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Jessica Hepburn: Unlikely-athlete-turned-record-breaker inspiring people to #livebigandbrave when life doesn’t go to plan Everest Summiteer | Channel Swimmer | Marathon Runner |Desert Island Discs Devotee | #AdventureMind Ambassador Your Shit is Your Superpower!

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Jessica Hepburn poses with an oversized copy of the book cover for Save Me From the Waves. A roundel on the image reads Stanfords Book of the Month

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Save me from the Waves: The Adventure Retreat

Save Me From the Waves – the adventure retreat

In association with SwimQuest

NEWS: I’m launching my first ever three day and week-long ‘in person’ retreats

Formentera, Spain – May 2025

Scotland – December 2024 (SOLD OUT) & December 2025

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Books

Save Me from the Waves | 21 Miles | The Pursuit of Motherhood

Jessica Hepburn's three book covers: Save me from the Waves, 21 Miles, and The Pursuit of Motherhood

Currently being developed for the screen by Erebus Pictures & the BFI, adapted by Anoushka Warden

New Book: Save Me From the Waves

Stanfords ‘Book of the Month’

‘A truly inspirational woman’ Maxine Peake

‘Deeply moving’ Ann Daniels, Polar Explorer

‘Funny, sad, always hopeful’ Psychologies Magazine

21 Miles

Swimming in search of the meaning of motherhood

An Outdoor Swimming Society Book of the Year

A Mumsnet Summer Read

‘Just delicious’ Lisa Faulkner

The Pursuit of Motherhood

Amazon Bestseller

‘A must read’ Kate Brian, Author of the Complete Guide to IVF

Adventures

‘Unlikely Athlete’ becomes the first woman in the world to complete ‘The Sea, Street, Summit Challenge’ –
swim the English Channel; run a road marathon (London); and summit Mount Everest

Sea

English Channel Swimmer, 2015

Street

London Marathon Runner, 2017

Summit

Everest | Chomolungma Summiteer, 2022

Arts

Save me from the Waves: The Adventure Retreat - book now

Save Me From the Waves: The Adventure Retreat

Co-Founder and Director, 2016 – 2019

Lyric Theatre Hammersmith exterior

Executive Director, 2005-2015

Save me from the Waves: The Adventure Retreat - book now

Save Me From the Waves: The Adventure Retreat

Fertility Fest: the world's first arts festival dedicated to fertility, infertility, the science of making babies and modern families

Co-Founder and Director, 2016 – 2019

Lyric Theatre Hammersmith exterior

Executive Director, 2005-2015

Awards & Ambassadorships

Jessica Hepburn receives the Fertility Foundation's Fertility Hero Award

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Press, Podcasts & All That Stuff

Jessica's appearances in The Telegraph, Channel 5, and Woman's Hour

Latest Press, Media & more

Events & Talks

Jessica Hepburn gives a talk on stage at an event

Upcoming Events

Substack

The Three Most Important Things I’ve Learnt About Life – So Far.

1. Live Big and Brave
Live big and brave has been my personal hashtag…

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Instagram

Just an hour away from the closing talk of @jersey

Just an hour away from the closing talk of @jerseyfestivalofwords - which I’m giving! So excited to meet my fellow pond to peaker Eric Blakeley MBE who is chairing the Q&A.

I started the week in Scotland, ending it in Jersey via London, Chester, Manchester and Liverpool. This adventurer is adventuring indeed!

#savemefromthewaves @quartobooksuk #livebigandbrave

Just led the celebration event for Benjamin Zephan

Just led the celebration event for Benjamin Zephaniah @storyhouselive in Chester. Memories are made of this. It was so moving, so marvellous. Thank you @y.vonnej @milliethepoet @robertonurden and the inimitable Rod Silvers for making such wonderful contributions. Thank you to Nicola and the steering committee for entrusting me with this honour. And thank you to the official queen of the childless community Jody Day @gatewaywomen who is also pictured, for being such a wise and wonderful friend. This annual event at Storyhouse in Chester each year is not only important. It’s incredible.

#cnbc #childfree #storyhousechildless #benjaminzephaniah #livebigandbrave

Excited to be on my way to @wiwsummit.uk today to

Excited to be on my way to @wiwsummit.uk today to support my fabulous friends and heartful humans @laurabiggs70 @anyasizer and more. I’m so proud to be an ‘official ally’ of the event but today my role is to listen and learn! Women at work are wonderful! 💥

#women
#womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment
#livebigandbrave

Final R&D recce for ‘Save Me From The Waves: The

Final R&D recce for ‘Save Me From The Waves: The Adventure Retreat’. We went from sea to summit in so many ways!

We climbed and stood on top of Mr Ben; we cold dipped and swam, we mountain-posed in the sun. We ate, we drank, we danced, we sang. We talked about turning ‘Your Shit into Your Superpower’ and colouring your life and adventures. We laughed, and cried, and shared the music that ‘saves us from the waves’. And we’ve created new memories and bonds that are deep and strong.

Save Me from Waves: The Adventure Retreat, is created and hosted by me and Alice Todd, Co-Founder of @swimquestholidays Our first public retreats are taking place in Scotland at the end of the year, and on the idyllic island of Formentera in Spain next May. Links with all the details are in my Linktree in my bio, and on my website. Join us! They are booking fast. We can promise you a unique and unforgettable adventure - that will shift your cells and might just change your life! (@kimmgrant1407 said it did!)

Thank you to my ‘seven sisters’ for accompanying me on this adventure: @aliceinwaterland @thekitschhen @lyndel_sunshinegirl @beth_beamer @vickyarlidge @kimmgrant1407 - life gave me a box full of darkness but you are my gift xxx

#scotland #bennevis #adventure #savemefromthewaves #livebigandbrave #yourshitisyoursuperower

It’s ‘World Childless Week’ @worldchildlessw

It’s ‘World Childless Week’ @worldchildlessweek And today’s topic is ‘The Importance of Pets’. Throughout the day members of the #cnbc community will be publishing pieces they’ve written on this subject (including me). I’ll be online commenting and sharing, check out the link in my bio to read them, and my stories for my favourites.

I’m proud to be an Ambassador for World Childless Week founded by Stephanie Phillips who in the words of the late great Tina Turner is ‘Simply The Best’. It aims to raise awareness of the experience of people living childless not by choice (CNBC). We are here for you throughout the year, but in September we get louder.

#cnbc #worldchildlessweek2024 #livebigandbrave #yourshitisyoursuperpower

If you’re on a fertility journey, or want to rev

If you’re on a fertility journey, or want to revisit the one you took - join us online tomorrow (Tuesday 17 September, 7pm) for the fabulous new charity @fertilityalliance inaugural book club where we’ll be discussing my first book ‘The Pursuit of Motherhood’. Link for registration in my linktree or email thefertilityalliance@outlook.com

#infertilty #fertilty #ivf #ttc #thepursuitofmotherhood #livebigandbrave

Calling all my funny friends; welsh friends; and a

Calling all my funny friends; welsh friends; and anyone who loves Monty Python or is passionate about literature and history (Chaucer and Crusades in particular) please support the Go Fund Me Campaign to erect a naked statue of the comedy legend Terry Jones playing the organ on the prom of his home town in Colwyn Bay. All the details are on insta here @apythonontheprom and www.gofundme.com/terryjonesstatue

And if you want to read more about why I’m supporting this (and am lucky enough to be one of the first people to be sporting ‘A Python on the Prom’ campaign t-shirt - along with Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Emma Thompson, Steve Coogan and more) then check out my latest newsletter on Substack (Link in Bio). We’re over 50% of the way to target! Please help us get there with a donation however small ❤️

#terryjones #apythonontheprom #montypython #colwynbay #theatrcolwyn #welshman

Super excited to be interviewed by broadcaster @mi

Super excited to be interviewed by broadcaster @missjanetellis @chiswickbookfest this coming Saturday - about ‘Save Me From The Waves’ It’s going to be a very special event with music and memories, and a little mountain madness too. Janet is a #nationaltreasure. Blue Peter presenter turned amazing author (if you’ve never read her novel ‘The Butcher’s Hook’ - you should). But she’s many other things as well, and also embodies my two life mantras - ‘live big and brave’, ‘your shit is superpower’ - as much as anyone I know. From jumping out of planes and breaking a world record to losing her dear husband John to cancer just a few years ago (who was one of the nicest men I’ve ever met and someone very dear to me too).

Janet has chaired all three of my book launches so being interviewed by her is always special for me, and the last time we were together we had an audience of over 400 people on stage @lyrichammersmith (my / our theatre home - Janet was a board member during my tenure). Saturday will be a little more intimate but that just means it’s going to be even more special. She’s a brilliant host (she won her episode of ‘Come Dine With Me’ - so there’s the proof), and she always insists when she interviews me that it’s about ‘selling me and my books’. But this Saturday I’m going to be big and brave and ask her some questions, and try and make it a true conversation! Come and watch me (us!). The Jessica and Janet ‘greatest show’ - what better way to spend your Saturday afternoon (if you’re free and can get there!). Come and say hello!

Tickets in my linktree in bio

#savemefromthewaves
#livebigandbrave #yourshitisyoursuperpower

If you haven’t received and read my monthly news

If you haven’t received and read my monthly newsletter yet - ‘Adventures in a (mainly) Wonderful World’ - then I’ve popped the link for easy access in my bio. Packed with events you might want to come to, and other adventuring inspiration. Subscribe to get it straight to your inbox - and maybe you’d even like to become a member of my Big and Brave Family? All the info through the rabbit hole!

#livebigandbrave #yourshitisyoursuperpower #itsawonderfulworld

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