About Me
Hi. I'm Julia.
I help women with a history of disordered eating find the most fulfilled and authentic version of themselves through recovery-informed approaches to training and nutrition for lasting recovery.
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Welcome.
Julia Qi | CPT, CNC, ED Recovery Coach
Why I created Solace:
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When I began my training as an ED recovery coach, I quickly realized that lasting change really took place in the time outside of your "recovery treatment." Women needed continuous support for the months and even years after "recovery," as we face how to move, what to eat, how to live, and the general terrain of health that is so hard to navigate when you have a history of disordered eating.
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What I found was that truly effective continuous support for women with a history of ED did not exist.
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Therapists don't help you with your daily struggles, the here-and-now's of forming new habits, actions, and goals.
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Trainers are a nightmare on topics of body image and weight and can often set you back to old patterns.
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Nutritionists often teach black-and-white thinking on what not to eat and don't understand the recovery-informed approaches you need.
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Solace is a recovery-informed wellness program where I meet with women wherever they are at in their recovery, and help you level-up your health & wellness goals, without sacrificing your mental well-being. ​​
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Some History:
My name is Julia.
For nearly ten years, I battled disordered eating—orthorexia, restricting, binging, purging—and I never thought I would recover. When I finally committed to recovery, the journey challenged everything I once believed about myself: my values, my identity, my relationships, and so much more.
As the first person in my family to be raised in the US, I grew up with vibrantly traditional Chinese values that unwittingly cultivated my ED. I was expected to work hard and live a life of success that I was brought to this country to have. I graduated top of my class and attended a top university, I pursued reputable jobs rare for someone my age, and looked as if I had it all figured out.
But, as a woman, I was always reminded to be small, pretty, and desired.
My narrative was seemingly written for me: I was to be thin, porcelain-skinned, smart and successful but not too smart and successful as to scare off a rich husband, and above all, I was to be beautiful. My relationship with food, my body, my career, my worth, and my value, were all inextricably tied to an identity loaded with unhealthy societal expectations. ​
But I felt like I couldn't talk about these things, because I was told...
We ignore our pain and keep going. If we stop, life won't stop for us. We don't have reason to complain despite waking up feeling trapped day after day, because mental health is not something that was "important enough". We're supposed to keep quiet even if we're terrified to eat, because we have "real things" to worry about — as if our hardships weren't real.
As I stripped away my ED, I found myself dismantling the predetermined narrative of who I was supposed to be. This is why I founded Solace.
Solace programs are created for women who want to break generational chains and rewrite their stories—those who feel lost amidst endless expectations, who wish to eat, laugh, love, and cry as their authentic divine feminine selves, who seek to redefine their values and reclaim their identities as their own.
If this sounds like you, let's talk.
Making peace with food and your body is just the beginning of your healing.