Creative success comes in many many different formats and we’re sharing something totally new to Was It Chance today! Meet Julie Civiello Polier - she is, literally, the aesthetician to the stars.

Julie is a licensed aesthetician – specializing in gua sha and reflexology – Reiki Master, an intuitive guide, and a celebrity facialist. Julie also specializes in facial mapping because Our skin is a message board for everything that is going on inside of us. Our faces are a map of our whole body, all our organs, and their corresponding emotions.

In 2020, Julie launched LINEA, a holistic gua sha beauty kit designed to educate and empower people to connect with their inner and outer bodies. Julie has worked with top brands True Botanicals, KORA Organics, and Jenni Kayne. Her work has been featured in Vogue and Conde Nast just to name two. And she has a brand new book out called Gau Sha and Crystal Massage: Techniques for healthy, clear, and glowing skin.

Get all of Julie’s links and contact info here and be sure to follow her on Instagram

Get her book: Gau Sha and Crystal Massage: Techniques for healthy, clear, and glowing skin.

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EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:

• Gua Sha is an ancient ritual to bring things out of the body and cleanses
• As a young child, Julie went to an acupuncturist (which was really frowned upon) with her mother and it introduced her to understanding the body.
• Julie was an actress until she was 26 years old. Everything changed when she got in a terrible car accident and couldn’t perform anymore.
• Meditation was a healing modality after the accident and she healed herself completely after 9 months.
• Becoming an aesthetician and combining it with the other spiritual modalities gave Julie a sense of freedom and possibility. She knew there were ways to help other people heal themselves.
• Society tells us aging is one way only. Julie says that’s not true. Physical appearance is deeply related to emotions.
• The face is a beautiful mask that leads to healing you mind, body, and soul.
• Julie embraced a lot of experimentation and playing to figure out how to create her signature approach to supporting clients.
• She doesn’t hold judgment on what people want to do. She holds space for everyone and supports them.
• Make sure you feel empowered in the office of your doctors and healers! Be thoughtful and intentional. Make sure it’s collaborative.
• The lips are heart tissue. Literally pulled from our hearts while in utero.
• Julie is moving into group events, virtual face readings, and courses because she wants to help as many people as possible by being active in their healing.
• Time traveling is when you go back into thoughts and experiences and rewrite them into what you wish they had been. You can apply this in forward motion also by setting intentions for you day.
• Time travel but deciding what your true experience will be, surrender and fully embrace!
• Julie loves failure because it’s the breeding ground for learning, growth, and opportunities.
• The message is, to love yourself. You can’t get it wrong!