Why courage?
In my early forties, despite outward success, I often felt unhappy and stuck. Then something shifted. I realised that what I needed wasn’t a bigger life - just a braver one. Not “big C” courage, like rescuing someone from a burning building, but everyday courage: saying no to the wrong things, yes to the right ones, and daring to walk my own path even when it felt vulnerable or uncertain.
Small acts of courage changed my life. And I’ve come to believe that courage might be the quality we most need right now - to face the challenges the world is throwing at us, and to find joy in our lives despite them.
So what is courage really? With Finding Courage, I set out to explore that question.
How Finding Courage works
I ask people to nominate someone whose courage has stayed with them. Then I interview both the nominator and the nominee and weave their accounts into a single story told in two voices.
In every Finding Courage story, one person sees another’s courage. The other lives it.
That distinction matters. Courage looks different from the outside than it feels from the inside - and both perspectives together reveal something that neither could alone.
Reflections
As the stories accumulate, I find myself learning things about courage that I didn’t expect. The Reflections section is where I think out loud about what the stories are teaching me - patterns I’m noticing, questions they’re raising, and what it all might mean.
About Me
I’m Stephanie Hunt, a writer based in New South Wales, Australia. Finding Courage is my ongoing inquiry into one of the qualities I most admire in others and need within my own life.
I’m glad you’re here!