I was 54 and realised that life is very short and precious. If I had even the tiniest spark of a dream, I owed it to myself to try and make that dream come true.
Jo Moseley - Brave Enough - A Journey Home to Joy
Hello and welcome!
It is so lovely to meet you and thank you for joining me here.
My name is Jo and I am an:
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Award winning, bestselling author of 3 books
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Speaker
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Panel Host
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Content Creator
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Award winning tiny film maker
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Podcast Host - The Joy of SUP - The Paddleboarding Sunshine Podcast
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Founder of Postcards of Joy newsletter
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Creator of the Fresh Air Self Care Method
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In 2019, aged 54, I became the first woman to paddleboard coast to coast across northern England, picking up litter and fundraising
In summer 2026, I also began my studies with Health Coaches Academy to become a Health + Wellbeing Coach, with a focus on women in their 50s and 60s.
My coaching, writing and creative work sit alongside living with and caring for my 93 year old father in a tiny cottage by the sea.
Author: I am a bestselling, award winning author of 3 books:
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Stand Up Paddleboarding in Great Britain - Beautiful Places to Paddleboard in England, Scotland Wales (2022)
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Stand Up Paddleboarding in the Lake District - Beautiful Places to Paddleboard in Cumbria (2024)
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Adventures on the Water - The Power of Paddleboarding to Change Lives (2025)
They are the realisation of a childhood dream to become an author and were published by Vertebrate Publishing when I was 57, 59 and 60.
To find out more, click here.
From 2023 - 2026 I founded and wrote a quarterly column for SUP Mag UK called Paddleboarding for Good.
Content Creator: I work with clients to create engaging, authentic and successful campaigns to share their brand stories, including Inghams Walking, Lovat Parks, Staysure Travel Insurance, Provytl 50+, 2 Minute Foundation, Macs Adventure, Vista Health, Shredded Wheat, Ageism Is Never in Style, Caravan and Motorhome Club, Sport England's This Girl Can and Ramble Worldwide.
My specialities are:
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Wellbeing and self care in our 50s and 60s
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Looking after ourselves as carers
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Solo wellbeing and adventure travel
Speaker and Panel Host: I'm a popular and experienced speaker at adventure, outoors and wellbeing festivals, such as the Royal Geographic Society, The Big Retreat Pembrokeshire and Cambridgeshire, Kendal Mountain Festival, National Outdoor Expo, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, Wild Writers Festival, Keswick Mountain Festival, Carents Wellbeing Day plus beautiful bookshops, women's health and business groups.
In 2025 & 2026 I curated and hosted the hugely popular panel “You’re Not Too Old and It’s Not Too Late” at the National Outdoor Expo, Sheffield Adventue Film Festival and Kendal Mountain Festival.
My talk at the National Outdoor Expo in 2026 called "Meltdowns, Menopause and Midlife Adventures" was one of the best attended and most well received that weekend. I am hosting a panel of the same name at Kendal Mountain Festival in November 2026.
Retreat Host:
In January 2027 I will be co-hosting a Love Her Wild trip to Tanzania to conduct marine conservation work on whale sharks.
In April 2027 I will be co-hosting Breathe, Bloom and Become with Rebecca Harvey at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Filmmaker: my short award winning iPhone films Found at Sea and Finding Joy share the health and happiness the outdoors can bring in midlife.
Award winning film maker Frit Tam of Passion Fruit Pictures created the film about my coast to coast Brave Enough - A Journey Home to Joy.
I am an ambassador for:
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Seaful Charity
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System Nature Skincare
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Ramble Worldwide
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Red Equipment Paddleboarding and Outdoor Swimming
I am a judge for the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Outdoor Writing Awards 2027 sponsored by Ramble Worldwide.
My message: I believe in:
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the power of tiny self care rituals and big dreams for our wellbeing in our 50s and 60s
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the wellbeing benefits of the outdoors and Fresh Air Self Care
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how creativity - writing, art, filmmaking, journalling - can support our self care
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that we are not too old and it is not too late to start something new or start again
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that as carers it is vital that we look after ourselves too
My hope is that you’ll feel braver, uplifted and encouraged to find ways to feel good and find joy in our life after being here.
Jo xx
Find me on Instagram @jomoseley
Copyright: Charlotte Graham
Picture Credit Charlotte Graham and Jumpy James
WORK WITH ME
If you're looking for a speaker to bring joy and purpose to your event, want an adventure writer or would like to share your business with an engaged community, I'd love to hear from you. Please use the links below:
From Kendal Mountain Film Festival to Southampton Boat Show, NWR and WI meetings and beautiful bookshops I talk about how we are never too old for an adventure, my own SUP journey and bestselling books about beautiful places to paddleboard plus how the outdoors can help us feel good, find joy and age well.
If you want to promote your campaign, service or product and it fits with my values, I am very experienced in creating engaging, authentic and successful content to reach your audience.
From guest posts to magazine articles, I craft stories around the joy of ageing well, adventures and solo travel for our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and making a difference in the world.
