Today we’d like to introduce you to Julie Kristine.
Julie, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
People have told me my dreams were too big for as long as I can remember. Every time, I smiled and said the same thing: “Let’s find out.”
When I looked around Utah, I saw something that kept bothering me. There are so many incredible people doing wellness work, but I also saw a lot of systems where people were being taught to rely on someone else for the answers. I kept asking myself, Where are the ethics? Where’s the transparency? Where are we actually teaching people to trust themselves?
I wasn’t interested in creating another audience or another personality-driven movement. I wanted to build a community where people leave more empowered than when they arrived.
I knew I wouldn’t get to have children in this life, but I still wanted to leave something meaningful behind. For me, that became the Academy of Logic and Light.
The foundation of everything we do is simple: before we can truly heal, we have to remember how to be human. Not the polished version we show the world, but the authentic version that’s willing to sit with grief, fear, anger, shame, and uncertainty. Those emotions aren’t signs that something is wrong with us—they’re part of being human. Most of us were simply never taught how to move through them without abandoning ourselves.
Once we reconnect with ourselves, something beautiful happens. We’re finally capable of connecting with each other in healthier ways.
I often describe our community like mycelium beneath a forest. Underground, there’s this incredible network where trees and plants share resources, communicate, and strengthen one another. No one organism is the center. The health of the whole system depends on each part supporting the others.
That’s the kind of community I wanted to create. Not followers. Not gurus. A living network where people share knowledge, support one another, and become more capable of standing on their own feet.
That’s also why I chose to center so much of our work around the symbolism of 639 Hz, often associated with connection and relationships. Whether someone connects with that spiritually, metaphorically, or simply as a reminder of our shared humanity, the message is the same: we’re stronger when we remember we’re connected.
At the Academy of Logic and Light, I don’t see science and spirituality as competing ideas. I see them as two different languages trying to describe the same human experience. One gives us measurable understanding, and the other helps us find meaning. I believe we need both.
My role isn’t to tell people what to believe. It’s to build a space where people can ask better questions, think critically, stay curious, and remember that the greatest authority they’ll ever have is their own lived experience.
That’s the legacy I hope to leave: that they learned to trust themselves and found a community that reminded them they never had to do it alone.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
This journey has definitely not been easy. Like most founders, there have been moments when I questioned everything.
One of the biggest challenges has been building something that doesn’t fit neatly into an existing category. The Academy of Logic and Light sits at the intersection of education, community, wellness, and spirituality, and people often want to place it into a familiar box. I’ve had to learn that it’s okay if not everyone understands the vision immediately.
Funding has also been a challenge. We’re intentionally building a community-centered organization where accessibility matters, so growth has required a lot of creativity, patience, and wearing more hats than I ever imagined. There have been long days, late nights, and plenty of moments where I’ve had to choose faith in the mission over immediate certainty.
On a personal level, I’ve also had to do the inner work that I ask others to do. Building an organization has a way of exposing every fear, every insecurity, every limiting belief, and every place where you’re still growing. I’ve had to learn that leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about staying curious, listening well, admitting when you’re wrong, and continuing to evolve.
Perhaps the biggest lesson has been trusting that meaningful things take time. We live in a culture that celebrates overnight success, but real communities aren’t built overnight. Trust isn’t built overnight. Neither is a healthy culture.
Every setback has forced me to refine the vision rather than abandon it. Looking back, I’m grateful for many of those challenges because they shaped the values that guide the Academy today: transparency, humility, critical thinking, and empowering people to trust themselves instead of becoming dependent on someone else.
If there’s one thing this journey has taught me, it’s that resilience isn’t about never struggling. It’s about continuing to build something you believe will make your community better, one conversation, one class, and one relationship at a time.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
The Academy of Logic and Light is a community education organization built around one simple idea: **the skills that make us healthier humans should be as accessible as learning math or reading.**
We call those skills **literacies**—energy literacy, emotional literacy, body literacy, food literacy, media literacy, relationship literacy, and critical thinking. Most of us were taught *what* to think, but very few of us were taught *how* to understand ourselves. Our mission is to make those life skills approachable, evidence-informed, and available to everyone, regardless of where they’re starting. The Academy emphasizes accessible education, community support, and peer learning rather than hierarchical teaching.
One of the projects I’m most excited about is what we call **The Values Experiment.** It’s an invitation to intentionally practice one value each week—not as an abstract idea, but as a lived experience. Instead of asking, “What do I believe?” we ask, “How do I actually live?” Participants explore qualities like authenticity, courage, boundaries, gratitude, curiosity, and compassion through simple daily practices, reflection, and community conversations. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s building character through consistent practice and finding connection through values versus focusing on the themes that divide us.
Running alongside that is our **Hero’s Journey**, where members move through themes of personal growth together. We use the Hero’s Journey not as mythology, but as a framework for real life. Every person encounters challenges, uncertainty, setbacks, mentors, and transformation. Rather than promising quick fixes, we encourage people to develop resilience, emotional awareness, and the confidence to navigate life’s inevitable transitions with greater intention.
Education is also central to everything we create. Our growing library of literacy programs and mini-courses is designed to make complex subjects approachable. Whether someone is learning about nervous system regulation, emotional intelligence, astrology as a symbolic language, nutrition, boundaries, or energy practices, we encourage curiosity, critical thinking, and personal discernment. We want people to leave with tools they can actually apply in everyday life—not just information they’ll forget.
Our media platform on YouTube, **ALLtv**, extends those conversations beyond the classroom. Through podcasts, interviews, live discussions, and educational series, we bring together practitioners, scientists, educators, artists, and community leaders to explore wellness, philosophy, spirituality, psychology, and personal growth from multiple perspectives. The goal isn’t to tell people what to believe—it’s to model respectful curiosity and lifelong learning.
What sets the Academy apart is our philosophy. We don’t position ourselves as gurus with all the answers. We see ourselves as facilitators of learning. We believe the teacher is also the student, and the student eventually becomes the teacher. Knowledge is meant to be shared, questioned, and expanded, not guarded.
More than anything, I’m proud of the culture we’re building. We’re creating a place where people can ask difficult questions, think critically, explore ideas with humility, and support one another without pressure to conform. In a world that often rewards certainty and division, we’re choosing curiosity, connection, and community.
My hope is that when people encounter the Academy of Logic and Light, they don’t leave believing more in us—they leave believing more in themselves.
Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
People are often surprised to learn that I never set out to become a founder, a teacher, a healer, or any sort of leader. For most of my adult life, I was a flight attendant. That career gave me something I don’t think I could have learned anywhere else, but it taught me how to meet people exactly where they are.
When you’re flying, every person who walks onto the aircraft is carrying an invisible story. Some are celebrating. Some are grieving. Some are anxious. Some are exhausted. You learn very quickly that you can’t assume what someone is going through, and that a small act of kindness or genuine curiosity can completely change someone’s day.
That experience shaped how I lead the Academy today. I’m less interested in being the person with the answers than I am in creating spaces where people feel safe enough to ask better questions.
Another thing that surprises people is that I’m actually a systems thinker. While many people discover the Academy through conversations about spirituality or personal growth, I’m equally fascinated by neuroscience, education, behavioral science, organizational design, history, and how communities function. I spend as much time thinking about curriculum design, learning theory, and building healthy systems as I do thinking about personal transformation.
At my core, I’m endlessly curious. If there’s one thing I hope people remember about me, it’s not that I had all the answers. It’s that I never stopped asking questions and I never gave up.
Pricing:
- $11.11 Hero’s Membersip
- $26 Mini Courses
- $62 TEAMS Membership
- $260 Bundle Pricing
- $666 1:1 6 Month Mentorships
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