Julie Breckenfelder

Julie Breckenfelder
The Alignment Coach
PCC, CPC

Julie brings 14+ years of experience in B2B marketing across corporate and agency environments — including healthcare consulting, commercial banking, and marketing agencies. She has worked alongside senior leaders and teams at organizations spanning Inc. 5000 startups, Fortune 500 companies, and global enterprises, developing a firsthand understanding of the pressure, pace, and complexity that define high-performance cultures.

That background — navigating high-stakes relationships, managing competing priorities, and driving results in fast-moving environments — directly informs how she coaches. She knows what it costs to perform at a high level without the right support, and she brings that perspective into every engagement.

A few brands and organizations she has worked with include:

Miller Lite, Huron Consulting Group, BMO Harris Bank, Mintel International, Upshot, Airbnb, BMW, Chubb Corporation, Eaton Corporation, OPMG (Omnicom), Shutterstock, TC Energy, VMLY&R, and Warby Parker.

Professional Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Certified Professional Coach, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Certified Trauma-Informed Coach, Moving the Human Spirit
Master Practitioner, Energy Leadership Index, iPEC
CliftonStrengths Foundations Certified (PowerUp Your Strengths)
Elements of Wellbeing Certified (WOHASU)

Additional Certifications:

Mental Fitness Coach Trained (Positive Intelligence®)
Mental Health Literacy for Coaches
Grief and Loss Essentials
Non-Violent Communication
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Authentic Leadership & Executive Presence: Most leaders don’t have a confidence problem — they have an alignment problem. When you’re leading from someone else’s blueprint, no amount of polish fixes the disconnect. The work here is finding the version of leadership that’s genuinely yours.
Navigating Complexity & High-Stakes Situations: Difficult conversations, organizational change, managing up, leading through uncertainty — these are the moments that reveal whether a leader is operating from clarity or reaction. The work here is building the composure and frameworks to meet complexity without losing yourself in it.
Mindset & Energy Management: Most leaders know what to do. What gets in the way is the internal noise — the self-doubt, the overextension, the focus on what’s outside their control. The work here is learning to direct your energy toward what actually moves you forward.
Team & People Leadership: Building a high-performing team isn’t about having the right people — it’s about how you show up for them. The work here is developing the communication, trust, and delegation skills that turn a group of individuals into a team that doesn’t need you to function.
Career Clarity & Transitions: Some leaders know exactly where they want to go and can’t figure out how to get there. Others aren’t sure the path they’re on is still the right one. The work here is cutting through the noise to get clear on what you actually want — and building a credible path toward it.
Team & Group Coaching: The most effective teams don’t happen by accident — they’re built through shared language, honest communication, and a leader willing to examine their own role in the dynamic. Julie works directly with teams and groups to surface what’s getting in the way and build the trust, clarity, and cohesion that make high performance sustainable.

Julie lives in Fort Myers, Florida.
On days of rest, you can find Julie with her husband Erik and pup-dog Charlie boating, cooking, or diving into a new recipe. A former collegiate soccer player, she now moves her body through yoga and jiu jitsu — where she’s happily humbled as a white belt. Off the mats, she’s equally curious about the cosmos and the nervous system — a student of both astrology and neuroscience, always looking for new ways to understand what makes us tick.

Julie Breckenfelder is a certified executive coach who helps leaders close the gap between who they’ve become and who they actually are — so they can lead from their own identity, not someone else’s blueprint.

Her clients — spanning Inc. 5000 startups, Fortune 500 agencies, global insurance providers, and automotive manufacturers — consistently describe the same shift: more equipped for high-stakes conversations, more grounded under pressure, and more effective without losing themselves in the process. They don’t just perform better. They lead in a way that finally feels like their own.

Julie’s coaching style is warm and bold in equal measure. She creates space where leaders feel genuinely seen — then challenges them toward the shifts that hold. Drawing on 14+ years in B2B marketing across corporate and agency environments, she understands the pressure of high-performance cultures and what it costs the people inside them. That experience shapes how she works: practical, direct, and attuned to what’s actually getting in the way.

A Certified Professional Coach (iPEC) and Professional Certified Coach (ICF), Julie holds additional certifications in Trauma-Informed Coaching and Energy Leadership, and is an Associate of the Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. She integrates CliftonStrengths, DiSC, and the Energy Leadership Index.

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“Julie is a source of sanity, clarity, and wisdom, and she constantly guides and challenges you to think about what is most important in life and provides you with the tools and techniques to help you understand your unique truth.”

Senior Director, Global Healthcare Innovation Company