As the founder of Essence Life Coaching and co-founder of Coach2Coach, Julia Lau de Guzman, CPCC, ACC supports people in living their most authentic and fulfilled life, and ultimately in creating and living a life they love! She brings her positivity and passion for life to her coaching and supports people in being well, fulfilled and vibrantly alive. She creates an open and safe space for clients to clarify intentions, expand possibilities and reach new heights. She combines fierce honesty with loving compassion and her coaching sessions are known for being inspiring, energetic and transformative. She runs circle coaching groups and leads workshops throughout the Bay Area on fulfillment and living from essence. Life coaching fulfills Julia’s purpose -- to help others become empowered in their lives, to see their own radiance and hear their own inner guidance.

In addition to her own practice, Julia is a coach and trainer with Awakened Wisdom Experiences (AWE). She coordinates and leads AWE’s Advanced Coach Training Program and the AWE Coaching Program. She also serves as a front-of-the-room trainer and coach for Springboard Forward, a non-profit organization that supports entry-wage workers in developing and realizing their career visions. In addition, she supports social justice organizers in her work as coach with The Windcall Institute, an organization that offers rejuvenating retreats for longtime non-profit leaders.

Julia is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with the Coaches Training Institute and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation. She is also a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute’s renowned Co-Active Leadership Institute and serves on the Board of the International Coach Federation’s East Bay Coaches Chapter.

Before coaching, Julia taught voice, guitar and songwriting to support her artistry as a performing singer/songwriter. Her original acoustic alt/rock music is captured on her album In The Wildflowers And Weeds, and she still performs occasionally with her band. Prior to music, she led social justice campaigns as a community organizer in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Julia is happily married and lives with her husband and daughter in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her loves include hiking, novels, massage, trees, dancing, movies, music and yoga. Her greatest achievement is now her own life -- balanced, nourishing and abundant in Love and the daily joys of life.