Dr. Julia Sen, Psychologist

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Dr. Julia Sen, Psychologist

Dr. Julia Sen is a Registered Psychologist with a focus on parenting. She has a virtual practice in Ontario.

Julia believes that psychotherapy is based on providing a warm, safe and supportive environment where clients feel comfortable expressing their emotions and needs. She has created various transformation programs to creatively unlock our innate wisdom and navigate life with greater ease and flow. With a special interest in parenting, fertility, and inner child work, Julia believes that anything is possible. Recently self proclaimed the Possibility Psychologist ™, Julia is on a mission to awaken the possibility within. Join the waitlist for Renewed Parent Sessions here: https://drjuliasen.activehosted.com/f/9

10/23/2025

If you were raised to be obedient, your child’s “no” might feel like defiance.

But often, that “no” isn’t rebellion - it’s expression. It’s your child saying, “I have a need you haven’t seen yet.”

Sometimes that “no” means:

🚫 “I’m not ready to stop playing yet.”
🚫 “That food texture feels uncomfortable.”
🚫 “I don’t understand what’s happening.”
🚫 “I’m overwhelmed.”

Children aren’t born knowing how to say why they’re saying no. That’s something they learn from how we respond.

So when your child resists taking medicine, refuses to leave the park, or ignores your call to dinner, try to pause and get curious instead of reacting.

I’ve got you and I believe in you. 💛

10/20/2025

It’s been a month of profound conversations and support inside the I Believe in You (IBY) League ✨

In the first half of October, we explored respect, boundaries, and emotional regulation.

Some highlights include:

✨Turning “fear-based respect” into connection-based respect

✨Navigating your child’s obsessions and social media pressures with empathy and clarity

✨Practicing co-regulation using the BE-FABulous technique: staying calm so your child can learn to self-soothe

It’s real, practical, and grounded in our lived experience as South Asian moms balancing career, culture, and parenting.

Curious to see what we do in the IBY League? 🤔

This is your space to explore strategies, reflections, and community support - without having to worry about “what will people say” because we’re in this together - no judgment, only growth.

Visit the link in my bio to learn more - you won’t regret it 💛

10/16/2025

Your child is upset, anxious, or testing limits, and it feels like your whole world is spinning 😵‍💫

Here’s the parenting truth: your calm is the first step to helping them calm.

💡 Micro-shift to try:

▪️Pause and take a slow breath.
▪️Validate their feelings: “I see this is frustrating for you.”
▪️Model self-regulation by using the BE-FABulous technique and let them watch you stay grounded.

Children learn emotional mastery through co-regulation, not lectures 🫵🏽

Your calm becomes their anchor, and that safety teaches them how to navigate challenges confidently.

Don’t know what BE-FABulous is? Head to the link in my bio and download the simple guide.

I’ve got you and I believe in you.

10/09/2025

Some days, it feels like your child’s constant questions, rule-testing, or push back is wearing on your patience - and it is.

But what if it’s also a chance to teach them and yourself how to stay calm under pressure?

💡 Try this: Before responding, take a slow breath. Remind yourself to BE-FABulous!

Breathe: sigh breath

Empathy: when they’re unrelenting like this it is really overwhelming

Facts: and even though this is happening we are safe right here and right now

Affirm: give your self a havening hug. Rub your shoulders down to your elbows a few times

Believe: I can now be present and calm for us both

Your calm is contagious. By showing empathy first, you model self-regulation, confidence, and safety - life skills they will carry forever.

It’s not easy work, but it’s worth it. You can download my free Befabulous guide using the link in my bio!

I’ve got you and I believe in you.

10/06/2025

You grew up hearing “Respect your elders” - maybe it felt like fear or strict rules rather than understanding.

Now, as a parent, you want your child to truly respect you, not just obey out of fear.

💡 Here’s a shift:

Respect grows from connection, empathy, and understanding, not punishment.

When your child feels safe and heard (ie respected), their respect of you becomes genuine - not forced.

I’ve got you and I believe in you.

10/02/2025

Because for many of us, especially as South Asian women, the word autism was either never spoken, or only spoken with fear, shame, or misunderstanding.

And maybe you’re only now realizing that some of your deepest sensitivities, your way of seeing the world, your overwhelm in loud rooms, your need for routine... weren’t flaws.

They were signs of a beautifully wired brain in a world that didn’t know how to support it.

You may have been told to toughen up, try harder, stop being “so sensitive” in order to keep the family image intact.

But what if you were never too much, just too unsupported?

Now, you’re raising a child and maybe you’re noticing things in them that no one ever noticed in you.

✨This is the power of awareness and what compassionate cycle-breaking looks like.

I’ve got you and I believe in you.

09/29/2025

Many of us, especially brown moms, were raised in homes where survival meant reading the room quickly.

We learned to stay quiet, helpful, and ready. It was a kind of wisdom, a nervous system that adapted to keep us safe.

But now, in our careers, in our parenting and in relationships, that same wiring can leave us exhausted, reactive, or numb.

In The I Believe in You (IBY) League, we’ve been learning what it means to retrain the body toward safety. Not just intellectually, but physiologically.

One tool that’s helped us is BEFABulous:

➡️Breathe - Inhale, take another sip of air at the top, and exhale with a sigh.
Empathize - “it’s hard to feel this way.”

➡️Facts - “What’s real in this moment?”

➡️Affirm - “I can feel this and still be okay.”

➡️Believe - “I can move through this with care.”

This isn’t just a calming trick, it’s how we soothe nervous systems that have lived in hyper-alertness for decades and across lifetimes.

✨ I created a free BEFABulous resource to support this practice and you can find it linked in my bio.

Let it be one small way to start tending to the system that’s done so much for you.

I’ve got you and I believe in you!

09/25/2025

Many of us, especially us brown girls growing up, learned to sense and respond to others’ moods quickly.

That sensitivity became a form of survival. But when we only attune outward, and never inward, we lose touch with what we need.

Attunement is more than tuning in to others, it’s the sacred act of noticing our own shifts, desires, exhaustion, and joy.

Today, ask yourself:

✨ Where am I overriding my own signals to stay “good” or agreeable?

✨ What is my nervous system asking for from me right now?

You deserve to feel known, not just by others, but by you.

I’ve got you and I believe in you.

09/22/2025

As moms, especially in South Asian families, we carry more than our own hopes:

Family expectations, generational pressures, cultural “shoulds” and our own drive to succeed.

Sometimes, those hopes quietly turn into expectations and underneath? Anxiety:

“Am I doing enough? Will my family judge me?” “What will people say?”

💛It’s real. It’s human. It’s understandable.

Here’s the mirror truth: the way we swirl with shoulds often shows up in how our kids end up speaking to themselves.

Their inner voice can echo ours - the fast pace, the pressure, the comparison.

Gentle truth - These thoughts are yours, not your child’s. They reflect your hopes, fears, and cultural pressures.

The first step is to notice it, pause and say quietly: “This is mine, not theirs.”

Some kids take their time and follow their own rhythm. Their strengths and interests may not fit the mold we imagined.

Meet them where they are with curiosity.

Connection grows there, confidence blooms there.

I’ve got you and I believe in you. 💛

09/11/2025

✨ “I’ve got you and I believe in you”

I don’t say this to sound nice.
I say it because it’s the foundation of connection.

In attachment theory, knowing someone truly sees us and has our back creates safety.

Safety builds confidence.
Confidence allows growth.

Many of us, especially as brown, career-driven moms, didn’t always feel that kind of safety. We learned to push through, silently.

So when I say “I’ve got you and I believe in you,” remember, you are not alone 🤗

💭 What would it mean to carry those words into your week?

I’ve got you and I believe in you.

09/04/2025

On Monday, I shared about creating calm for kids heading back to school. Today, I want to take it deeper.

Parents, unfortunately your stress speaks louder than your words.

For many of us brown career moms, relaxed wasn’t something we grew up seeing or feeling. We were taught to push through, juggle it all, and react quickly.

That means when stress shows up, our responses are often automatic, not thoughtful.

But here’s the beautiful truth: you can retrain your body to calm its own storm.

✨ One simple tool is the sigh breath.

When you practice this, you’re not just calming yourself - you’re creating safety and connection that your child can feel.

The Brown Mom Stress Reset guide (link in bio) teaches the full BE-FABulous technique which includes the sigh breath, but here’s a simple starting point you can save and try today.

I’ve got you, and I believe in you. 🤍

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