Meet Katrina Julia

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Katrina Julia a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Katrina, we are so happy that our community is going to have a chance to learn more about you, your story and hopefully even take in some of the lessons you’ve learned along the way. Let’s start with self-care – what do you do for self-care and has it had any impact on your effectiveness?
I have developed self-care and self-love over the past 9+ years extensively. From losing 55+ lbs to being alcohol free, my life, my purpose, my location, and my vision is different.

For my self-care, I practice a Sacred 7 morning and night routine, and 7 Steps to Success.
My Sacred 7 includes Prayer, Affirmations, Movement, Journaling, Positive Message, Shake + Tea, and Music.
It varies as time goes, and is usually about an hour morning and night. It has evolved over YEARS and continues to.

In addition, I workout with stretching and strength training as my base 5+ x a week no matter where I am in the world.
Whether I am in Atlanta, or Bulgaria like I am right now, I always aim to join a gym. In addition,

I practice dance, yoga, HIIT (high intensity training), hiking, swimming, freediving, canyoning and surfing.
I LOVE a spa day unplugged. I keep my phone on silent always with no notifications for years. I track my screen time and set limits.

My self-care and love has radically impacted my purpose, passion, people and profits. My vision and clarity was birthed out of my faith and the decision to practice it (see verse 1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

My effectiveness and focus on priorities and time would not be where it is without these elements.
I am able to see how to simplify and amplify with strategy, structure, and systems, and tips, tools and tech.

Whether it is CMO/CFO brand pitches and engagements to online courses to media e.g. blog, show, videos, social media, the level of love, passion, and purpose propels me and the team.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
My story is a transformation story of a lifetime. I see it in 7 themes that continue to evolve.

Each and every one of us has a story. Our perspective is powerful. What is even more astounding is the choice to turn pain to purpose. There are many things we are proud of, and some that we are not so proud of. In any given moment, we have the ability to transform.

You can make different choices in your faith, wellness, community, business and travel. I’ve learned transformation from the inside out lasts. When you rewrite and rewire your beliefs to truth, your feelings, and your actions in every area of life, everything changes.

All you have to do is look around at how many of us gravitate towards misalignment and self-sabotage. Many of us, myself included for years, are like a car with a flat tire, no gas, and in need of an oil change and new breaks.

We are running on fumes – overwhelmingly unhealthy, misaligned to purpose, focused on lack, and without a community. Yet, we do the same thing over and over and expect a different result – the definition of insanity.

My transformation from the inside out started in 2010, and continues day by day. If I transformed from the inside out in every area of life and continue to, so can you.

Fear to Faith, Devaluing to Purity, Self Hate to Love, Corporate to Calling, Lies to Love, Pain to Purpose, and Bondage to Freedom. are the themes of my transformation.

I’ve walked through transformation from spiritual to financial. I will not tell you it has been easy or overnight, because it hasn’t. It has taken faith, focus, and a fight. It’s choosing to challenge myself to alignment on a day by day basis.

As I have transformed every area of my life focusing on faith, purity, love, calling, purpose and freedom, I have been amazed at what God and I may co-create. My transformation leads me to align to passion to purpose, and then to people and profits.

This includes choosing purity before marriage in 2010, losing >55 lbs 2013-2014 and keeping it off, creating a life and business I love with community, and a focus on freedom. Disclaimer avg person who uses Herbalife loses average of .5 to 1 lb a week with healthy active lifestyle..

The choices I make daily are challenged in these areas on my journey to reaching my full God-Given potential. I am driven by progress in what I call the Seven Steps to Success daily along with my 90 Day Plan. My soul and spirit come alive with freedom in expression, time, location and community.

Fear to Faith

As I have focused daily on shifting from fear to faith extensively since 2010 and continue to, it amazes me what I used to accept as normal. What many of us do. Our default is often fear, lack, control, depression, anxiety, and the worst case scenario. Look around at what those choices cause globally.

I made a decision in 2010, I would no longer live in the default, or anything close to it. One of my favorite scriptures is

1 John 4:18 Perfect Love Drives Out ALL Fear.
What is really interesting is for years I experienced high-highs and low lows. I think many relate.

How about you?

My life is an adventure from the start! I was in over 4 countries by the time I was two. I am conceived in Bulgaria, born in Poland, and lived in a refugee camp in Italy by the time I was 1 years old. We immigrated the USA by the time I was two.

Some of my favorite adventures include scuba diving in Egypt and Jamaica and swimming with dolphins. I love new adventures. I love to expose people to travel and that’s why we host retreats as well.

Daily Challenges

I challenge myself daily and ask myself am I living in faith or fear? From a practical level, this has involved getting closer to God, spending more time with Him and in His word and in silence. This has involved time in prayer, reading the Bible, church, community groups, Bible studies, worship music, and journaling.

None of this has come over night. I continue to fight the good fight of faith. Yes, I am human. Yes, I feel pain. I may take a moment, ultimately though I heal and push past pain and fear.

Practical Journey

A few years ago, I made the choice to see a spiritual counselor as well including EMDR treatment for trauma. Some of you may or may not know, I experienced domestic violence in my late teens to early 20’s. I buried the pain for years before I allowed it to come out for the Spirit and myself to work on all the pain,

In 2010, I began to see the beliefs I formed in childhood and my teenage years that were driving many of my self-sabotaging behaviors. Over years, I attended countless events beyond church for my faith focus including silent retreats, Dani Johnson events and more.

In 2019, I felt compelled to start waking up at 5 am regularly, and reading the Bible straight through as part of my routine for the rest of my life. I wrote my first Bible study earlier this year on Fear to Faith: a 40 Day Devotional as well. My point is it is a process. It requires faith and focus. It is a daily practice to shift from fear to faith.

Every single day, I feel shifts in fear to faith including worthiness, identity and value. I observe what is happening and decide if at that moment, I am feeling pulled to take more action or to give myself more compassion and go to the park, take a walk, or simply cry and release something.

I’ve found the journey of fear to faith involves forgiving others, forgiving yourself, and trusting God. I find I feel like an onion sometimes with layers to unravel and/or put back together. It’s about creating a firm foundation in faith. It is both a daily discipline and a journey of a lifetime.

excerpt from Transformation from Inside Out – Full post here https://www.fitlifecreation.com/post/my-transformation-from-the-inside-out – you may link or copy and paste from after Fear to Faith (I did up to there)

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Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
The three qualities that are the most important are faith, persistence, and humility.

Faith in God (or your higher power). Faith in your vision. Faith in the fact that it is given to you to #CREATEIT

Persistence in the journey, day, and moment. In life and in entrepreneurship, I have faced things I never imagined. From losing a best friend 10+ years ago to challenges in timing and finances to help needed from my family.

Humility in aligning to who you are and your vision and recognizing you can’t know it all. Be a teachable spirit and a humble soul. I constantly reflect and learn on my journey. I often say I win or I learn so I am always winning.

My advice for you no matter where you are in your journey?
Never, ever forget Transformation is Required.

Excerpt + Tips
https://www.fitlifecreation.com/post/how-transformation-is-required-to-create-a-life-and-business-you-love-creator-series

What is the number one obstacle or challenge you are currently facing and what are you doing to try to resolve or overcome this challenge?
The number one challenge I am currently facing, dealing and resolving is finances and financial freedom.

I recognize and realize how a perfect storm was created as a combination of lack of faith, worthiness, and focus.

For years, as a MBA, CPA, experience in 7+ industries from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies including Google, NBC, and Victoria’s Secret in Strategy, Finance, Marketing, and Operations, I consistently found and created 6-8 figures year over year for others.

I realized and recognized I believed “they” were worthy and could make money creating what they love and I did not believe I could AND no external evidence will ever be enough to convince you that you are worthy if your core belief is that you are not.

I have dug deep in the last 7+ years in faith, healing, therapy, EMDR, EFT, and journaling.

On practical levels, I choose to take inspired and aligned action consistently to align from the inside out. I have increased priorities by purpose and profits, decreased expenses by traveling vs. paying rent, have a plan for finances, track my time daily, have a 90 Day Plan for Business, review finances 3+ times weekly, immerse myself in financial education both on mindset and practical aspects, and choose to invest precious time with my parents in Bulgaria for 2+ months right now.

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