ABOUT JULIE

Julie Morris

Integrative Coaching for
Midlife & Menopause

MY STORY

HERE'S HOW

I BECAME WHO I AM

My story isn't about hardship. It's about recognition. Each phase of my life taught me something crucial—not about survival, but about what women actually need to thrive. These lessons shaped my approach to coaching and are why I can guide you through yours.

THE FOUNDATION

Where I Learned

to Rely on Myself

Emotional instability throughout childhood—growing up in an environment that was emotionally and mentally damaging, leaving no stable ground for me to build confidence or safety from
Chronic shyness and low confidence that rooted early patterns: "I am inferior," "I am not worthy," "Something is wrong with me"—beliefs that would follow me into adulthood
A volatile upbringing that denied me the safety and stability a child needs to grow; a fractured 1st chakra that left me ungrounded, untethered, searching for solid earth beneath my feet
Support that always felt lacking or conditional—love that came with strings attached; an early lesson in learning to depend entirely on myself, leading to the pattern: "I am alone, and that's how it has to be"

THE ACHIEVEMENT TRAP

Building My Worth—

and Losing Myself

Building my worth around achievement, success, and proving myself to everyone around me—achieving more, pushing harder, burning out to fill a void that achievement could never fill
By my mid-20s: burnout, depression, and complete disconnection from who I actually was; a brain hemorrhage at 30 forced me to stop and ask: "What am I actually doing with my life?"
Walking away from the corporate life (the one I'd built to prove my worth) was the scariest and most liberating choice I'd ever made
Discovering yoga as a practice—not another achievement—and learning to trust my body and intuition for the first time

MOTHERHOOD

From Survival to Support—A Decade of Deep Learning

First pregnancy brought fear and isolation; postpartum depression hit hard
Raising a neurodivergent child without adequate support systems—I could have stayed in survival mode
Instead, I made a choice: invest in myself and become the support I never had
Years of devoted study: women's health, perinatal, trauma, yoga therapy, nervous system healing, coaching
Realizing that knowledge + practice + support can completely transform a woman's experience of motherhood and herself

RECLAIMING MYSELF

When Menopause Became My Greatest Teacher

Navigating the emotional and physical intensity of postnatal recovery and perimenopause at the same time in my mid-40s
Deepening my studies in menopause, nervous system health, Ayurveda, yoga, and holistic healing
Learning to see menopause not as a problem, but as an invitation to listen and change
Realizing my worth and that my needs, wellbeing, and future deserved as much care as everyone else
This is where YAY Coaching was born—from lived wisdom and the commitment to ensure no woman navigates this threshold alone

Your needs matter.

Your potential matters.

Your future can be different than your past.

The awakening

When I Finally Had

to Choose Me

When the time was right, I was ready.

By 50, I'd spent almost years being the primary caregiver while my partner built a career. I'd become invisible. Undervalued. Unsupported. I felt stuck in a life not too dis-similar to my mother - and that scared the hell out of me. I felt powerless, alone and the lack of estrogen meant I had no buffer to the stress. I could have spiraled. But here's what I did differently this time: I invested in myself.

I got coached - in a woman-centered coaching program, supported by skilled women. I was trained in empowerment, not blame. I spent 12 months being educated in a coaching model that honored women's experiences instead of pathologizing them.

By the end of that year, I was clear on something: I couldn't support women through what I hadn't figured out myself. The nervous system work, the yoga, the breathwork - they all helped . But coaching was the final key. It gave me the mindset shift I needed. It It gave me empowerment.

I recognized what was happening to me wasn't personal failure—it was a patriarchal system that doesn't value women's contributions. I recognized that I'd been taught to accept less than I deserved.

And I decided: NO MORE!

WHEN i found my WHY

The Birth of

YAY Coaching

I didn't force it. I followed it.

Having spent years being underpaid and undervalued, I made a decision to leave it all behind . Not recklessly. Intentionally.

I was ready for something different. My old business didn't feel aligned with my values. So I built a new one—one that reflected my actual expertise and my actual truth.

I integrated everything.

Coaching (for empowerment, mindset, self-trust) Therapeutic Yoga (for the nervous system, the body, reclaiming your physical power) Chakra Energy Healing (for growth, healing, intuition, wholeness). Each of these modalities saved me at different times. But bringing them together is what created actual transformation.

Real, lasting change at the physical, mental, emotional, and energetic level.

And now, I guide other women through that same integration

25 years of practice and study

And a lifetime of learning

what actually heals.

FINAL NOTE

What Makes Me Different

I'm not a therapist who's read about menopause.

I'm not a coach who's studied women's health theoretically.

I'm not a yoga teacher offering generic flexibility.

I'm a woman who's walked through it.

I've been unsupported. I've been dismissed. I've felt powerless. And I've chosen, repeatedly, to get educated. To get trained. To invest in myself. To learn from the best. To apply what I learned to my own life first.

That's what I bring to you: earned wisdom. Not just knowledge. Knowledge applied... Knowledge that works... Because I've tested it on myself... And now I share it with you.