ABOUT US
We’re Natalie and George and you’re welcome here.
Where it began
We have spent much of our lives sitting with other people’s stories of stress, worry, and hope, helping things feel more manageable.
But we didn’t want another big programme or app.
We wanted small, gentle quiet companions for the nervous system, made to be usable every day.
So we build them.
A quiet aside
We’d be genuinely glad if you stayed close, as a friend, not just as a customer. If that feels right, join our quiet notes newsletter. We write only when it matters. And once a week, we gift a full companion to one person at random, as a small welcome.
In your first email, you can choose whether to be included in our weekly quiet gift. No purchase necessary. 18+. Open worldwide where permitted.
is a psychologist with a Master’s degree, specialising in how tired nervous systems perceive and absorb emotional information – the foundation for how every Not a Course companion is designed.
For more than 15 years she has worked with people in high-pressure roles and difficult transitions, always asking: “How does this actually feel on the inside, when the day is over and you’re exhausted?”
She makes sure every companion is:
emotionally safe
grounded in sound ideas from psychology
respectful of your limits – never pushy, never dramatic
is a mentor, musician and writer with a Master’s in piano performance and teaching, and more than 20 years of working with rhythm, sound and language.
This is the foundation of how we weave text, voice and music, paced and layered so your nervous system feels held, not pushed.
He performs the piano piece for each companion himself, either a well known classical work or an original composition shaped to the theme.
He makes sure every companion is:
written in clear, human language – easy to follow, even when you’re tired
paced with a musician’s ear – gentle rhythm, never noise
supported by music and voice – soothing, not distracting
These companions started as small things we built and tested first on ourselves.
On our own wired evenings and heavy seasons.
We kept only what felt genuinely kind and doable and let the rest go.
Not a Course is our answer to one simple question:
“What if support for your nervous system felt like a small, finished companion – not another course?”
Instead of one big programme, we create short companions for specific seasons your nervous system knows too well.
Each companion is a small, finite path built from tiny gifts, and has:
clear beginning, clear end, no endless content, no streaks, no guilt.
Your nervous system already has enough to carry.
...and why our prices are in EUR
We’ve lived and worked in different countries, and sat with people from many cultures, incomes and backgrounds.
What we keep seeing is how similar we all are underneath – especially at the level of emotions and the nervous system.
We are based in Switzerland, the heart of Europe, a place that takes quality, integrity, and precision seriously. That same care is woven into every companion we make, in the smallest details.
It’s the same thinking that guides the practical choices too.
With people joining us from all over the world, we needed one familiar currency that stays the same from page to page.
We chose euro (EUR).
On our site you’ll see one clear EUR price, plus approximate equivalents in currencies like USD, GBP, CHF, CAD and AUD, so you have a sense of the amount in your own context. Your bank or card provider then does the exact conversion on your statement.
Using one transparent EUR price also means we don’t use location-based markups or hidden “because of your country” adjustments.
You don’t have to decide anything big today.
Just try three of our tiny 1–5 minute practices and see how your nervous system responds.