If alarms didn’t exist, I’m afraid I would never wake up.

Performance: Poetry and Fleeting Thoughts captures moments of despair, insecurity, and wisdom through poems, songs, and drawings. In her debut collection, Jul pulls back the curtain and invites the reader on her path of growth, sharing intimate experiences of grief, jealousy, anger, and heartbreak. Inside these pages, readers will delve into how we all put on a performance when we feel like we can’t act as our most authentic selves, highlighting the reality of healing, empowerment, and acceptance. Performance takes readers through a journey of raw emotions and growing pains that many of us face, and illustrates how, although vulnerability is difficult, it is ultimately the key to getting back up over and over again, and choosing yourself.

Notice what you are meant to share with the world

The VulnerABLE Movement all started when…

…Julia Ruggiero wanted to find a way to raise awareness about how we can once and for all heal the divide in today's world. In September of 2018, Ruggiero started writing her first book, VulnerABLE: How to Notice the Power of Vulnerability Through Lettuce, Laundry, and Love with a mission to speak with people going through a time of transition; people looking to reframe their mindset, and notice the power in their voices. With chapter titles that explore assumptions we project on ourselves including, “I’m not the only one” as well as criticism that others say to us, such as, ”Calm down and let it go,” VulnerABLE explores in-depth the words that we say to ourselves and what others say to us that may withhold us from embracing our vulnerability.

By opening your arms to the VulnerABLE Movement, you’ll notice the power in one’s voice, in the voices of others, and how to recognize what you were meant to share with the world.