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NEWS

Jackie Kelm from AppreciativeLiving featured my article: “Create More Time with Mini-Retreats” in her ezine. (November 2011)

I was interviewed by Daniela Payne for Canadian Living on How to Fit Exercise Into Your Life (October 2011)

My client Darlene was interviewed by Noomii about her experience with coaching. Watch her interview on u-tube. (April 2011)

I was interviewed for the  CTV news segment “Sneeze, wheeze: Many of us go to work sick.” (March 18, 2011)

I was quoted in Darah Hansen’s column with the Vancouver Sun “Tips on calling in sick” (March 19, 2011)

From Confusion to Clarity – Heidi Hoff interviewed me for her article on life coaching with Alive Magazine, (January 2011)

New Year’s Resolutions – I was interviewed by CBC Radio’s Craig Lederhouse on how to keep your New Year’s resolutions (BC Almanac, Dec. 29, 2010). Listen to the Pod Cast here.

Resolution Battle Won One Step at a Time – I was interviewed by Laura Baziuk for 24H – Vancouver News (January 4, 2011) on how to keep your New Year’s resolutions. Here is the article.

Easing Back Into Work After Vacation – I was recently interviewed by Deena Waisberg for Reader’s Digest on how to make the transition back to work easier: Reader’s Digest, August 2010.

SWEETSPOT reader Gennifer K. asked SWEETSPOT “After a long (and somewhat unproductive) summer, I feel like September is the time to get back on track. How can I be most productive?” SWEETSPOT published my article Pretty and Productive in response.

I was interviewed for the P3 show of JoyTV by Randall Mark on my new book, The Mini-Retreat Solution . Here are the clips for part I and part II of the interview broadcast in May 2010.

Phil Bolsta interviewed me on April 28, 2010: 

My new book, The Mini-Retreat Solution was featured in Alfred DePew’s article Julia James and The Mini-Retreat Solution, published with theVancouver Observer in the Just Between Us section on Jan. 11, 2010.

The Benefits of Balance – this article features a preview of my presentation in HRM Singapore, Special Report HR Summit, Singapore 2009.

‘Tis the Season – I was interviewed by Wallace Immen for the Globe and Mail’s “Globe Careers” on how to give back to your employees in financially challenging times, November 2008.

Aging Gracefully – Donna Barker interviewed me for her article published in Shared Vision Magazine, November 2009.

Confessions of a lapsed flosser – A Chiropractor friend of mine quoted a conversation we had about “establishing habits” in an article she wrote for the Globe and Mail, October 2008.

Summertime, and the brain is mushy – I’ve made it into the front section of the Globe and Mail’s “Globe Careers” in an article by Wallace Imman.
August 2008

10 Power Moves: BC Business Magazine – I have been cited numerous times in the article written by Vicki O’Brien, June 2008

Sassy Breakthrough Julia James – My business success story, featured in Sassy and Savvy Women newsletter by Teresia LaRoque & Sonia Stringer, Feb. 2008

STAR of the Month: “We Are What We Do” featuring the x-country ski marathon for positive change, Feb. 2008

NEWS RELEASES
Mini-Retreats for Busy People (PDF)

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