Travel writer & AUTHOR
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Nina Karnikowski is a writer exploring how travel can help solve social and environmental problems. With over 13 years’ experience reporting from some of the world’s most ecologically and culturally rich regions, her work weaves together storytelling, systems thinking and a deep respect for place. She is the author of The Mindful Traveller, Go Lightly and Make a Living Living, and contributes regularly to The Sydney Morning Herald, TIME, The Australian Financial Review, Condé Nast Traveller and more. Nina also mentors purpose-driven creatives and leads writing retreats designed to cultivate clarity and connection.
Published Work
Books
A memoir and manifesto about the ethics of modern travel. Nina Karnikowski takes an expedition to the very essence of travel, reflecting on the profound and transformative experiences to be had heading into the wild or just staying put, and demonstrating how to travel in a way that is as nourishing for the places we visit as they are for us.
Want to feel connected, inspired, calm or creative? Pick a card from ten categories and follow the journaling exercise to evoke that feeling. We have 70,000 thoughts each day: The Writer Within will help you slow down and sort through them, making for clearer, calmer, lighter days ahead. Not just for writers, but for anyone wanting to connect more deeply to themselves and the world.
Structured around hundreds of green travel tools – from avoiding single-use plastic to giving back to communities, from embracing slow travel to protecting wildlife – and including low-impact adventures and interviews with the world’s leading eco-adventurers, Go Lightly is full of ideas for how to say yes to travel that conserves, educates and inspires more than it destroys.
Make a Living Living is for anyone wishing to build a successful career doing what they love, outside the 9 to 5. It profiles 26 creatives from around the world - from a potter living in the Australian bush, to a tiny home builder in Japan, to a knitter in New Zealand - who share how they built their extraordinary lives. A series of interactive exercises help you live a life less ordinary, too.
MENTORING + TEACHING
Having written professionally for 17 years, published four books, taught hundreds of students and redirected her career to make a difference, Nina has the tools and resources to support writers and creatives craving a more intentional, purpose-led life and career.
She offers 1:1 online mentoring sessions that can include working on live writing projects, creating a proposal for your book project, helping you find your authentic purpose and working through creative blocks, brainstorming and tools for more conscious, values-driven career development, and more.
Nina also runs regular group writing workshops offering tools and inspiration to spark creativity and connection. See below for more information and bookings.
PRESS
On the release of The Mindful Traveller, Nina is interviewed by Australian Traveller and Escape.
If you love travelling the world, why not take care of the world? A discussion with ABC Radio about regenerative travel.
Who magazine and the Australian Financial Review’s Life & Leisure section review The Mindful Traveller.
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