You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it. - Margaret Atwood
I’m Carolyn Tate — writer, educator, nature lover, river swimmer and community builder. I live and work between our city pad in Clifton Hill and Kookaburra Rise, our ten-acre off-grid home in Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula.
Stories are the most powerful force we have to inspire hope and drive meaningful action. My own stories are grounded in women’s wisdom, the teachings of Mother Nature and the art of regenerative living.
Through writing circles, mentoring and community gatherings, I help humans reconnect with the Earth, and women to reclaim their voice to write their story.
Whether you’re seeking words that stir the soul or hands-on inspiration for a more harmonious way of living with the land, you’re in the right place.
Writing is the most powerful way to face grief and find hope. By freeing the writer within, we free ourselves from the grip grief holds on us. When life becomes dark, writing is the way through. Brave Women Write is a manifesto for women who yearn to write for personal and planetary healing and change.
This book will help you write with more heart, truth and vulnerability. And it will make your everyday life more vibrant, purposeful and joyful.
If you’ve ever felt the pull between two worlds—the vibrancy of the city and the tranquility of the land—you’re not alone. My partner Ric and I live it every week, splitting our time between Clifton Hill in Melbourne and Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula, just a one hour drive apart.
We came together later in life three years ago, I was 58, Ric was 63—and we quickly realised we shared the same vision: to live with the land, become self-sufficient and live off-grid.
Read up on our adventures at Between Two Hills.
I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong & Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation who are the traditional owners of the land on which I live and work and the Birrarung (Yarra) River in which I swim. Wilip-gin Birrarung murron. (Keep the Birrarung alive!)
