Catie Payne is a writer, podcaster and goat wrangler in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Central Victoria.

She hosts Reskillience, a top 2.5% podcast which broadcasts rallying convos for rugged times, more often than not mentioning permaculture.

Back in the day she trained as a naturopath and herbalist, and is a keen steward of the medicinal weeds in her garden.

Her experience as an ad agency copywriter has been upcycled into “selling” people on the wonders of Mother Earth, and why to love the small, stumbling steps back in her direction.

Retiring from fifteen years as a freelance wordsmith in 2026 (though you can still catch her penning the RetroSuburbia newsletter for David Holmgren), Catie has returned to her roots as a blogger, posts to Instagram in moments of weakness, and pours love into the Reskillience community on Patreon.