EP 45: Julie Soloman: How Visibility in Love & Business Starts with Feeling Safe to Be Seen
- Author
- Lauren Zoeller
- Published
- Mon 14 Apr 2025
- Episode Link
- None
What if the key to visibility wasn’t just being louder, but being deeply connected? In this heartfelt conversation, Lauren Zoeller sits down with PR expert and relationship-builder Julie Solomon to explore how authentic relationships are the true foundation of sustainable growth in both life and business. Julie unpacks how her early career in publicity taught her that trust, alignment, and connection—not cold pitching—are what actually move the needle. Together, they reflect on the emotional intelligence required to build influence, how somatic awareness plays a role in showing up fully, and why relationships are the strategy when it comes to long-term success.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Welcome and background on Julie Solomon’s journey from traditional PR to personal branding and authorship.
- How Julie redefined success by shifting from external validation to internal alignment.
- The role of somatic awareness and nervous system regulation in building authentic relationships.
- Why relational safety is essential for visibility and self-expression in both life and business.
- Julie’s reflections on “misalignment as protection” and how disconnection can be a nervous system cue.
- Lauren’s personal story of navigating visibility while honoring her body’s signals.
- The difference between strategy-driven PR and relationship-driven influence.
- How to create opportunities by becoming deeply connected to your message first.
- The emotional weight of entrepreneurship and why internal safety fuels sustainable momentum.
- Julie’s advice for women learning to own their voice without burning out or abandoning themselves.
Quotes:
‘The relationship has to be aligned first. That’s where the magic happens.’ — Julie Solomon [00:11:13]
‘If you’re not embodied in the message, no one else is going to buy into it either.’ — Lauren Zoeller [00:17:44]
‘I had to learn that PR isn’t about pushing—it’s about positioning, presence, and people.’ — Julie Solomon [00:23:59]
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