“Stories are among our most potent tools for restoring the land as well as our relationship to land.
We need to unearth the old stories that live in a place and begin to create new ones, for we are storymakers, not just storytellers.
All stories are connected, new ones woven from the threads of the old.”
be a story maker
brain picker
BUSINESS mentoring SESSIONS
Tailored insight and story strategy sessions with Nat Dowling.
Gain the clarity and confidence to bring your business to life.
private workshops for regional wellbeing, CREATIVE AND regenerative business PEOPLE who want to change the world
How attuned are you to your own story?
Do you truly resonate with what you’re offering and how you’re sharing it with the world?
Are you going around in circles or out of your mind trying to get ideas out of your head and into action?'
Maybe you’d like fresh ear guidance to listen more deeply to what your heart and soul are whispering.
The Brain Picker is a clever concoction of clarity, connection and confidence cultivated by Nat Dowling.
It’s a bespoke business strategy session to reorient your thinking about who you are and what you do.
Nat ran her own copywriting business - Words on a Page - for ten years, facilitating client transformation through words, stories and reflective workshops.
In this this interactive two-part session, we’ll dig deep into the layers of your brain and back story to reveal what you didn’t even know you knew.
Light bulb moments. Pennies dropping. Permission to take your ideas to the world with substance and style.
“Your skill is somehow both subtle and like getting smacked in the face with a clarity stick. I entered the business excellence awards purely as homework to implement the things that we spoke about, and lo and behold I won. This has had a huge impact, with new work going through the roof.”
— Sarah gee, curium legal
“This experience was incredibly transformative! I was able to embody the true essence of myself which in turn saw incredible opportunities come my way. I was and still can respond with a full body YES to living a big-hearted life that feels perfectly aligned.”
— JESSICA CODY, INNER RHYTHM
“I finished feeling grounded in the possibilities and re-energised about what I can achieve and how I can bring my innate skills to achieve those things. At a time when I was feeling uncertain about the next steps, you really helped to clarify and re-empower.”
— ELLIA GUY, FUTURE WILD
“I reached out to Nat after I was nominated for the Bendigo Business Excellence Awards. The questions on the application were a little scary and I couldn't find the words to fill them out in a way that really reflected me and my business.
That's where Nat stepped in and helped me dive deeper into the what's, why's, and how's of my business, reassuring me that I did know how to answer the questions, I just needed some brain-picking!
Thanks to Nat's help in turning my brain mush into on-brand and meaningful words, my application was named winner for my category.”
— jess keeli, jess keeli creative
“You have the ability to get inside our brains and turn the mush into something beautiful. We think it’s just as beneficial as getting a planning facilitator in and running a workshop, but your approach is much more relaxed and suited to our office and team.”
— ellissia campbell, edifice construction
“I gained clarity, but more than that, I saw greater potential in my new service than I’d realised. Nat helped expand the vision of what I could offer. The brain picker experience was immensely valuable when I was feeling stuck and unsure.”
— KAThyrn EDWARDS, creative consultant
“It was like having a chat with a trusted friend who could be completely honest with their advice. I gained a fresh perspective, different ideas and possible pathways forward. Nat helps you to sort through the muddy bits.”
— kat buttigieg, macedon ranges writers
launching a business
business AWARDs
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
FUNDING or grant SUBMISSIONS
creative strategy
CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE
“The brainpicker is a must for any business person! We spend so much time in our own heads that sometimes we misplace or miss some crucial information that can take our lives in a different direction.”
— JACKIE YONG, SOILZ ALIVE
“Thank YOU Nat. All those pep talks and allowing me to pick your brain, really helped my confidence and to find clarity around who I am, what I do and where I want to take OAK.”
— kimberley furness, oak magazine
WEAVING STORIES OF CONNECTION
YOUR STORY
Are you carrying old stories that could be re-woven into new fabric? What stories might you make for the world and your place in it?
Storytelling and creative prompts can support you to restore your relationship with yourself. Connect more deeply into how you resonate with the world, and uncover what you can do to bring your gifts to it.
THEIR STORY
What might you discover if you looked beyond or listened in more deeply? Which storytellers might you meet, and in whose stories might you meet yourself?
Learn how to expand the threads of thinking through bibliotherapy. Cultivate your curiosity to seek out conversations with creatures (including the non-human others, who have a lot to tell).
OUR STORY
Stories are how humans make sense of the world. But what if the world doesn’t make sense? Is the world wrong or do our collective stories need to change?
Cultural narratives of separation don’t resonate with the realities of interconnection. This dissonance might be remedied with new stories that have the power to reshape and change the course of our world.
Wander into Wildness can help you to find and share your story, and to connect with the stories of others. Together we can cultivate your curiosity and courage with a nature connection or sound session. Open your heart. Find your natural resonance. Then perhaps you’ll emerge with a tale or two, as a story maker. One who changes the story of the world.