Meet Julyah Rose

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

Julyah, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
I get my resilience from my inner spirit of determination; I was just born strong. I also feel growing up near NYC gave me a tough spirit as New Yorkers are very determined and don’t let obstacles stop them. When I need motivation and a reminder of my resilience, I think about my grandfathers who fought in World War 2, and the Korean War. My paternal grandfather was born and raised in New York City, he enlisted in the army in WWII, and he fought bravely in the Battle of the Bulge and captured the Bridge at Remagen, Germany, from the Nazis which was a pivotal victory for the allied forces. My grandfather was an American war hero who was awarded many metals for his bravery. My maternal grandfather was in the navy in WWII and in The Korean War, he had access to top secret information. If my grandfathers could survive hundreds of days of combat in war than I can survive any challenges in my civilian life. Our ancestors went through much more struggle than we endure in this modern life, so if you are even alive at this point in history it means you’re very strong. Most people have the capacity to be stronger than they think they are, but most people unfortunately are lazy and give up too easily. I also believe most people are too easily broken, some people will take one heartbreak or one trauma and let it ruin their whole lives. The secret is to keep going, success comes to those who don’t give up.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
The three qualities I think helped me very much are:

Aggressiveness. I always stand up for what I believe, and I don’t let people push me around. I think too many women let men talk down to them and intimidate them without arguing back. I don’t take any shit. A lot of women are depressed because depression is anger turned inwards. Many women are angry about living in a sexist society and angry about misogyny and constant sexual harassment and degradation from men, this is understandable, however, many women don’t stand up for themselves, so their anger becomes turned inward, instead of outward, and becomes depression. If more women stood up for themselves aggressively then disrespectful men would think twice before being disrespectful. I am not going to go through life being an ass kisser, I’m going to stand up for myself and for others and if people are offended by that and preclude me from opportunities for that than its ok because I wouldn’t want to be around people like that or work for people like that anyways. When I recovered from breast cancer, I realized the time to speak out is now, because if I don’t speak up now I could have died holding it inside and what good would that do?

Sense of Humor has been another trait that has helped me greatly. Beauty can open a door to an opportunity but that’s really all it can do, it’s up to you to keep the opportunity with your personality, intelligence, and talent. I’ve had a lot of doors opened for me by my beauty, but people wanted to keep me around for years because of my sense of humor. I enjoy making people laugh and spreading joy, it’s like a free gift I can give them. I think it’s important to not take life too seriously, life is hard enough so why make it harder? A sense of humor is always a good way to be charming and endearing and make new friends. Making light of a tough situation by using humor is also a good coping mechanism.

Determination is another trait which has helped me greatly. I have always been a go getter and a person of action. It’s one thing to have dreams it’s another to take action to achieve your dreams. I don’t believe in fate or “god’s plan” or destiny, these fairy tale beliefs are a way for people to escape responsibility because it’s scary for people to admit their life is mostly within their control and a direct result of their own actions, not some outside force like God or fate or astrology.

I don’t take no for an answer, I don’t give up easily. I am someone who goes out in the world and finds a way to get what I want, even if it takes years, I am usually successful in getting what I want in life. There is always a way. When I had breast cancer I wasn’t satisfied with the first few doctors I saw because I felt their level of service did not meet my high expectations, so instead of settling I found the ideal doctor I wanted but I couldn’t afford her, and she wasn’t covered by my insurance, so I found a way to jump through loopholes and change my insurance to a plan she accepted. I also started a ‘Go Fund Me’ page and did research to find grants for breast cancer patients in order to raise money to afford this expensive doctor. At the time it seemed like an insurmountable feat but looking back I’m very satisfied with the results of my operation and I’m glad I didn’t settle for less.

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?

Yes, I am definitely looking for people to collaborate with on all aspects of show business and the modeling industry. But what I really want most and what I’m trying to manifest right now is a breakout role for my acting career as well as a new agent/manner for modeling and acting. I have had the pleasure of working with many legendary people in the industry as an actress but I’ve yet to have a big breakout role that catapults me to the next level of my career, I would really appreciate an opportunity like that. I’m always open to discuss any kind of collaborations with other artists, I encourage anyone to reach out to me about collaborations via my website julyahrose.com/ (contacts/links tab) or via Instagram @ModelJulyahRose or feel free to send me an email at julyahrose@gmail.com

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Photographer: John Kennedy

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