She Waited 40 Years to Follow Her Dream - Then Got a Two-Book Deal Just Before Turning 60 with Julie Owen Moylan

Julie Owen Moylan had always wanted to be a writer.But growing up on a council estate in Wales, it didn’t feel like a job meant for her. So on careers day, when the girl in front said “hairdressing”, Julie said it too.She went on to build a sensible, successful life.But the dream she left behind never quite disappeared.Just before she turned 60, Julie published her first novel with Penguin. In this episode of In Confidence, Julie talks to me about confidence, creativity, and what it really takes to act on a long-held dream later in life. We discuss rejection, false starts, and how to tame the voice in your head. Julie doesn’t believe confidence comes from silencing fear or erasing doubt.Instead, she believes we carry every part of ourselves with us: the fearful parts, the younger parts, the rejected parts, and confidence comes from choosing who gets to lead.“We keep every single part of ourselves.But you want the best version of you driving the car.”This episode explores confidence as self-leadership: how to be persistent without exhausting yourself, how to change course without giving up, and how to follow your dreams - not by blowing up your life - but by taking one, intentional step.We explore:* Why so many capable people delay their dreams, and how to begin without certainty* The difference between blind persistence and smart persistence* Why nothing you try is ever wastedThis is a conversation for anyone who has ever thought “It’s probably too late”.Spoiler: It isn’t.By the way, I help C-suite leaders and founders build confident, robust teams. If you want help with that, drop me a line here.This podcast is designed to be practical. Every Friday, I’ll be sharing practical tools inspired by each episode to actively help you boost your confidence. Subscribe to get it straight to your inbox.If you want to help me get the word out, liking, following, restacking, sharing, rating, reviewing etc makes a huge difference. We’re on apple, spotify and youtube. You can also share this episode easily using the button below.To hear more from Julie, you can find her on instagram here and visit here website here.This episode was produced by my amazing husband, Rod Williams. It’s a job he never knew he wanted! If you’d like to support the making of future episodes, you can buy him a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/rosiedallingEnjoy the episode - and tell me in the comments what you think.Rosie Get full access to In Confidence at inconfidencepod.substack.com/subscribe