About Julie Golston
I'm Julie Golston—writer, advocate, and perpetual questioner of systems. My work explores transformation at every scale: personal, systemic, and cosmic.
After a decade in crisis intervention and refugee protection, I was DOGE'd in February 2025. Now I'm discovering that unemployment might be the most creative catalyst—building Chrome extensions with code skills from the 90s, writing mythology that questions everything, and proving that career pivots are really just plot twists.
I write to reveal the patterns we accept as unchangeable. Sometimes that's helping teen girls navigate relationships safely. Sometimes it's Norse gods discovering they're parasites. Sometimes it's consciousness itself keeping documentation. The thread connecting everything: transformation begins when we recognize our cages.
Currently in Southern California, building tomorrow while applying for today, painting mathematical proofs when time allows, and discovering that losing everything might be the only way to find what you're meant to create.
My Journey
Author
Julie is the author of multiple works including At the Well of Urd, The Documentation, Things I Want My Daughter to Know About Dating, and Norns: Weavers of Fate in Nordic Mythology. Her writing spans fiction and non-fiction, from psychological thrillers that confront social justice issues to practical guidance rooted in lived experience.
Advocate
With over a decade of crisis intervention work supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, Julie brings deep understanding of trauma, resilience, and recovery. This experience informs both her advocacy work and her storytelling.
Storyteller
From the ancient petroglyphs of the Mojave Desert to the contemporary crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Julie weaves narratives that honor forgotten voices and demand that stories—and the people behind them—are never erased.
Let's Connect
I'd love to hear from you. Whether you're a reader, fellow writer, or just want to chat about mythology, technology, or storytelling.
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