Meet Julia Coulson

Thanks for being here. Let me tell you a little about myself.

Throughout the years, I have embraced roles which all influence how I show up now. These include my work as a Psychotherapist, Psychotherapeutic Supervisor, Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator, Kambo practitioner, Mystic, and Wild Medicine Woman. I co-run retreats, rituals and ceremonies and am a co-author of several books.

My personal background has profoundly shaped my path. Growing up in a dysfunctional family, I experienced emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and the loss of a parent as a baby.

My teenage years were marked by alcohol, drugs, anorexia, abusive relationships and suicide attempts. It was a time when I felt deeply lost and overwhelmed by self-hatred, rage, disgust and shame. A darkness I couldn’t see a way out of. Teenage pregnancy and the collapse of a marriage I thought I was meant to build, became my earliest initiations into adulthood, shattering the path I believed I was told to follow pushed me to confront my own internal truth. Although painful, it taught me to listen to my truth with the courage to choose differently. What I didn’t know then was I was breaking toxic family belief systems.

These life experiences led me to train as a psychotherapist wanting to help other people, not realising it was me that needed healing. The unfolding of myself and unlearning of conditioning started as I remembered my spiritual and ancestral calling.

My journey has taken me across the world. I have travelled and worked with tribes in Peru, Mexico, and Colombia, engaging with various psychedelic and plant medicine traditions. My work also took me to Connecticut, supporting individuals affected by the trauma of the Sandy Hook shooting, and I have undertaken trainings across Europe, India, and the USA.

Catapulted further onto my healing path later in life, by life threatening illnesses, a brush with mortality changes perspective; seeing how precious each moment is; that health cannot be bought; to honour my body and live in alignment with my inner truth with those who matter to me.

While my professional roles and practices define what I do; the decades of my own healing journey influence ‘why’ I do what I do. I am led by a devotion to truth as a lived reality, believing that every person holds an innate wisdom that can be accessed by listening to an inner knowing — a silent intelligence that communicates through the body, energy, and the natural world.

Family dynamics, cultural expectations, and societal stories shape our identities, often leading us to live out narratives that are not truly our own. There is a particular cruelty in how people have learnt to relate to their own inner contradictions and the relationship with themselves. My path has involved shedding the layers of conditioning and trauma -first within myself and then guiding others to do the same.

I am guided by a lifelong commitment to truth—not as a concept, but as a lived, felt experience of our authentic selves beneath layers of conditioning. I work with energy, intuition, and the gentle support of plant medicines to help individuals reconnect with their inner truth. Plants have a remarkable ability to reveal what has been forgotten, to quieten the internal noise, open the heart, and return to our authentic selves. Healing becomes an act of remembering rather than fixing.

I trust all the answers we seek are already within us, though they can sometimes be hard to access. Often, we struggle to understand our feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. My role is to help others discover these answers within themselves and uncover the truth of who they are beneath their trauma, knowing that trauma does not have to define us.

My role is not to define who you are, but to accompany you as you rediscover your true self. I hold safe spaces where you can meet yourself honestly, let go of what no longer serves you, and step into a life that feels authentic, embodied, and aligned.

Supporting people on their journey—helping them reclaim their voice and fulfil their truth—is what inspires and motivates me every day. I’m grateful for every step that has brought me here and I’m excited for what’s unfolding next.

Lovingly,
Julia x