About Julia

I am nationally certified as a health and wellness life coach through the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching.

I am certified as a life coach through the Coaching and Applied Personal Psychology Institute of Georgia, and as a health and wellness coach through the American Fitness Professionals and Associates of New Jersey.

I had the honor of caring for my father, in-laws, and aunt in their last years of life, which sparked my interest in patient advocacy.

For more than twenty years, I have been living with the challenges of chronic illness myself, which has given me additional perspective on the importance of self-advocacy for anyone dealing with the US healthcare system. I have written about patients’ experiences, patients’ rights, and the patient advocacy movement for a number of publications, and on my website TheAngryInvalid.com.