JULIE STAFFORD is today’s voice for the solo woman traveller — a storyteller, mentor, and guide inspiring women to embrace the power of travelling alone as a path to healing, self-discovery, confidence, and beginning again. She did it, and she wants other women to do it too.

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In the 1980s and 90s, Julie was one of Australia’s most recognised voices in the healthy living and mindset motivation space. Her bestselling cookbooks, in the ‘Taste of Life’ series, and her motivational self-help book, ‘Stepping Out’, helped millions become their best selves. But when life delivered its deepest heartbreak—the loss of her beloved husband, Bruce, from terminal cancer, Julie found herself at a fork in the road, challenged to start life over as a solo woman traveller.

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Her journey became one of healing and rebirth. From Dubrovnik—an ancient walled city on the shores of the Adriatic sea that fought a war and won, to the cobblestone streets of elegant Paris, to the aromatic spices and chaos in the souks and desert landscapes of Morocco, and finally to the shores of the Ganges River in Varanasi she discovered that travelling solo wasn’t about loneliness; it was about listening, developing the art of noticing, igniting conversations and meaningful connections with strangers, and awakening to becoming more.

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In her new books — ‘Becoming’ Solo, ‘A Table for One’, and ‘Hats Off to Her’ — Julie, a born storyteller, shares her personal journey, her solo travel experiences, insights, and soulful encouragement for women ready to step into their solo spaces. Her message is simple but profound: true freedom begins when you walk alone, not to escape life, but to meet it more fully.

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