Author: Julsie Nova

Your Soulful Guide is Julsie Nova - a Certified Life Coach, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Yoga Teacher. Her journey into helping others started with the launch of @YourSoulfulGuide - an Instagram account which has gained thousands of followers throughout the years, meant to inspire readers to reflect, heal and transform themselves. Although Julsie has been deeply spiritual since early childhood, she became truly committed to this path at the age of 27, when she finally recognised her sensitivity as her strength. She holds a Coaching and Hypnotherapy Certification from Manchester College of Coaching and Hypnotherapy (MCCH) in the UK, a 200 hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training from Zuna Yoga in Bali and a 60 hour Yin Yoga Training from Shanti Bliss in Spain. She combines her acquired knowledge in therapy and yoga with her intuitive gift in order to help individuals get connected to their Soul - guiding them towards deep relaxation, release of anger and anxiety, as well as self-healing of deeply rooted traumas, fears and phobias. Through her blog posts, yoga classes, guided meditations, workshops and intuitive hypnotherapy sessions Julsie helps individuals to restore their mind, body and soul balance, as well as to uncover the healer or guru that lives within each and every one of us.

Why are we obsessed with matcha?

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Have you noticed the world going crazy for #matcha lately? Or better – the world portrayed through the eyes of Instagram. Surely, you must have noticed how wellness bloggers and celebrities use #matcha for their stories as often as bikini models use #puppyface filters. Personally, I feel like it’s the only thing I see on […]

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MY KIND OF TRIP: TROUVILLE-SUR-MER

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Why choose Trouville ? When you live and work in Paris in August, and you’re broke, because you’ve somehow spent all of your money on small weekends here and there, and you cannot afford a vacation somewhere exclusive, such as South of France or Greece, what do you do? You go to Trouville for five days, […]

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How do you curb your food cravings?

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Weight fluctuation has always been an issue for me. I was never fat, but I was never skinny either. Growing up in Italy, surrounded by pizzas and pastas, didn’t help much. I have always been a food lover, and Italian culture taught me to really appreciate food with all of my senses. Quality food cooked with […]

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WHAT DOES THE WORD “SOULFUL” MEAN TO YOU?

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The word soulful is a big part of the name behind my blog, but I have to admit that I have done no plausible research before choosing it for my web domain. Actually, I am still wondering how did I come up with it in the first place? Was it inspiration, spiritual guides whispering into my […]

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IS MEAT GOOD OR BAD FOR YOU?

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Yesterday evening I went out to dinner and indulged in a mind-blowing meat course. After posting a few snaps of my delicious meal on Instagram, I was instantly challenged by my followers with the question: “What happened to your healthy lifestyle choices, Julsie?”. I want to reassure everyone that I continue to promote a  vegetarian […]

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HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELLED ALONE?

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You have probably noticed that solo travelling is currently in vogue. Maybe ten years ago you would be considered a ‘weirdo’ eating your pasta alone in a trendy restaurant, but today you will look cool. We do owe a lot to movies, such as Eat Pray Love and Into The Wild, for striking our wanderlust […]

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How do you tell the difference between a Crush and True Love?

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Do you get crushes easily? I do. Ever since elementary school. When adults would ask me silly questions, such as “Is there a boy you like in your class?”, I would give out a list of three to four names. I just couldn’t pick  one; I liked ’em all. My mother always laughed about it, and […]

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