Nature lover, you are ready to nurture your creative spirit in your own wild journal so you can seamlessly weave your relationship with nature into your daily life and lean into the wild wisdom of the earth whenever you
need it.
You want berry ink stains on your fingers, mud splashes on your toes and a journal filled with leaves, flowers and insect paths.
You want to conjure your inner wild back to life through mark making with nature.
This is wild journalling.
As you make marks on the page with feathers, seeds, mud paint and berry ink your journal will become your book of enchantments filled with spells that nurture the landscapes in your mind and soul so they grow wild and free.
Welcome to Your Wild Journal
PEACE | WONDER | CREATIVITY
Your Wild Journal isn’t just a course for nature lovers. It’s an adventure for those who are done with being stuck in perfectionism and overwhelm and are ready to creatively play with the wild so they can seamlessly weave nature into their daily life.
In 7 days you will start your wild journal practice and identify how you will keep nurturing it beyond the course.
Investment: £150
“…Noticing the simple things in nature matters more than how much time we spend in it... [Research has] found that increases in noticing nature explained higher levels of wellbeing better than people’s increased visits.”
– Nature Connection Handbook, University of Derby
Testimonial | Playful joy
Before I joined Your Wild Journal, I found myself focusing on the same aspects of nature, not progressing and becoming judgemental of my pages. Agnes' approach is encouraging. I loved that the steps were broken down into small pieces – with video and written options – I could do when I had the time available. I am astonished at the generosity of ideas and through Agnes' encouragement have tackled more than I thought I would. My creativity has changed, as this has enabled me to play with materials, use different senses and be content with the page rather than judgemental. I would never have guessed I would complete so many pages and be filled with joy while doing so.
- KERRIE
(image credit: Kate Holden)
Your Wild Journal is for you if..
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You’re seeking a daily connection with your local earth, plants, wildlife, sky and water through the seasons.
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You're craving a playful way of creating with nature - berry inks, mud paint, flower brushes - where you can explore and experiment without the stifling grip of perfectionism.
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You want to get to know the wild on your doorstep and the wild in your soul through creative expression
OR if...
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You feel overwhelmed with emails/washing/life and desperate to take a breath in nature where you feel alive and free. You’ve bought the journal but it’s lying dusty and neglected in the draw because you have no idea where to start in amongst the whirlwind of modern life.
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You feel like there isn’t another moment in the day for you to reignite and nurture your creative spirit by painting with mud, drawing with berry ink and printing with seeds. Instead, you look enviously at those videos of folk in beautiful wildness online.
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You are stuck wanting to do ‘art’ properly rather than let your inner child play again so you leave the journal you bought in its blank, pristine condition in case it’s the wrong paper or you don’t make the perfect drawing.
When you join the Your Wild Journal course and begin your adventure you will:
Start your wild journal without overwhelm...
in 7 days with playful and adventurous step-by-step 30-minute daily video lessons and written prompts.
Weave seasonal nature into your daily life...
by regularly filling your journal with pressed leaves, blossom paintings, muddy marks and insect paths.
Reignite your playful creative spirit...
and enjoy the process of making with nature in your journal all while releasing the grip of perfectionism.
Never run out of creative ideas...
of how to fill your journal through reconnecting with your child-like sense of wonder with the creative wellspring of wild journalling ideas.
Rediscover your wild self...
as you get to know the nature on your doorstep.
Your Wild Journal will teach you how to start a nurturing wild journal practice in 7 days
Created to feel like a fantasy adventure, you'll learn techniques and rituals to release perfectionism, do your first 3 journal quests (entries) and seek our the project that will keep you nurturing a regular, ongoing wild journalling practice.
Investment: £150
Testimonial | Playful, fun and freeing
"Before starting the course, I thought "I don’t have time" so hadn't done any form of journaling for a while, but I knew that I needed to make time outdoors a priority and nurture my relationship with nature. Your Wild Journal has been such an inspiring, creative and eye-opening course. Agnes' encouraging and enthusiastic guidance has opened my eyes to ways in which I could engage with nature in a different way which I can fit into my busy schedule. I now have a toolbox of techniques to try and realised I really don't need hours - I can do something in my garden in fifteen minutes. It's playful, fun and freeing! I feel more myself again, more connected to the environment around me, and inspired to make this an ongoing practice."
- FIONA
When you join Your Wild Journal you get:
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Step-by-step daily 30-minute lessons to guide you through starting your wild journal
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Rituals, techniques and mindset support focussed on releasing perfectionism and igniting creative play
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Never run out of wild journalling ideas with the creative wellspring of techniques and a list of seasonal nature to focus on
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Keep the momentum going beyond the course with ideas for ongoing wild journalling projects
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Share your work and get feedback from Agnes in the community gallery
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Get access to all future updates to the course until it is retired (at least 2 years)
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LIVE ROUND: Two journal-along sessions
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LIVE ROUND: Pop up chat to share progress and get feedback to keep going when overwhelm and perfectionism strike
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BONUS: Create your own nature-based affirmations to encourage you to keep your wild journalling practice going beyond the course
Sneak peek into my wild journal
What will you explore?
Day 0 | The Destination | What to expect
As soon as you buy the course you'll get access to Day 0 of the wild journalling adventure and know where we are headed on our journey.
Day 1 | Set your compass | Your why & first page
Release perfectionism by setting your compass to your why and creating your first journal page
Day 2 | Pack your rucksack | Prepare your kit
Prepare your kit with an overwhelm-free and playful approach
Day 3 | Your map of AWE | Planning your first three journalling quests
Get introduced to your map of AWE to reduce the overwhelm by giving you signposts to guide your wild journalling quests. Plan your first three journalling quests (entries).
Day 4 | Your first quest | Ritual and your first entry
Create your personal settling in ritual to guide your transition into your wild journal space and create your first entry using an audioguide of encouragement and prompts.
Day 5 | The adventure deepens | Start to play with nature
In your second wild journalling quest (entry) you will start to play in your journal WITH nature. Following your own curiosity to choose a technique from the creative wellspring of wild journalling ideas to play with.
Day 6 | A spell of wild enchantment | Bringing ideas together on the page
In this third wild journal quest (entry) cast a spell of enchantment in your journal by making a full journal spread bringing all the techniques you have learned together using a set of templates.
Day 7 | Dance around the campfire | Celebrate and reflect
Celebrate the return from your adventure with your own celebration ritual (it could be dancing around the campfire!) and reflecting on all your have done.
Day 8 | Your next quest | Nurturing an ongoing practice
Choose from a list of wild journalling project options to keep nurturing your practice beyond the course.
Testimonial | From struggling to making art outside
"I was I was struggling to do any kind of art outside and had a disconnect with taking materials and doing all the things outside. Being a part of this course helped me break it all down into bite size pieces I could put into practice. Agnes provided various options, then walked us through exercises using nature itself to make marks and explore our environments. And we still have access to a treasure trove of ideas and activities - the Creative Wellspring - to use for future journaling sessions!"
BARB
Hi, I'm Agnes Becker
I’m an artist, science communicator and creator of We Are Stardust. I know what it's like to yearn for more time outside where you feel grounded, whole and alive but life feels too full on and relentless to ever make nature a priority. I know because that was me 7 years ago with a newborn baby remembering the times I used to draw outside as a teenager and desperate to do it again.
In 2019 I discovered nature journalling and gradually my practice developed into wild journalling. Today my wild journal gives me the focus and space and reason I need to go outside and enjoy quality time with the more-than-human world on my doorstep. It’s also plays a huge role in my art practice.
Wild journalling is a gift to yourself and the world
“What is the duty of humans? If gifts and responsibilities are one, then asking 'What is our responsibility?' is the same as asking 'What is our gift?'”
– Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, Braiding Sweetgrass
Dear one, are you ready for your wild journalling adventure?
Are you ready to nurture a practice of wonder and enchantment by making marks with nature – berry inks, mud paint and feather brush?
Are you ready to weave your relationship with nature into your daily life with ease so you can lean into the wild wisdom of the earth whenever you need it?
Investment: £150
Questions
When is the next live round of the course?
I will run 2-3 live rounds throughout the year where you'll get:
- Daily email reminders for each module of the course
- Two journal-along sessions where I will guide you through wild journalling practices and we work through the tasks together
- A pop-up chat space to share our progress and creativity and get feedback from Agnes Becker and course participants
How is Your Wild Journal delivered?
Emails for daily reminders
When you join Your Wild Journal you will automatically receive daily prompts via my email software, Flodesk.
Online course platform on Circle
The online course platform is hosted on Circle.
Journal-along on Zoom
The online meeting software Zoom will be how we gather online.
What do you mean by access for the lifetime of the course?
Once you invest in Your Wild Journal you will have access to the course and all its future iterations until I decide to retire it!
What is the time commitment?
The course has been designed to be done in 7 days (with one prep day and an eighth day to dream up your next wild journalling project).
Each daily lesson and task should take around 30-45 minutes maximum.
You can do the course over a longer time period too and continuously dip and out of different lessons and the creative wellspring of ideas.
When are the journal-along sessions in the live round?
2-3pm UK time, Thursday 20 March 2025 and Wednesday 2 April 2025.
Recordings will be made available.
What if I can’t get outside or live in a city?
Nature is everywhere - including you!
Wild journalling can be done in urban and rural areas and at home.
I know getting outside isn't an option for everyone. Most of the techniques I share in the course can also be done at home. Set up a beautiful space and enjoy the experience.
I don't live in the UK, can I still take part?
Yes! Adventurers have joined from from the USA, France and Mallorca as well as the UK. The prompts will apply to all countries. You may to check you can make the times of the live calls first and might find it useful to get a local field guide or find local identification websites or apps to help you to get to know your local birdlife.
Can I get a refund?
I am unable to give refunds on this course so please buy with intention.
If you are deeply unhappy with the course and its delivery, please email me at agnes@wearestardust.uk in the first instance.
I have another question
Email me at agnes@wearestardust.uk and I'll get back to you as soon as possible