Welcome to One Last Network and The Art of Finding the Love We Deserve.
Julie Schurr has been a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community for more than 25 years. She has served the queer community in a number of ways, including educator, entertainer and advocate.
An expat American living in Spain, Julie seeks to continue uplifting her chosen family through mindset and growth coaching, with a focus on grief. Along with her certification in coaching, she is accredited in cognitive behavioral therapy and rational emotive behavioral therapy. She also holds a master's in linguistics.
The queer community is drastically underserved in so many ways. Its members face experiences that those who identify as nonqueer will never understand. Those experiences -- often coupled with profound loss -- can bring stress, grief and lack of focus.
Julie wants to help her community overcome those feelings and remind her family members that they have the strength to do so.
I reached out to Julie because I have so many friends in the queer community, friends who have endured loss … friends who have endured the loss of pets.
And I know from my own perspective how isolating grief and loss can be but I wanted us to better understand the loneliness and isolation that our queer brothers and sisters experience when they say goodbye to their best fur friend.
Have a listen.
What to listen for
6:36 How Julie fought for LGBTQ2S+ students as a teacher
11:48 The microaggressions and discrimination Julie faces daily
24:03 When Julie met Avery, the love she deserves
34:07 How the love of pets can fill the void of loss
47:10 How health care practitioners and allies can do better
Where to find Julie
Don't forget
