I’m Julia Kraft…
…wife, speaker, personal growth junkie and your authentic expression mentor.
Hi There!
I’m Julia– founder of Speak To Inspire programs.
I work with anxiety-prone women who are self-conscious communicators and transform them into authentic, powerhouse speakers who magnetize any room.
If you’re new here, let’s get right to the heart of it.
Why Speak To Inspire?
Many of us lack the confidence to express ourselves and be authentic when speaking. It’s because of the conditioning and habits that we’ve accumulated over our lifetime.
I spent my childhood worried about what people thought of me—frozen by fears or overwhelm and floating out of my body in order to get through.
I remember strutting through the halls of my high school chin lifted, chest puffed, wearing my favorite sweater and hoping everyone would think I was the coolest. But, on the inside I felt so alone and different and like no one really understood me. Can you relate??
I was drawn to the world of theater because it was there that I could be fully expressed. It was only in the theater training rooms and acting intensives I took that I finally experienced what it is like to get out of my head and get into a flow state.
Whether it was in a scene study class, a voice training, or my physically intense training at the Grotowski institute in Poland, I started to experience how magnetic I could be when I let myself flow. It was such a relief—and so much fun! What I realized is that when I connect to my body and bring myself into the present moment, it’s easy to shine and audiences are easily magnetized.
Developing Speak to Inspire
As I ventured out into the “real world” after college it was hard to stay connected to the freedom I found in those training rooms. I started by finding the flow as a full-time yoga teacher. As a teacher I could focus on the directions I needed to give because my students needed me to. My acting skills came in very handy.
And then when I started my own business where I was speaking to audiences of ideal clients with my whole month’s rent on the line, my confidence was truly tested! I had to get comfortable in my skin—not as character in a play, or a teacher of a class, but as myself.
I called upon all my acting training, all my embodiment training and got certified further in the WholeSpeak technique for wholistic public speaking coaching.
I’ve now settled into my confidence as a speaker, leader and coach through 1000’s of hours of teaching and performing. I’ve had the pleasure of coaching many 100’s of individuals as well as 100’s of companies like Microsoft, Oracle, LinkedIn, Twitter, and SalesForce.
I’ve developed the Speak To Inspire training curriculums that I now teach my clients so they too can find confidence and comfort in their skin and feel fully expressed.
This unique training is deep and profound but also so much fun AND transforms self-consciousness into embodiment, comfort and ease in the spotlight.
In my experience, there’s nothing like performance training to build confidence and leadership, as well as to develop the individual. I can’t wait to support you on your journey!
Warmly,
