Julie Bradley - Author of “Escape from the Ordinary”, retired from the US Army at 40, to sail around the world for 8 years with her husband.

<div>Julie Bradley was born with adventure genes and shares her passions in her books “Escape from the Ordinary” and “Crossing Pirate Waters”. Both are true stories about an 8 year adventure of sailing around the world with her husband, Glen. </div> <div> </div> <div>After twenty years in the Army as a Military Intelligence Officer she traded her uniform and worldly possessions to pursue the dream that had inspired her to keep going through the long separations of military deployments. </div> <div>During those years her stack of Cruising World, Sail and Latitude 38 magazines grew to hoarder proportions until the big purge of all belongings to buy their new home: a French built Amel blue-water sailboat.</div> <div> </div> <div>Julie shares more about her passion for adventure and sailing and what it was like selling everything she owned to sail around the world.</div> <div> </div> <div>New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out. </div> <div> </div> <div>To support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media. Sign up as a Patron -  <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast&source=gmail&ust=1664763123197000&usg=AOvVaw1ReRCLLyx0HzJ-Q8IXL4xi">www.patreon.com/<wbr />toughgirlpodcast</a>. Thank you. </div> <div> </div> <div>*Content Warning - during this episode - addiction to alcohol is talked about. </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Show Notes</strong></div> <div> <ul> <li>Julie in her own words</li> <li>Living out on the water with her husband </li> <li>Joining the army after high school </li> <li>Getting hooked on an adventure </li> <li>Julie's decision to leave the army after 20 years </li> <li>Sailing around the world with her husband for eight years</li> <li>Not worrying about the money </li> <li>Julie and her husband's background in sailing </li> <li>Delivering a friend's boat</