, storytelling, and practical insights, she turns events into high-impact, memorable experiences. You won’t just get a speaker; you’ll get someone who touches hearts, shifts perspectives, and helps your attendees walk away feeling ready to take on any challenge.
Every person is born with POWER.
Isn’t it time for you—and your team—to use it to build confidence, courage, and unstoppable momentum?
POWER Is Strengthened by Overcoming Challenges
Confidence, courage, and resilience aren't just about getting back up—they are strengthened with each experience, shaped by how you rise and what you do next. Success doesn't happen despite setbacks; it’s achieved when you use what you've learned to face the next challenge.
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Change starts with an awareness of your auto-pilot assumptions. Tear down the myths about power and replace them with the truth—you're not lacking power, it's just turned in the wrong direction.
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Julia emphasizes the positive, but only as it relates to the very real and difficult challenges we face every day. No oversimplifying life’s challenges, just powerful tools to process them with strength and purpose, gleaning valuable life-long skills from them.
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Explore the truth from a proven expert on the subject about what causes some people get stuck, frustrated, when facing challenge and change, and how others use it to their advantage, driving greater personal and professional success.
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Unwanted things happen daily—it's part of life. But with every challenge, you have a choice: let it defeat you, carry the burden, or find something valuable in the experience!
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Building a habit of resilient thinking and behavior is proven to be one of the greatest indicators of life and career success.
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When Julia speaks, people feel motivated and inspired, but she goes beyond those to offer real, research-based tools that lead to life-changing actions long after her speech is over.
In these candid interviews, Julia talks about her journey through trauma, tragedy, and loss. Instead, of letting them define her, she chose to use them to refine her. She shares how she used each one as a springboard to strengthen her determination, perseverance, and resilience to overcome any challenge and you can too.
As a podcast guest, Julia shares valuable insights and practical tools for overcoming challenges, building resilience, and thriving through adversity. Her ability to thrive beyond the setbacks, failures, and loss, will inspire you and leave you believing in the strength of the human spirit.
Julia’s thought-provoking articles challenge conventional wisdom and dispel myths about power. She shares valuable lessons she learned on her way to the C-suite of multi-billion dollar organizations.
In Julia’s TEDx talk, The Way We Think About Loss and Grief is Dead Wrong, and other videos, she shares how to thrive through even the most difficult life situations and use adversity to your advantage.
“Having seen Julia in action before, I had great confidence that she would be a success. Her pre-meeting work to understand what we wanted to accomplish was very helpful in creating an experience that felt unique for our group. She quickly got all of our members engaged and actively participating. Her high energy level and passion came through and the result was a very positive session. Julia exceeded our expectations and I highly recommend her to deliver an energetic and impactful session."
- Doug Anderson, Executive Director, Minnesota Public Employees Retirement System
"Julia’s presentation style was a perfect mix of educational and dynamic. Her closing keynote gave our participants an unexpectedly fresh view of the topic. She did a great job at our event and would bring positive energy to any program. I highly recommend her as a speaker."
- Melanie Thomas, Communications Department, Texas Municipal Retirement System
"Julia has been a speaker for us for over 15 years, consistently being rated as ‘excellent’ by our audiences. She displays phenomenal energy and is both dynamic and passionate about her subject. Attendees find her both articulate and engaging which is especially important because of the training and lessons she shares in her presentations."
- Cathy K. Zacher, CEBS Director, Educational Programs-U.S. International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
