Built by two people who believe rescue is good for everyone involved.

Julie is the creator of Being My Best (opens in a new tab) and Being Our Best (opens in a new tab). She built the reflective AI companions Magnolia and Joanna to extend the kind of depth-oriented, between-session reflection she values in her counseling work — making it available privately, on ordinary devices, when the hardest moments do not arrive on schedule.

Her approach weaves together three established frameworks: Adlerian individual psychology, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS).

With saveaplant.com, Julie is adapting that same integrated lens to a living, hands-on ritual: a struggling plant becomes a companion you tend, observe, and learn from. The goal is not a perfect rescue. It is a small, steady practice of showing up — and noticing that life responds when you do.

Katie is a horticultural therapist, educator, and the founder of Rooted in Respite, a nature-based wellness practice serving the greater Nashville and Middle Tennessee areas. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience as an international educator and instructional designer, she holds a Horticultural Therapy Certificate from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Her work is grounded in biophilia, sensory stimulation, and attention restoration — the idea that contact with living things can lower stress, soften anxiety, and help people find calm. She leads hands-on restorative plant workshops, mindful community sessions, and custom corporate team-building events, including vintage teacup garden and kokedama classes.