Hi! My name is Julie Zaruba Fountaine. I am a Well-being specialist and Founder of EMPOWER Possible, LLC.

Over the past decade, my focus has been to work with individuals to empower themselves and reach their full potential, teams to develop their strengths, and organizations to build well-being programs and policies.

The lessons I learned through community involvement, witnessing burnout, and the failure of organizations to support their employees are why I am a small business owner.  Over the years I became burnt out.  Having this first-hand experience motivated me to start my business. Many I speak with do not know how to get out of the cycle of distress. I started this business so I can engage my community in a process of empowerment. My background puts me in a unique position to address this issue. I see a gap in my community and I want to address it. Many consultants work on well-being and others on organization development, however, there are not many that do both. My Master’s degree in Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Science, an MBA in Change and Leadership, and more importantly, my relationships with non-profits and Community Boards taught me how I can serve my clients in a unique way by addressing well-being and organization development. I recognized I can make a difference by empowering individuals, organizations, and communities to act together as change makers and to regenerate our world through Self, Social, and Systems transformation utilizing my unique skill set. As a well-being specialist, certified change practitioner, I can work with you to difference by building skills and capacities because I do not want anyone to go through what I went through.

My clients note my ability to develop and attain strategic goals while engaging employees and leaders is what sets me apart. My work has been recognized on a national level by receiving the Campus Prevention Network Seal of Prevention Award. The Campus Prevention Network Seal is a mark of distinction for campuses that are committed to rigorous, high-impact digital prevention programs. In 2020, I was asked to lead COVID-19 prevention efforts for a regional liberal arts college. I took the prevention strategies and developed them through the lens of health and racial equity to reduce the spread of COVID-19. My efforts lead to a partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). I partnered with MDH in order to develop the “Recommendations for Mitigating COVID-19 at Higher Education Institutions” program plan. A guiding document for college campuses across Minnesota. EMPOWER Possible is different from other approaches to self-development and change. The approach includes the Three empowerments, which are the self, our social networks, and the seen and unseen systems that impact how we live. Through discovering the interconnection and developing the three empowerments we can renew our skills and build our capacities. As a certified change management specialist, I have supported the well-being and development of thousands of individuals through living out the mission of EMPOWER Possible.

The Foundation 

3 EMPOWERMENTS

EMPOWER Possible programs develop the practitioner skills and capacities necessary to facilitate regenerative responses to global issues impacting our local communities and organizations with   3 EMPOWERMENTS.

EMPOWERMENT 1 - Engage your true SELF

EMPOWERMENT 2 - Catalyze your SOCIAL networks

EMPOWERMENT 3 - Activate your SYSTEMS awareness