Julie Murphy

About Me

I believe that one of the most effective ways to work through any challenge with your child is by identifying your north star — who you are as a person, what you value, how you show up in the world. The north star holds nearly still in the sky while the entire northern sky moves around it. As a parent, we can best meet the challenges of toddlers and teens and everything in between if we can anchor ourselves and our families in our imperfect uniqueness, still and whole, while the world moves around us.

As a parent coach, we will work together over 10–12 sessions to reset your course toward the family life you want. Whether is it bedtime problems or school issues, chaotic schedules or ordinary weariness, we can work together to reveal the solutions that work for your family.

I won’t give you answers; you could easily buy a self-help book or search the internet for quick fixes. Rather than telling you what to do, I will invite you to rediscover your strengths as a person and as a family, to articulate what it is you want in your life as a parent and to work with me as your advocate to move forward.

My husband and I have raised three children. All of them are now young adults with their own pathways to careers and, in all hope, with the young wisdom and support they need to negotiate a changing world. Over these 28 years of being a mother, I have experienced profound moments of both aloneness and deep satisfaction: I know I worked hard to grow as a parent with each challenge. It has shaped who I am like no other life experience.

Professionally, I received my Masters of Public Administration and used that training both as a staffer in the US Senate, as the Director of a family homeless shelter and in nonprofit advocacy.