The LIFE Nest

03/08/2025

Happy birthday to Raven! May all of your dreams come true this year! We're so excited to support you for your surrogacy journey.
You have a heart of gold. You're such a great Mom. You love deeply, give freely and you're so much fun too! You're beautiful inside and out! We hope that this day is great and that this is your best year yet!

22/07/2025

This week, we’re celebrating 7 incredible years of The LIFE Nest — a dream rooted in love, service, and holistic care. What began as a vision to support women and families through doula care has grown into a vibrant, thriving community of health and wellness and supporting families through their beautiful surrogacy journeys.

💗 Over the past 7 years, we’ve:
🌿 Supported countless births with our holistic doulas
👶 Celebrated beautiful babies born through surrogacy
🌸 Held space for healing and sisterhood
🫶 Shared health tools and wellness wisdom
🌍 Walked alongside families in some of their most sacred and vulnerable seasons

Thank you to every family, surrogate, doula, client and friend who has trusted us with your journey. You are the heartbeat of this community!

We’re just getting started — with retreats, training, and new offerings on the horizon, the next chapter of TLN will be even more nourishing and powerful.

The 7-year anniversary is symbolized by wool: Soft, strong, and warm…just like the hearts and hands that make up this community. To mark this milestone, I chose the image of a spotted lamb. A symbol of new birth, gentleness, and the beauty of imperfection. Its unique markings remind us that every story is different, every journey sacred, and the things that set us apart are what make us truly beautiful!

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for 7 beautiful years. Here’s to many more!
With love and gratitude,
Julie 💜

07/09/2024

For those of you who have been seeing me share about R3 for the past 3 months, and wanting to know more, here is a great description for you.

It's a 6 week program focused on real food. It helps shift your body from fat storage, to fat burning mode. You do not have to count calories, grams, weigh foods, count points or keep a journal. You can follow R3 if you are vegan, vegetarian, dairy free, gluten free, plant based, and pescatarian, because you choose your foods! You will learn the skill of weight loss and become more in tune with your body. There are three, 2 week sessions to follow. After six weeks, you will know how to lose weight and maintain it for life. You will learn freedom!

The three "Rs" are RESET, REINTRODUCE and REAL LIFE.
The program comes with:
✅ Support and accountability from Lindsday and I
✅ Encouragement from like-minded women
✅ Recipes and snack ideas
✅ Excercise Ideas
✅ Bi-Weekly prizes for participation
✅ A Grand prize for the winner!

We start Monday but there's still time to join by tomorrow at midnight. If you have been struggling, now is the time to put yourself first and take your health back!

05/09/2024

This girl is ready to help you reach your goals ladies!!
I am THRILLED to annouce that the Holistic Sister’s Health Hub is finally ready to receive you! Lindsay and I have a weekly schedule planned that will bless your socks off!
If you are a woman that is into holistic things and wants fellowship and connection with like-minded women, please join!

It's from this group that we will be running the Healthier You Challenges every 2 months. The first one starts this coming Monday, Sept 9th. We are so excited to guide you through this amazing lifelong change.
***The group is private so I will need to invite you. Please comment below if you want an invite.***
Here's to an amazing, life-changing Fall season together!

02/09/2024

This is my friend Lindsay. She is a nurse that specializes in helping people cope with diabetes and celiac disease through nutrition.
I am so thankful to have met her. We have exciting news!

We have create a FB group called "Holistic Sister's Health Club".
This week, we will be helping women to set goals for the upcoming "A Healthier You Challenge". It starts Sept 9th! There will be recipes, guidance, encouragement, accountability and PRIZES!
Please leave a fun GIF below if you want more info 👇👇👇

01/07/2024

Today, in my time of reflection, I looked where we are at with the 94 Calls to Action and I was shocked! I did so because today, we are supposed to remember July 1, in 1867 the Confederation. But what was really going on during that dark time, really affects me because of my husband and kids being Métis. And ever since May 2021, when the first mass grave was found in BC, my heart, my mind and my soul can never go back. I am committed to learning and being an active participant in the journey towards reconciliation. Did you know that they did not complete not even 1 Call to Action in 2023? And that so far, only 13 have been addressed since the beginning, that's less than 2 per year! That is not acceptable! This is why I am posting this today. I can not be silent.

I am deeply grateful for and I honour the Indigenous peoples of Canada that have lived here and taken care of this beautiful land since the beginning of time. Canada day marks the anniversary of the confederation of Canada, which symbolizes the beginning of a new governance system that systematically marginalized Indigenous peoples, stole their lands, and attempted to eradicate their cultures. For me, today is a day of reflection, mourning and prayer. I truly hope that more and more awareness is brought to the 94 Calls to Action. Please join me in looking into this and finding out what we can do to help this healing process moving forward.

As a positive person that brings light and chooses joy, I do also take the time to acknowledge all that I have been blessed with today. I am thankful to my Creator for giving me the opportunity to live in such a beautiful country. I am blessed every day by the nature that surrounds me. I am thankful for the rich and safe lives that we live, which I will never take for granted. I am thankful for the clean drinking water that my family has access to. I hope and pray that one day soon, this can be the case for everyone in Canada and across the world. I’m grateful to those who have come before me and paved the way, for those who have fought, and died, for the freedoms I now enjoy.

On this day, I pray for peace, for true reconciliation and for hope to be restored in the hearts of those that are hurting. Please God heal our land and keep our land glorious and free!

21/06/2024

Love is something that should be spread. If we have a gift, why not share it? Did you enjoy being pregnant but are all done having your own children? Ever wonder about becoming a surro angel? Have questions? We are here to help!

Love is something that should be spread. If we have a gift, why not share it? Did you enjoy being pregnant but are all done having your own children? Ever wonder about becoming a surro angel? Have questions? We are here to help!

21/06/2024

Celebrating the rich heritage and enduring spirit of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Let's commit to learning from their stories, supporting their rights, and working towards a future of equality and respect. 🌿🌟

21/06/2024

Celebrating Indigenous peoples' vibrant cultures and enduring resilience on this special day. Let’s listen, learn, and uplift their voices to build a future of mutual respect and understanding. 🪶🌟🧡

17/06/2024

We celebrate with those who are celebrating Dads and positive role models in their lives today!
We also hold space for those who are struggling to conceive, trying to adopt, or hoping for a successful surrogate journey, those who've lost a child and those who've lost a Dad.
We're so blessed to have played a part in attending births where Dads held their child for the first time. We are thankful to have played a role in the gift of surrogacy, guiding men to become Dads. Today, we honour Fathers all over the world!

08/06/2024

Surrogacy offers incredible emotional and physical benefits for intended parents.

From the joy of parenthood and emotional connection to health preservation and reduced anxiety, it provides a supportive and fulfilling path to building a family.

Share your surrogacy journey and experiences with us! 👶❤️

05/05/2024

This incredible couple needs your help! They have been trying to start a family for over 5 years now. They have endured so many heartaches and trials. They are yearning to hold their precious baby in their arms one day.
They live in Ontario with their little furbaby Clover. They are financially stable and would love to have a beautiful relationship with their future surrogate. Please watch their video profile and reach out for more info!