Author Meet & Greet with Julia Nicholson

About the author:

Julia Nicholson’s life has been riddled with loss, unwanted change, and adversity. As a teenager, she was a passenger in a high-speed, head-on automobile collision that nearly took her life, leaving her unconscious and critically injured. A few years later, fresh off a harrowing divorce from an abusive husband, she found herself a single, unemployed mother of two young children, lacking self-confidence, self-esteem, and any marketable skills or education.

Just over a decade later, Julia had earned multiple college degrees, was named the CEO of a $450 million company, and had her own independent consulting business, all while raising her two young children. Her career has taken her into some of the most dynamic, high-pressure boardrooms in the country, most recently serving as the CEO of the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans. Julia is now a keynote speaker, consultant, and an adjunct professor at William Jessup University, where she shares what she’s learned with future business leaders.

What happened in between these two seemingly disconnected phases of Julia’s life? How did she do it? You’ll find the answers in the life-changing power of her 5-Facet Diamond Framework that define Julia’s success and her message.

Now, she’s bringing that message to audiences around the world with her keynote speeches, her new book “Move Forward Stronger: A Dynamic Framework to Process Change, Loss, and Grief, and her TEDx Talk “The Way We Think About Grief and Loss is Dead Wrong” — and donating proceeds from her events to charities that serve people in the areas of mental health and wellness, suicide awareness and intervention, and military service members.