Julie STAFFORD
Why Do We Have All This Life If We Don't Live It?
Julie Stafford stands out as an exceptional motivational speaker, offering compelling and empowering discussions on embracing life's challenges in her keynotes and after-dinner speaking presentations.
Renowned for her candid and direct communication style,
Julie combines entertainment with education to inspire diverse audiences.
Having navigated significant personal challenges, Julie's resilience shines as she refuses to succumb to victimhood, consistently approaching difficulties with solution-driven outcomes.
Her transformative journey includes a shift from teaching art to becoming the author of Australia's fastest selling healthy-eating cookbook, 'Taste of Life,' amid her husband's first life-threatening cancer diagnosis.
With subsequent best-selling cookbooks (twenty-two titles in total) and the successful establishment of two health food restaurants, Julie's impact has had a global reach.
Throughout the '80s and '90s, Julie Stafford's influence in changing eating habits was profound,
reflecting her commitment to a health-oriented food philosophy that resonated
with a growing health-aware generation.
Julie's new keynote
Why Do We Have All This Life If We Don't Live It
is inspired by her new book
WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THIS LIFE
Recognizing change as an inevitable and necessary force, Julie emphasizes its transformative power in our lives.
She poses thought-provoking questions, urging audiences to be prepared and willing to face unexpected changes, differentiating between merely surviving and thriving.
Julie's motivation underscores the stagnation that occurs when we fail to embrace change, emphasizing the risk of allowing circumstances to define individual potential.
With a proven track record, Julie has captivated audiences ranging from 5-5000, making her a sought-after motivational speaker with a unique ability to inspire positive transformation.
It's never too late to make a fresh start ...
You are always only ever one step away from a new life ...
An established international best-selling author with sales exceeding
2.2million copies worldwide, a successful motivation speaker, and property developer, Julie changed direction
when her husband Bruce was diagnosed with mesothelioma (a terminal asbestos cancer), in 2003, losing his fight in 2006. At 55, Julie set off to discover who she would become in her next chapter without the man she’d adored for more than 25 years always by her side.
Chasing after the life in her life, Julie quickly fell in love with the sound a zipper made on her suitcase.
The thump of a passport stamp became her new music.
She read arrival and departure boards at airports like most others read great novels.
Conversations with strangers taught her that your best lessons are sometimes found in the least most likely characters,
and that often, destinations will call you when you're ready for their lessons.
JULIE SHARES HER EXPERIENCES AND THE LESSONS LEARNED
There was that time she nearly spent all of her children's inheritance in just one hotel booking in Paris!
Another time she was offered 10 camels to marry a handsome Bedouin, in Morocco!
Serendipity seemed to be involved when she got lost in the oldest Medina in the world but found herself at the steps of a palace that she had always wanted to stay.
There was also the time she stalled the carpet seller's advances in the bazaar, in Istanbul, teaching the seller one of the greatest lessons her travels had already taught her.
Julie's solo woman travel experiences have now taken her across several continents.
Exploring the world, while at the same time exploring her capacity to embrace change and be brave, Julie invested in her love of writing exploring the genres of memoir, fiction and screenplay.
Her love of photography has led her to develop a fine art prints business and her determination to
paint has seen her hold two successful art exhibitions.
Julie's heart-warming debut novel, Seagulls on the Ganges - a fictionalized account of her own love story, and the journey she traveled after loss to reclaim her new self (also written as a screenplay) has given her the courage to embrace writing her memoir. It will be called - The Seagull's Wife.
Julie's commitment to live an extraordinary life rather than live an ordinary life
will encourage and inspire you to chase after your extraordinary life.
