Julia Karol is a mom, creative leader, warm friend, animal lover, and champion of alternative families.
When she is not hosting Stork'd®, Julia runs a private investment firm which acquires, operates, and improves businesses at a crossroads. She loves supporting businesses to grow and evolve. Passionate about social change, Julia also supports a number of non-profit organizations.
Outside of work, Julia's passions include hiking, skiing, yoga, reading. She lives in Boston with her dog and son.
Listen to Julia's story and why she launched Stork'd®:
What is family?
Emotional, Complex, Loving, Challenging. For many of us, how we imagine what “family” means can be a personal and complicated question.
Stork'd focuses on the different paths people take to create a family. In today's modern world, everyone has different ways they imagine a family and take unique paths to create that vision, experiencing a variety of obstacles along the way. This is a podcast which uncovers that journey. Join Julia as she explores the concept of today’s modern family.
A Note About the Current Seasons of Stork’d®
My personal family building journey has paralleled the launch and growth of Stork’d®. As I was recording Season 1, I was exploring my options and ultimately working to gain comfort with my decision to embark on a fertility journey to become a solo parent. I was undergoing fertility treatments just as Season 1 launched. Season 2, I recorded while pregnant with a sperm donor and I recorded Season 3 before taking maternity leave! Many of these episodes address a question I was grappling with personally at the time. Season 4 was recorded as new parent. They say when a baby is born, so is it’s parent and this season was created as I explored my new identity and navigated infancy how to be a (solo) parent.
My sincere hope is that listening to these stories will give the Stork’d® audience confidence, clarity and validation to create a family life which lights you up and is the right fit for you, however you chose to define family.
As Stork’d® grew in episodes and listeners, I grew as a person — gaining confidence, perspective and community along the way! Thank you to the guests in these (and future) seasons who have helped me and so many others in our unique paths to finding joy in our family lives.
