Julie’s Free 21 Day Advent Calendar Challenge: Journey to Jesus

Julie Grunklee | Advent Meditation Series

Be still...

quiet your body, mind & spirit this Advent season with scripture-based guided meditations

We start December 1st!

Are you feeling overwhelmed & stressed this holiday season?

Join Julie for her FREE 21 Day Advent Meditation Calendar!

Click Here to Register Today!

For God so loved the world, he gave his only son, so that everyone might not perish, but might have eternal life. John 3:16

Holidays Can Be Hard

Just as January 1st elicits hope in a new year, Advent, the begining of the liturgical year brings hope as we prepare to celebrate Jesus coming.

Most people are too overwhelmed & stressed out about shopping, decorating, gifts, wrapping, extra food, parties, family get togethers & cards to even think about taking time for themselves to prepare their hearts to celebrate Jesus’ birth.

Instead of feeling more love, peace & joy, do you feel frustrated, frazzled & overwhelmed by the over-the-top expectations you place on yourself to create the ‘perfect’ holiday season?

Yet, all you really need to do – all God asks you to do is prepare your heart, by renewing it and opening it to receive the gift he’s given you – Jesus.

Maybe You're Feeling.....

pressured to meet everyone else’s expectations with get-togethers, food, gifts, cards, decorations…
overwhelmed by all the extra responsibilities and expectations with gifts, decorations, food, parties and family gatherings
like there’s no time to really quiet your mind & prepare your heart for Jesus
lonely or isolated
disappointed and missing family, friend & church connections
disappointed you won’t be able to carry out or participate in holiday traditions due to all the changes in the last several years
afraid your healthy habits will be derailed with all the extra food, parties and other commitments

You Deserve to Take Time for Yourself to Experience the Awe & Wonder of the Season

Hello, I'm Julie!

I work with Christians looking to improve their health and live the happy, active, vibrant life they really want and God really wants for them by helping them pray often, eat well & move more.

Besides being a Registered Nurse, Health Coach & Creighton FertilityCare Practitioner, I’m a wife, mom & grandma too! I’m an avid fan of The Chosen & old school Star Wars. I spend as much time as possible outside in God’s creation, walking through the woods, watching the sun rise & set, and maintaining our acreage in rural Iowa.

I am active in my home parish, Holy Family Parish, as a lector, Extraordinary Minister of Communion, head up the Facebook live streaming for Sunday mass & special occasions, lead weekly bible study as well as help out with other projects & ministries. I am also a member of the Archdiocese of Dubuque IMPACT/Lay Formation Alumni Retreat team.

Journaling has been a big part of my own health and wellness journey, which is why I believe it’s a critical first step to getting you unstuck and back on track with your own health journey!

I’ve also found guided meditations as one of the best ways to quiet my body, mind & spirit. Allowing me to lower my stress, focus on what’s really important and strengthen my connection to God.

What Would it be Like to…

Say no to those things that don’t matter and yes to the things and people that are truly important
Feel centered & grounded in God’s love, peace and joy this holiday season
Take a few minutes every day to focus on the reason for the season
Connect with God in the moment and feel the love, peace & joy he offers you
Feel more gratitude for all the blessings in your life
Lower your stress & feel like you’ve ended this year on a positive note
Find peace in your heart so you can pray often, eat well & move more

Let Yourself Relax & Enjoy This Holiday Season Scripture-Based Guided Meditations

The Benefits of Meditation

Maybe you’ve heard of the grounding or centering or heath benefits of meditation and have given it a try. Perhaps you’ve tried it before but found it hard to follow through or stick with it long enough to create a habit. Or maybe you weren’t sure if Christians should could meditate.

Christian meditation is different than other forms of meditation. Our faith invites us to meditate-on our Lord. Christian meditation (like the ones in Julie’s 21 Day Advent Calendar Journey to Jesus) is a form of prayer and helps you connect with God on a deeper level. Other forms of meditation teach you to quiet your mind by emptying it. Christian meditation helps you quiet your body, mind & spirit by focusing on God, His Word, or another aspect of our Christian faith.

Julie’s Advent Calendar Meditations use bible verses and other sacred texts to help you intentionally tune into the Lord, cue your body to relax and release the stress of the holidays. Listen to Julie’s calming voice paired with soothing sounds to help you connect with the holidays in a way that feels centered & grounded in God’s love.

Other Benefits of Scripture-Based Meditation Include:

Lower stress levels-including the stress hormone cortisol
Feeling more peace in your situation
Greater resilience during challenging times
Boosted immunity
Feeling closer connection to God-including increasing oxytocin the bonding hormone that makes you feel loved, safe & secure
Feeling more present throughout the day
Lower muscle tension, blood pressure, blood sugar, even cholesterol & weight
Helps your body, mind & spirit operate in a state of ease rather than dis-ease

Introducing... Julie's FREE 21 Day Advent Meditation Calendar: Journey to Jesus

Join Julie on this 21 day meditation series.

We’ll journey through a time of renewal and preparing our hearts, of waiting in joyful hope for God to fulfill his promise in Jesus’s birth at Christmas.

The FREE Program Includes:

21 short (5-7 minute) Scripture-Based Guided Meditations
Journal Prompt & Scripture Verse for Each Meditation
Access to Julie’s Private Facebook Community
An email each day delivered right to your inbox with the link to the day’s meditation, journal prompt & other content

Click Here to Sign Up Today!

Perfect For a Busy Schedule

Each day’s Meditation + Journal Prompt takes less than 15 minutes to complete

Each mediation is 5-7 minutes long

Each day a new meditation will be released & will be available for you to listen to as often as you like for 48 hours.

Access all meditations for free during the first 48 hours after they are released.

You also have the option to purchase the complete package of the meditations for unlimited, year-round access!

Here's how it works

Click on the button below
Enter your name & email
You will recieve a few emails from Julie with directions on how to access her membership site where you’ll find the 21 Day Advent Calendar Journey to Jesus program.
Follow the links and sign in.
A few days before Advent starts, (sometime over Thanksgiving weekend) you’ll receive a reminder email that we’ll start on Sunday, December 1st.
Sunday, December 1st you’ll receive an email with the link to your 1st meditation & other activities.
Follow the link for the meditation & other activities of the day. (Scripture verse & journal prompt.)
The meditation will be available to listen to as often as you like for 48 hours (until sometime Tuesday morning December 3rd).
You’ll receive a new email every day with the links to the new meditations.
If you missed a meditation or would like complete, unlimited access to listen year round you can always purchase the Complete Journey to Jesus which has 2 bonus meditations (1 for Christmas & 1 for Epiphany) as well as downloadable meditations (so you don’t need the internet to access them).
If you have any issue or questions just respond to any of Julie’s emails & she’ll do her best to respond within 24 hours. She understands how important your Journey to Jesus is!

Click the button below to enter your name and email below to receive your FREE access to Julie's 21 Day Advent Calendar Meditations!