The Full Story

The Man Behind the Message.

Julian Guderley has lived the courage he speaks about — in South America, India, Italy, Canada, and the rooms where leaders come to be honest with themselves.

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Husband. Father. Guide. Speaker.

Julian Guderley has lived a life most people only plan — from South America to India, from the runways of China to stages across four continents. The thread through every chapter is not ambition. It is courage: the willingness to step forward before the path is clear, and to bring that same quality of aliveness into every room he enters.

The Chapters

Impact & Now

The work. The stages. The rooms that matter.

2018 – Present

Keynote Speaker, Facilitator & Leadership Guide

Courage as the through-line. The leaders who perform at their highest level long-term are the ones who have done the inner work. From international stages to jungle retreats — speaking, facilitation, and deep client work as one coherent practice.

Texas Bankers Association

HCV Symposium, Barcelona

WEF Global Shapers

Retreat facilitation — open-air studio, 2023

Retreat, 2023

Leadership retreat, 2024

Brazil, 2022

Client team, 2025

Facilitation, 2025

The Entrepreneurial Path

Building before the blueprint existed.

2017 – 2024

Green Planet Blue Planet — Host & Producer

360 long-form conversations with scientists, entrepreneurs, indigenous wisdom keepers, and investors. Ranked in the top 2.5% of podcasts worldwide. Featured by Business Insider.

Business Insider: 21 Podcasts to Expand Your Mind

Live recording, Envision Festival

2015 – 2018

Communications Director & Event Producer

Communications Director and Event Producer across multiple organisations on Vancouver Island. Producing transformational events featuring Dave Asprey, Jason Silva, and Dr. Shefali Tsabary.

Julian hosting a panel — Jason Silva event, 2017

Post Jason Silva event, Victoria BC 2017

2013 – 2015

Templed Mind — Event Venue

Julian founded Templed Mind — a community studio offering daily yoga, meditation, and cultural programming in Victoria, BC. Hundreds of people through the doors. His first proof that he could build something from nothing and lead a community around a shared vision.

Templed Mind Studio, Victoria BC

Community event, 2014

Talk at Templed Mind Studio — Victoria, BC

Community talk, Victoria BC

Breathwork session at Templed Mind Studio

Breathwork session, Templed Mind

Early Work

Discipline. Craft. Presence under pressure.

2012 – 2015

International Fashion Model

Runway work across Canada, China, and Europe — Vancouver Fashion Week, the Mercedes-Benz Startup Runway, international campaigns in China, and editorial spreads in print.

Mercedes-Benz runway

Magazine editorial

Vancouver Fashion Week

Runway 2015

On set, China 2015

Behind the scenes, China

Early Work

Discipline. Craft. Presence under pressure.

2011 – 2012

Project Manager — BMW Premium Events, Global

Graduated with a BA in Communication. Project Manager at Metzler Vater — producing BMW experiences across the world. The M5 Empower Experience at Ascari Race Resort, Spain. BMW Winterfreude at the 2012 Youth Olympics in Innsbruck. A 3-month tour across Canada with the 3 Series and Mini.

Ascari Race Track, Spain

Youth Olympics, Innsbruck 2012

2008 – 2010

Nike Running — Brand Ambassador, Germany

Brand ambassador and barefoot running specialist for Nike across southern Germany. Training retail teams, representing the brand at live events, and learning from the inside how a world-class organisation builds culture.

Nike Running, Germany 2010

Origins

Curiosity. Courage. The world calls early.

2009

India — The Inner Turn

A first visit to India that permanently shifted the direction of his inner life. He began a daily yoga and meditation practice that has not stopped since. The outer journey had always been there. India added the inner one.

India, 2009

Teaching children, India 2009

2006 – 2007

Florence, Italy — Service & Depth

A year volunteering at a Rudolf Steiner school in Tuscany.

Scuola Waldorf, Florence 2006

Tuscany, 2007

2003 – 2004

Paraguay — The First Leap

At 15, Julian left Germany for a year in South America. No roadmap, no safety net — just a decision to step into the unknown.

Foz do Iguaçu, Paraguay — 2003

The Thread — Courage

"Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the decision that something else matters more."

— Julian Guderley

Every chapter in this story — from Paraguay at 15 to the stages of North America — was a choice made before the outcome was clear. That is the thread. That is what Julian brings to every room he walks into.

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