Julia developed and authored Empower’s trademarked Perception Therapy® program: a therapeutic technique/treatment model designed to provide psychotherapeutic assistance to clients suffering from substance abuse and/or mental health disorders. She also authored The Perception Therapy Wellness Guide©, and created a therapeutic card deck, journal, and positive and experiential affirmations card deck that Empower staff uses as part of our treatment protocol. She is an accomplished yogi, and the Founder of Affirming Life Yoga™. For more than a decade, Julia served as the CEO of Alternative Treatment International (ATI) and now as the consulting GM.

James earned a B.A. in Literature and Writing from Columbia University in the City of New York. James has received initiation and training in Transcendental Meditation™ as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; has completed Self-Realization Fellowship study of the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, and in 2010, after nearly a year of study, and earned Aquarian Teacher certification as a Kundalini Yoga Instructor in the school of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.® In December of 2008, Mata Amritananda Mayi Devi accepted James, a devout Christian, into a Guru-disciple relationship and inspired him to begin a life of selfless service.