Julia Hoffman
Divorce & Co-Parenting Expert at Julia Hoffman Coaching
Individual and Family Services
Education: Gonzaga University - Antioch University Seattle - Marriage and Family Therapy
Dallas, TX, USA
Biography
I’m a Master's Level Marriage & Family Counselor and Coach, who supports couples as they decide how they want to raise their children together after divorcing.
Having gone through a divorce, both as a child of divorce and as a parent, I know the paralyzing fear that comes with that difficult decision.
I’ve helped countless parents just like you navigate the pain of divorce, reduce conflict, and create harmonious co-parenting relationships.
Origin Story
I know what it feels like to be overwhelmed during divorce. I remember pulling over to the side of the road to take a call from my attorney after anxiously waiting for her response. When I finally connected, I realized my need wasn’t legal—it was emotional. What I really needed was someone to help me process the fear and overwhelm in that moment. That experience inspired me to focus on supporting divorcing parents, so no one else has to face their hardest moments of divorce feeling alone.
At 39, I fell in love with a woman and told my husband of 11 years that I was gay. Our daughters were 8, 5, and 14 months at the time.
It was hell. It was painful. It was beautiful. And it was the first decision I ever made that I knew was right.
Today, life is like I never thought it could be. My wife and I are deeply in love and grateful for each other every day; our children can't imagine life without their "bonus mom” and bonus sister (whom I adopted—my bonus girl!), and co-parenting with our girls' dad and his wife/other bonus mom is an honor and a joy. We've all worked hard to give our children the kind of family they deserve – and as parents, we reap the benefits as well.
My path has been made up of hard twists and turns and confusion and grief and lots and lots of laughter in between. And I wouldn’t give up any part of that path. I would do it all over again to end up where I am right now.
Whatever your story is, it's unique to you. People don’t have to understand it, but dammit, you deserve to live it.
And I’m here to help you do just that.
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Origin Story
I know what it feels like to be overwhelmed during divorce. I remember pulling over to the side of the road to take a call from my attorney after anxiously waiting for her response. When I finally connected, I realized my need wasn’t legal—it was emotional. What I really needed was someone to help me process the fear and overwhelm in that moment. That experience inspired me to focus on supporting divorcing parents, so no one else has to face their hardest moments of divorce feeling alone.
At 39, I fell in love with a woman and told my husband of 11 years that I was gay. Our daughters were 8, 5, and 14 months at the time.
It was hell. It was painful. It was beautiful. And it was the first decision I ever made that I knew was right.
Today, life is like I never thought it could be. My wife and I are deeply in love and grateful for each other every day; our children can't imagine life without their "bonus mom” and bonus sister (whom I adopted—my bonus girl!), and co-parenting with our girls' dad and his wife/other bonus mom is an honor and a joy. We've all worked hard to give our children the kind of family they deserve – and as parents, we reap the benefits as well.
My path has been made up of hard twists and turns and confusion and grief and lots and lots of laughter in between. And I wouldn’t give up any part of that path. I would do it all over again to end up where I am right now.
Whatever your story is, it's unique to you. People don’t have to understand it, but dammit, you deserve to live it.
And I’m here to help you do just that.