North Shore Pilgrim

Hi, I am Julia…

Pastor’s daughter to young farm wife to home-school mom to resort owner to accountant to financial coach to personal health reasearcher…

Life is always changing. It seems like a simple thought, but plays out in much more complex ways in real life. Different jobs, different directions, and yet the becoming more of who I was always meant to be.

For years, I have wanted to blog and share what I am learning, but struggle to “niche” it down to one thing to be my focus. I have realized in 2025, that to shrink me down to one thing, would be removing what makes me who I am in the full sense of what I have experienced and the direction that God is taking me!

I was born in TN into a missionary/pastor’s family, lived in FL until I was 9, and then moved to a farm in southern MN where I lived until I got married at 19. I then transplanted to another farm in southern MN where my husband’s family had been farming for 5 generations. We remodeled houses, had babies, worked jobs, dreamed dreams, served God and grew in our relationship with Him and with each other.

We then pivoted 7 years ago and purchased a small family-owned resort in northern MN on Lake Superior where we cleaned cabins, met guests (now friends), and became caretakers of a slice of heaven on earth.

Life has gone quickly with now 3 adult children and one teenager that we are launching into adulting and figuring out how to help them be all that God made them to be as well!

In between the big things of life, there are also the little things that teach us so much, and I want to share what I am learning with you. All things related to good health including spiritual, physical, emotional, and financial. So many choices and so much impact.