About Julie Foster
Julie’s Approach to Healing
Julie’s healing approach cannot be described in a few words. She draws on ancient and modern wisdom for healing. She incorporates decades of medical expertise and her intuition she reveals what is needed in the moment for healing, whether it be from a physical remedy, the spoken Word , or a spiritual healing.
Moving forward in the field of Healing and Medicine Julie believes we need to better prepare ourselves spiritually. Each of us has a place. Each of us matters. Julie believes it is imperative that, we as a people, show up to what our Kuleana (life calling)calls forth.
As Medical Director Julie is privy to the intricate challenges of our healthcare system. Aware that our humanity is at risk, she strives to maintain a level of personalized care while providing A Place of Healing of expert medical guidance, whether by means of mind, body, soul, or spirit. Her leadership in the workplace is infused with Anthroposophical ideals and the Aloha Spirit, creating a balance between ethical and sustainable business practices while maintaining a sense of Ohana, where we are all family, together and with the ones we serve, locally and universally.
Julie Foster continues to deepen her learning for the esoteric and spiritual. In more recent years she has been studying Astroposphy, an expanded form of Astrology in the context of Anthroposophy. Along with biographical explorations she plans to bring astrosophy into her sessions with her patients as time goes on.
Qualifications
Julie Foster is the Founder, Business Owner, and Medical Director of Pohala: A Place of Healing, a multidisciplinary Integrative Primary Care and IV Therapy Clinic in Portland, Oregon.
She culminates:
- 30 years of Nursing and Integrative Medicine
- Fully licensed Nurse Practitioner
- Board Certified in Family and Anthroposophic Medicine
- Extensive training in Mistletoe Therapy and Integrative Oncology.
- Bridges Mainstream Medicine to Anthroposophic Medicine including Naturopathy and Indigenous wisdom
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse Practitioners of Oregon/ NP owner/ Executive Board
- Physicians Association for Anthroposophic Medicine/ Mentor for Anthroposophic Medicine
- First Class Member of the Anthroposophic Society
- Portland Branch Member of the Anthroposophic Society
- Medical Staffing for Adventist/OHSU Medical Center
- Oregon Health Authority/ Advisory Panelist for PCPCH
- Emergency/Trauma Nurse 1992-1999
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with Science Honors from Linfield College in 1991
- Master’s Degree in Nursing, specializing in Family Medicine, from Gonzaga University in 1998.
Julie’s service to Nursing and Medicine runs a remarkable span.
At 14 years old she started as a candy striper volunteer at the Portland Adventist Hospital, and worked her way through nursing school as an emergency room technician.
By 22 years old she became an emergency department nurse and excelled by certifying in Trauma/Emergency Nursing.
By age 27 she attended graduate school, continuing her ER work in a rural setting while she applied her interest for indigenous and integrative medicine.
It was during this time she also discovered the work of Rudolf Steiner and his contributions to humanity through education and Anthroposophic Medicine.
She had the fortunate happening to be at the inception of a collaborative integrative healing center and was exposed to a multitude of modalities. For her thesis she conducted a qualitative study on the use of an integrative therapy.
Since becoming a Nurse Practitioner she has always applied integrative medicine. Along the way she even Waldorf-homeschooled her children learning the therapeutic aspects of education. She has mentored and precepted nursing, nurse practitioner, naturopathic and medical students.
Furthermore with her family history of schizophrenia, bipolar, eating disorders, trauma and addictions she seeks to understand the care of the chronically mentally ill. For many years she also offered her expertise of primary and women’s healthcare to her local institutionalized psychiatric hospital.
She is a 6th generation Native Oregonian born and raised in Portland. Native Hawaiian through her father’s lineage she is a Hapa Mainlander and loves all things Hawaiian.
Julie has applied herself personally and given medical charity to the causes of indigenous rights worldwide. She is passionate about sustaining ancient indigenous spirituality and promoting the movement of Anthroposophy and the Christ impulse.
She cherishes time with family, loves traveling, being in nature, creating and connecting through ceremony and understanding healing within individuals and the world at large.
Julie and her husband Michael, have been actively involved supporting and facilitating Rites of Passage ceremonies, such as Vision Quest, Men’s and Women’s groups, and Coming of Age for Girls and Boys for over 18 years.
