Julia Nicholson

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.