Theme: Brave Adaptation The hardest stretches are the ones no map covers: not the distance, but the deciding as you go. An essay on moving well through territory nobody has charted for you. Read the full essay on Substack This theme comes to life in Brave Adaptation, one of Samantha's five 202...

Theme: Brave Adaptation Smooth paths teach very little. Children build capacity on terrain: uneven ground, real weather, manageable risk. So do the adults they become. An essay on difficulty as a nutrient, at home and at work. Read the full essay on Substack This theme comes to life in Brave ...

Theme: Brave Adaptation Plans are what you have before contact with the desert, the storm, the market. Improvisation under duress is a skill, and like any skill it can be trained before you need it. This essay unpacks how to keep judgement, humour and momentum when conditions refuse to stabilis...

Brave Adaptation ·  Brave Adaptation Moving forward when the conditions will not stabilise. The goal is not to return to normal. There is no normal to return to. I have been caught in a bushfire in Australia, an earthquake in Chile and active landslides in Nepal. None of them arrived on...