Julia Maak , born in 1979, is a mother of four, managing partner of the HypnoBirthing Gesellschaft Europa GmbH (HBGE), lecturer for HypnoBirthing certification training courses at the HBGE and HypnoBirthing course leader for expectant parents.

After studying international business administration, she began her career in the medical device industry, in the field of international marketing and sales. Her first child was born in a passive and medically supervised hospital birth; however, a report about Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, made Julia Maak aware of HypnoBirthing and, thanks to this method, she experienced her subsequent births in a natural, active, self-determined, fear-free and, once, completely pain-free way.

So it became her calling to accompany expectant parents on their way to a positive, fulfilling birth experience with HypnoBirthing, the birth preparation with self-hypnosis according to Marie F. Mongan. After her training as a certified HypnoBirthing course leader, she founded her own practice "Pura Vida Family Club" in Erlangen and took over the management and leadership of the HBGE certification training courses.