EP27: On Living an E.P.I.C. Life with Julie Neale

This conversation with Julie almost felt like the continuation
of an ongoing conversation, even though it was the first time
we’d actually talked!  Our professional backgrounds,
passions, and experiences kept overlapping in unexpected ways.
I had to contain myself from interrupting all the time to say,
“Oh my gosh, yes!”


Julie has a calming presence, with loads of experience and
wisdom to share. I loved hearing the stories of how her work
has evolved, how she’s been shaped by motherhood, and how her
own leadership keeps expanding as she expands Mother’s Quest.


We talk about so much, from personal challenges, to losing
ourselves in motherhood, to the power of storytelling to feel
our common humanity, to activism. Listen, enjoy, and share
away.



We talk about:



An inspiring definition of courage (from a 14 year old!)

What it means to live an EPIC life

The moment that moved her to activism

Using growth mindset to explore challenging topics

Leadership and permission

An incredible story of two birds in a her house, and their
timely lesson




Resources mentioned:



The Power of Healing in Community with Sera Snyder
This is Not the Life I ordered
Planting Seeds for Mother’s Quest
Courageous Conversations about Race with Nicole Lee
Intersectionality and the Age of the New Heroine with
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
Living Out Loud with Jenjii Hysten
The blog post about the two birds



More about Julie:



Julie Neale is a life and leadership coach and a facilitator.
She’s also a community builder, dedicated to creating
understanding and connections across differences. After a
20-year career as a leader in youth-serving nonprofit
organizations, Julie turned her focus to coaching, training at
the Coaches Training Institute, and facilitating a group
process known as “reflection” for youth development
professionals.


She founded her for-purpose venture, Mother’s Quest, to provide
inspiration, coaching and community for herself and other
mothers who want to live what she calls an E.P.I.C. life. She
hosts the Mother’s Quest Podcast, where she shares her own and
other women’s stories about the transformative experience of
parenting at mothersquest.com.


In the fall of 2017, she launched the Women Podcasters in
Solidarity Initiative as a twice yearly effort to raise
awareness and dollars for social justice issues through the
power of podcasting. The first focus of the Initiative was on
Anti-Racism and the Movement for Black Lives, with over a dozen
women podcasters contributing. Julie recorded three powerful
episodes on this topic, one with human rights attorney Nicole
Lee, a second with “Rad Women” author and activist Kate Schatz,
and a third with the co-founder of Mothers Against Police
Brutality.


Julie received her Masters in City Planning, Community
Development from UC Berkeley and a BA in Communication Studies
from UCLA, where she met her husband. She currently lives with
her husband and two boys in the San Francisco Bay Area.


You connect with Julie at:
www.mothersquest.com
www.facebook.com/mothersquest
www.mothersquest.com/community for the facebook group



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