She is an author, speaker, IC patient advocate, and the owner of Confident Choices, a nutrition education company for bladder patients. Julie has written three books about this puzzling and painful bladder disorder, Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet: A Confident Choices® Book, Confident Choices® A Cookbook for Interstitial Cystitis and Overactive Bladder, and a reference guide for nutritionists, Interstitial Cystitis: A Guide for Nutrition Educators.