Intuition, dreaming and pleasure have a place in business?!?

Intuition, dreaming and pleasure have a place in business?!?

Absolutely!

My dream client is in LOVE with personal development. They are already on their spiritual path and are high achieving people ready to take things up a notch in the upcoming year. Most likely they are active in our community or a business professional who takes exquisite care of themselves and wants to dig even deeper to build a really strong relationship with intuition and aligned truth in order to bring things to the next level personally and professionally. 

I have to say that it may feel a bit taboo to name our demographic, but it’s the work that getting clear did for me. What I mean to say is, if I hadn’t learned to listen to my body when I worked with certain people, I’d still be miserably plodding through my days working with clients who didn’t bring me joy.

Getting used to listening to my intuition, feeling pleasure in my body and noticing contraction or tension all took time. I used to think, well something good will come from this and I would drag myself through the work of creating transformations with people. It worked to an extent, but once I released the clients who truly weren’t a fit for me they found better guidance and I found joy in transforming the lives of the people with whom my work was a full body YES!

I’m opening just 5 spots to join me in diving in deep - in person or online.

My signature 8 week series is so good at helping you lean into your own personal power and you will be tuned into pleasure.

We mediate, journal and drop into deep conversations. And from this empowered place, we paint.

We start in January. Join me for all the sisterhood, healing and connection you crave. Or work with me 1:1 up to you!

Message me. Let me know if you’d like to claim pleasure and power in 2024

XOXO 

Jules

Love, Boundaries and saying NO to being the DRAMA in your life

My toxic trait used to be giving people a multitude of chances they didn’t deserve AND always giving them the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes each of these is needed. Sometimes it’s just giving people excuses for their bad behavior. You get to decide who takes up space in your heart. 

While painting I’ve learned to step back, gain perspective so that I could learn when a chance was needed and when a boundary should be set. I don't need more people in my inner world who aren’t open to seeing and hearing what feels right for me. If people don’t respect me and my family, if they are rude or mean or manipulative I do not need to maintain a relationship with them. 

Boundaries are something that I used to find very hard, but totally necessary. When developing self trust and a deep, loving relationship to myself and my world I need to know that my boundaries will be respected. It’s hard to let a person go or realize they just might not really be your friend. If the relationship or person makes you feel used, insignificant, manipulated, exhausted, uncomfortable, afraid or unsafe, seriously evaluate if this is right for you. It’s ok to say no. You are allowed to uphold your boundaries unapologetically. You don’t owe people an explanation. 

Have you had to let any relationships go or put your foot down about them? How does it feel in your body when you have to uphold your boundaries multiple times in the same situation?

Let’s start a conversation about why boundaries are so hard, how it feels when you have to continually reiterate boundaries and when it’s time to “step-away-from-the-toxic” we never want to admit it, but sometimes we ARE the drama because we keep allowing “one more chance”.

I love this as a Valentine’s Day topic…

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Jules

Spring Session is NOW open for Enrollment!

The Remedy Private Practice

Last fall I opened up 3 spots for one on one private client work and they were all scooped up right away by existing clients their sessions are well underway and I am so grateful to those clients who I get to work with consistently, who keep me inspired to bring this work to the world right now.

This Wintertime I’ve been deep in the thick of creation mode bringing even more impact to The Remedy. Oracle cards and a brand new journal are being built as we speak and at this time I am ready to offer an optional day retreat at my home studio to deepen into the work. I’m so excited for these intimate gatherings, the garden and studio are brimming with creative energy right now!

So, with that, I decided that I can make space for just 2 more private clients in The Remedy. Is one of those spots for you?

Clients who have worked with me for any period of time from 90 minutes to three years have all experienced great shifts and deep relief from stress, anxiety, burn out and exhaustion. People report feeling more in touch with their own personal desires, they feel more playful and smile with more ease.

Consider that we will create a time slot that works in your schedule, we will work through my self developed framework using the theme that fits your needs. I have a questionnaire that will help to guide us to the work most pressing in your world.

I will be sending you recordings that you can keep forever so that if you need to go back for a refresher on a subject or love one of the meditations that we do, you have it whenever you need it.

If any of that feels good, but you’re still not sure, hit reply to this email and let’s work together to find something that would feel like a fit.

You can also experience a brief sample of my work through the product that I can Tiny Transformations. It’s a 45 minute workshop guaranteed to change your day!

Email me julee@juleewinterbourne.com let’s connect.

This program is for people who are done feeling constricted and unfulfilled. If you have been unclear on who you want your future self to be, this program will help you crystalize that.

My clients are ready to recreate mental loops so that they are free to heal old stories of fear, shame and self limiting beliefs so that they can learn to build loving authentic relationships and live an aligned, more engaged life.

If this describes you then…It’s time. Reach out and let’s see if this work is right for you right now.

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Jules

Obsession: What do you most love about YOU?

“In order to kick ass you must lift up your foot.”

~ Jen Sincero You Are a Badass

Journal Prompts

What are you resisting?
What are your favorite ways to procrastinate? 

How do you react when you notice yourself being a weenie (classic Jen Sincero lingo)? 

What helps you to begin to release resistance’s hold on you once you recognize it happening?

Breathe in. 

Breathe out. 

This is Inspiration. 

Create a Movement. 

Gain Momentum.

This is Inspired Action. 

I was asked a question earlier today that got me thinking: What if we obsessed about the thing we love most about ourselves? What do you most love about yourself?

I had to think about that… 

What DO I love most about myself and then it came to me:

Healing for myself and others is my life’s mission. 

And then I wondered… when did that become true? 

I went on a little trip down memory lane…

A few years ago I was in a really sh*tty place, I mean I was eating stress for breakfast.

I was burned out from constantly “Momming” (that’s a verb, right?!?) I was Momming the world… People Pleasing was my M.O. I was so disconnected from my own personal desires, but I knew what everyone else needed. 

Can you relate?

That behavior seemed like “the right thing to do” and I would always say “well, who else is going to do the dirty work”.

I was so annoyed, so tired and unfulfilled that I felt like I would absolutely explode if ONE.MORE.PERSON.ASKED. ME. FOR. SOMETHING!

I call this Brittle Bitch Syndrome and I had a severe case of it.

I didn’t want to keep living my life that way and I have a feeling that NO ONE wants to feel run down, worn out and unfulfilled. 

Can I get an AMEN?!?

I’m grateful every day that I have found practices that give me an outlet for stress  and give me strength when I need it. I’m grateful for the personal awareness I have gained by being engaged with my needs.

I want that for us; for you and me and the people in our circles.

We get to be fulfilled and JOY-filled! 

We get to say NO to the things that don’t fill us up or feel juicy!  

I love sharing the various practices that have shaped my healing, it’s what inspires me most lately!

If you need a little inspiration in your week,  take a deep breath and join me in the last Spring Circle for 2021. We’ll be meeting weekly for 8 weeks. We’ll get into deep conversations, we’ll meditate and journal and play and laugh and make some good connections.

We begin this Thursday. I have 7 spots open. I’m saving a seat for you. 

See you there! 

XOXO

Jules

What if you really listened to your desires?

Listening for cues about your deepest desires. The things that you long for also long for you. Denying your desires means they go unmet and become places of sadness or darkness. 

When we get curious about our desires and let ourselves go even deeper, looking for what is below the desire we may find various unmet needs. 

This is the sacred part of Sacred Listening. 

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“Intuition is not a single way of knowing - it's our ability to hold space for uncertainty 

and our willingness to trust the many ways we've developed knowledge

 and insight, including instinct, experience, faith and reason.” 

- Brené Brown

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The invitation is to deepen into curiosity and leave judgemental thoughts behind. Bumping into desires that may feel inappropriate or out of reach does not mean something about you other than the fact that you happen to have that desire. 

Close your eyes.

Relax your body.

Open your mind.

Listen.

What comes up?

Color, Shape, Image?

A Word, a phrase?

Ask, What do I most deeply desire?

Now ask, what is it about this desire that feels good, right or fulfilling in some way? 

No judgement, just curiosity, how does that feel? 

What would it feel like to fully possess this thing? 

How would your life be different if this desire were met?

These are the cues that would guide you towards a deeper connection with yourself, towards falling in love with your life, again.

The life you dream of is sacred and possible.

xo jul

Sacred Pause

When I’m slow enough I begin to hear it, but can I trust my Inner Knowledge Keeper? Can I trust enough to allow myself to take action, to follow through?

I like to think that I’m pretty in touch with my inner world, that I hear my deeper knowing and understand that following intuition leads me to this place of complete connection that feels like alignment or congruence.

When I do I find myself congruent with my tools, my work and the people around me  I find ease, fun and movement - growth is possible from this place 

I find behavior that flows from my heart. I find joy.

When I trust that input I find that my voice or my words can be expressed in a neutral way that doesn’t pull at energy. People pleasing becomes less necessary because the tug of war of energy isn’t there. 

Slow down, I mean, really really (like SUPER REALLY) sllllllooooowwwwwwww down... take an intentional sacred pause, drop into listening and then take inspired action. The more that we practice this process the more we begin to move from that place instead of the place of obligation, people pleasing, fear or scarcity. We learn to ask for more time, more space and give ourselves the gift of self authority. 

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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” ---Albert Einstein

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That voice is a source of calm.

When I do pause and listen with intention to gain perspective there is a steady force of centeredness even amidst life’s chaos. When I trust what I hear and then I take action based on self trust and have satisfying, even comforting, results. I feel more and more aligned - I know that I am following my own truth. 

Following that truth leads me to a place of self authority. Knowing that, I can trust my decision making and root into what is best for my wholeness brings a calm sense of empowerment. 

xo -jul

Up, down and all around

5 things to help yourself besides intuitive painting…

Take your meds and let no one tell you otherwise: Whatever “meds” look like for you whether its a prescription medication or deep self care that you partake in to support yourself, or some combination, be sure to be consistent with whatever is working. For me this is painting and writing and hugging my peeps, not too much alcohol and going outside with Big Stella. 

Keep on keeping on. Sometimes we start to feel better and we forget our highs and lows and we feel like we can let go of the practices that have held us. Don’t abandon yourself by thinking that you don’t need that care any longer. Sometimes I jump up and walk the doggo and get my self care going and other times I try to bail on myself. I’m learning more and more to just do the thing before I can talk myself out of it. Keep on truckin’.

Write yourself love notes. - When you’re feeling really good write down how you feel - 

“Dear Julee~ Today was so beautiful. I just love nature, big blue skies, flowers, little animals bring me joy, Alexia’s laughter sounds like sunshine to me, I laughed really loudly at least 5 times today, I love the taste of toast. You actually ARE really funny. Love, Julee”  

When you’re feeling that sinking feeling write that too so that you can remember “the point” of taking your meds. 

“Dear Julee, Today was really hard, but I survived. I walked, I drank a lake’s worth of water, I asked for hugs. It still felt like the whole world was sitting on my heart and like I would never feel sunshine again. We made it. I love you. Love, Julee” 

Take good care of all of the versions of yourselves - fight like hell to keep her and when you lose her go find her and bring her back. 

Know your buttons. Easy buttons vs. Reset buttons

~ Easy buttons (ways that you abandon yourself) boozing, binging, shopping, snarking, comparing, sugar, negative reviews

~ Reset Buttons(little things that feel really good) glass of water, take a walk, soak in the bath, practice yoga, meditate, be in nature, play, hug, put your phone away

We are the best people! Our magic is inside our struggle and being closer to the struggles that we’ve gone through gives us understanding in order to make art, heal, help and just be willing to hear the hard things. 

You got this. I got this. Together we can do hard things. 

xo

Jul

YOU! So you've joined my class and you're wondering what kinda stuff you should get

Big Ass Paper - Bristol paper, water color paper, art journals, brown paper bags, Butcher Paper, backs of envelopes - whatever is the biggest paper you can afford. I use Bristol paper that is 24x36 and I pin it to a huge, thick piece of styrofoam that I use as an easel it allows me to feel free to use ALL the papers. When I’m really feeling it I will use a big big canvas.

Drug Store Watercolors - CHEAP! is the key word… whatever you will allow yourself to use ABUNDANTLY! Water colors, Student Grade Acrylic Paint, Poster/Tempera paints and glitter glue are cheap, easy to get in small sets and are really fun to mess around with. Don’t forget that this could also look like markers, crayons, or any odd art supplies you can steal from the kids’ art stash.

Shitty Brushes - I LOVE the cheap brushes that you can get at the hardware store… they are perfect for loosening up your marks and bringing in a playful feeling. I also like really big brushes or things that look like brushes that are traditionally used in other ways… think wallpaper brushes and stuff like that. The other thing is that I like things that create texture or surprising patterns. Kitchen implements often get repurposed as things to paint with. I’ve also been known to paint with bubble wrap, string, straws and that little thing that goes around your coffee cup to keep you from burning your cute little fingers.

Drop Cloth - I like a natural fibers one that I can get at the local hardware store. They’re a little more expensive, but it’s not totally unattractive so I don’t mind leaving it out a while. Plastic sheeting also works really well or for smaller spaces its sometimes cool to use a cookie sheet and put your whole set up on that.

Grubby Clothes - I want something that I don’t mind getting paint on so that I don’t have to think about anything except being free to play and paint and make a mess.

Fancy Journal vs. Legal Pad and pen - what will you commit to using? What do you have on hand? Use that! Some people prefer to journal digitally using a “notes” app on their phone. Literally wherever process you’ll commit to using is the one that is perfect for you.

Cards, Crystals, and Incense, OH MY! - We don't use any music during our painting process, the idea is that you are staying connected with your intuition and really learning to tune into that and I kind of hold the same for all of the other things that could become a distraction. I like to use various tools to set up my space as it feels good to me. If we were together I would always have my singing bowl, a deck of oracle cards, a candle or 10 and my favorite incense and essential oils. I use those items before I begin to paint and then when I’m feeling grounded and ready I’ll turn the music off and bring my attention fully to my inner knowing.

How Trusting Drugstore Watercolors Became the Portal to my Healing

I know. It sounds dramatic…

How Trusting Drugstore Watercolors Became the Portal to my Healing

Or 

10 ways Intuitive Painting saved my life

Messy, Sassy and FULL of LOVE

By Julee Winterbourne

Healing after the death of my first child, something most of us cannot imagine surviving, I was young and under resourced, but the universe handed me this healing tool in the most divine way possible. After she died I needed this work more than ever. 

Still addled with sorrow, but finally emerging from the fog of my grief, I got out the biggest water color paper I could find. I dragged a table to the back lawn, grabbed a four-inch house painting brush and a bucket of water––a bucket big enough to hold the water and my tears. And color. It didn’t matter what colors because there was no way to know what color my grief would be. I grabbed for whatever would make a mark… drugstore watercolors became the portal to my healing. 

I painted in the backyard with the autumn sun on my shoulders, my bare feet dug into the lawn, totally immersed in the experience. Feeling the healing, but still like a lingering accusation that wouldn’t go away I thought, “I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. Who do I think I am to put color down like this? I’m not an artist.” 

I couldn’t help but think this way, but my muse, my Inner Wisdom Keeper was also present. She urged me to keep going. So I painted and cried and moved and released. Sheet after sheet of paper received my grief––and sheet after sheet of paper offered me healing in return. It took me three years to get to that moment, but I had opened a door to healing. Moving the energy like that stayed with me, and I began to realize that I could heal myself through this intuitive painting idea. And I could let myself say, I am an artist.

Listening, trusting and being present made me whole again.

Healing from depression - when my second child was still small I was lost. I couldn’t find that spark that had brought me into a space of joyful living through my late 20’s and early 30’s, but I found intuitive painting in my life, again. I found my smile and eventually found that I loved making art so much I would use it to connect with my daughter and the kids in our community and beyond. I learned to hand these tools to little kids who didn’t have all of the advantages that my daughter had. Giving others the gifts inside creativity brought me tremendous joy and purpose and reminded me that I could trust my own heart to  lift me out of the depression that medication couldn’t touch. 

Giving me a creative relief from overthinking/overachieving - As a Supermom, art teacher, wife, caretaker, business owner, boss, dinner maker, beautiful-perfect-life creator I had a severe case of BBS - Brittle Bitch Syndrome.

I was often heard complaining: “Why do I always have to do EVERYTHING?” Then I’d start going through a list of all of the things that I’d rather be doing. I’d start saying mean things to myself and the people around me because I was feeling overwhelmed and bitchy. “No one asked you to do EVERYTHING,” would always be his response.  Thanks *eyeroll*. Getting in touch with what truly brought me pleasure meant that I was no longer willing to let EVERYTHING steal my joy. Saying “No, thank you” meant disappointing others which is really hard for a people pleaser with BBS, but it meant that I got to say “Hell yes!” to my life again. Using the intuitive painting process helped me stay present and trust what really felt good to me and I learned to use that as a filter for what I would allow into my life. 

Healing during my separation and divorce - I found myself face down on a yoga mat unable to get myself together for even a 45 minute flow and then I remembered the big paper and water colors from my 20’s. Trusting my old friend Intuitive Painting, I learned how to help others who wanted to heal by moving energy with color and brush and I found my calling… creating the body of work that I refer to as Reclaiming Studios really gave me a new lease on life. 

Coming up with new ideas for my businesses - painting with groups of people had been my work for nearly a decade when my dissolving marriage broke me open and brought me to my knees. I started learning how to hand my healing tools to other people. I was able to paint my way into a way of helping others. During the change in our world known as Covid-19 I needed to shift from groups in person to something that I could do on line from the safety of my home.  I leaned on my own intuitive painting practice to help me get in touch with new ideas that helped me find a new revenue stream.

How could he leave me again? I am still painting myself whole again after some recent losses, my dad passed away and my new relationship was falling apart and coming back together over and over again. A pandemic wreaking havoc on my new business, an ongoing divorce, bad decisions with regards to where I placed trust with a book project… 2020 was a tough year for all of us and I’m still trusting myself and painting my heart back together. 

Healing from abandonment issues and overcoming my disease to please has been a lifelong battle. If I could just be good enough people would love me, partners wouldn’t leave and things could be rosey. If I act like this, dress like that, earn enough, if my child is just perfect, if the party is a success, if, if, if… Abandonment does that to a body. Letting go of focus on image, trusting my intuition by playing in the paint, adding glitter, squishing together colors that don’t belong next to each other and LOVING it has brought me so much joy and pleasure and I’ve learned that when I trust my intuition it never steered me wrong!

Learning to trust myself again after feeling that I had failed in so many areas was probably the number one very most important thing that has come from the intuitive painting experience besides overcoming the death of my first child. Knowing that I am not the missteps that I have made, knowing that I am more than my business successes, knowing that I am more than worthy. Learning that I am an ever growing, ever learning spiritual being having a human experience means that I get to fuck up and still be loved. I can decide and then trust myself to decide again, it’s ok. 

Learning that imperfection is part of the beauty of being human and that I don’t even have to be good to be lovable. That means that I get to let go of perfectionism. The cool thing about intuitive painting is that it is not outcome focused. The focus is on the connection to your inner world, on learning to listen and to build trust in yourself. Carrying this to the outside world means that I can recognize my inherent value. I don’t have to kill myself trying to impress people, I get to just be myself. Messy, sassy and full of love!

Softening the hard edges of trauma - There are many ways to handle trauma. In fact, I would say that there are as many ways of moving through trauma as there are people recovering from trauma. Point being, there is not one way to do it; there are many. On the days when all of the conventional methods didn’t feel good to me there was creativity standing there allowing me to move away from the trauma by getting back into my body through intuitive painting so that I could be present again. There is always peace in the present. In the here and now we can remember that we are safe and painting brings me home to myself.

BONUS #11 PLAY!!!! A huge part of self care for me looks like blowing bubbles, swinging on the swings, feeding the ducks, going for a walk in nature and looking at the moss and mushrooms and little creatures or simply looking up. I feel like it’s easy for me to get away from having to be “grown up” when I do those things… and of course when I play in the paint, add glitter and just let anything guide my hand without editing or critiquing I lose myself; sometimes for hours. Creating space for my Little Julee to be filled up allows me to come back feeling balanced and loved deeply.

Is it a healing thing? How do you use Intuitive Painting?

After she died I needed this work. I couldn’t hold her and I couldn’t hold my grief so I painted and mourned and painted some more.

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After he left me I needed this work, again. I couldn’t hold him and I couldn’t hold my anger so I painted and raged and painted even more.

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Now...

I do this work to heal the little girl, the tween, the teen, the grieving mama, the brittle bitch. I do this work to connect with the Divinity within and serve my community. I finally realized how I could bring this transformational process to my community. 

When we come together, we drop into meditation, journal, and engage in deeper conversations. From this space of connection we approach our work with a sense of self and a spirit of adventure for the journey. 

We rise up together to meet our Divine Selves pouring out in bright, sparkling color––Reclaiming as we begin to remember. 

In our sacred container we are free to create with abandon in a judgement-free zone. We chase energy around with a brush and color. We let expression show up however it moves us. 

To hear more about my ‘Why?’ Tune into The Rahrah Podcast by Jen Harrison

Join me to Reclaim what’s yours.

Circles forming now. 

DM me to reserve your spot.

XOXO

Jules

Come paint, it's cheaper than therapy!

During these unprecedented times creativity is called for more than ever. People have been asking for fun paint along sessions so that they have have a little levity and spend some time being creative with their families. So, I connected with a few of the smarty-pants women who I know that host classes online often and they helped me come up with an idea of how we can get our paint on together!

If you need supplies check out this link here.

To see what we have planned so far go here.

Workshops will be held in a private Facebook group.

Workshops are $29 for a single class or $97 for 4-6 workshops per month.

Here’s how it works:

Choose the event that you’d like to attend at least 2 hours in advance.

I will email you a link to the new private FB Group so that you can request access. Once access is granted you’ll have access for one week so that you have plenty of time to finish your painting.

OR

You can keep the subscription going for as long as you’d like. I’ll email you a link to the new private FB group. You’ll have access to all content for as long as you are subscribed. You can cancel your subscription at any time.

I’m excited, let’s play!
xoxo

Jules

Supplies List for Paint and SIP (Shelter In Place) workshops

Art supplies for online Canvas and Cabernet style workshops. All items are coming from Michael’s except the drop cloth, I usually get mine from the local Ace Hardware and I like the big washable cloth type. The plastic sheeting is much cheaper. The link provided just brings you to the Ace website drop cloth category.

Canvas

5 PACK 16" X 20" SUPER VALUE CANVAS, BY ARTIST'S LOFT® $10.99

Acrylic Paint - I would definitely get the Primary and the Fluorescents for our workshops. The Metallics and Iridescents are optional but really fun additions!

LIQUITEX® BASICS™ ACRYLIC 5 COLOR SET PRIMARY + B&W $16.49

LIQUITEX® BASICS™ FLUORESCENTS ACRYLIC PAINT SET $11.99

LIQUITEX® BASICS™ METALLICS & IRIDESCENTS ACRYLIC PAINT SET $11.99

Brushes - these are not the best quality brushes, but they are a pretty good beginner set and they are budget friendly

CRAFT SMART® FLAT VARIETY BRUSH SET GOLDEN TAKLON, 7 PC $8.99

Easel - You may find a better easel, but this is basically what we use in our studio. With care they have lasted 8 years.

ARTIST'S LOFT™ DISPLAY TABLE EASEL $9.99

Reusable Drop Cloth (Varies in Price)