Strengthening legacy through story and intergenerational stewardship.
We help significant families, individuals and family businesses capture their stories — and turn them into Narrative Capital™ that strengthens identity, learning, and continuity across generations.
Each private engagement is shaped by the stories that matter most, the people involved, and the format best suited to preserving, sharing, or experiencing them.
Meet the Founder
Nim de Swardt
Our work is led by Nim de Swardt, an Australian Narrative Practitioner, with 20+ years of experience across 140+ bespoke narrative projects for significant families, founders, and values-led leaders.
Our practice draws on the collective expertise of: Narrative practitioners, strategists, psychologists, researchers, social scientists, advisers, human-centred designers, writers, editors, designers and storytellers.
Together, we bring rigour and care to the work of narrative stewardship.
RE-CONNECT operates with discretion, care, and long-term intent, shaping it into Narrative Capital™ that can be returned to, learned from, and carried forward over time.
“In my work with significant families, the deeper work is relational: learning how to stay connected, how to repair, how to include, how to pass on wisdom, and how to create meaning.
Stories help a family understand who they are, where they have come from, and what they are here to steward.
Through RE-CONNECT and the development of Narrative Capital™, Nim is giving families structure and language for something many intuitively know but often struggle to cultivate: stories, memories, values, lived experiences and shared meaning are also a form of capital.
I first met Nim ten years ago. Since then, I have witnessed her grow into a thoughtful and pioneering practitioner at the intersection of storytelling, legacy, and family wealth.
Nim cares deeply. She combines her own lived experiences within the complexity of family systems with deep listening, narrative intelligence, and the social sciences to help families turn stories into stewardship. For families seeking to steward wealth with greater purpose, connection, and humanity, her work is timely and deeply valuable.”
— Peter Evans - Trusted Adviser to Legacy Families and Board of Directors, The James E. Hughes, Jr. Foundation
“Working with Nim gave us a profound gift - our family’s history, beautifully told and thoughtfully preserved. It changed how we connect as a family forever”
Kind Words From Partners
“Nim has an extraordinary ability to ask powerful questions that gently guided us into deep reflection. Her creative storytelling transformed our scattered memories of building the family business into a beautifully cohesive story. The experience has profoundly reshaped not only how we see ourselves as a family business but also how we onboard new team members and take others on the journey.”
“Nim captured more than just our family’s story - she bridged generations. Through her narrative expertise, our children and grandchildren now understand where they come from, deepening relationships and nurturing bonds we never imagined possible”
What Guides Us +Our work is guided by a simple yet powerful understanding — Narrative is how meaning, identity, and continuity are carried forward over time.
Our guiding principles: Language creates possibility. Meaning is made in relationship. Listening is an act of leadership. Identity is shaped through lived experience. Legacy is not what we leave behind - but what is captured, shared, and carried forward.
Our practice is evidence-based. It bridges narrative research and ethical practice to the service of Narrative Capital™ — strengthening trust and continuity across generations.
Our Impact +Narrative Capital™ strengthens the human infrastructure that holds identity, trust, and continuity over time.
Our projects deliver:
Clear, shared language for who they are and what they stand for
Continuity even as roles, leadership, generations and context change
Lived experience translated into learning, not lost to time
Values and wisdom are carried forward with intention, not assumption
Narrative assets - stories, artefacts, and records people return to over time
Our work supports:
Intergenerational learning and stewardship
Leadership clarity at moments of transition
Trust, cohesion, and shared meaning across family systems
The human and cultural infrastructure alongside wealth, governance, and assets
“A family that hopes to preserve its wealth over time must learn to keep its stories alive.”
— James E. Hughes
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Capturing values, and shared histories to unite and empower families across generations.
Redefining how your family perceives, protects, and passes forward your values and vision.
Stories Forge Connection. Connection Sustains Generational Wealth.