Doing what you know is right
Have you ever sacrificed the life you wanted for the life you felt you had to live?
Ecological scientist Mark Graham first met Dailan Pugh at a forest blockade when he was sixteen — and has been in awe of him ever since. Dailan gave up his dream of a quiet, off-grid life as an artist to fight for the rainforests of northern NSW, and four decades later, he still hasn't stopped.
Walking through fire
When everything falls apart, how do you keep moving forward?
Family lawyer Heather McKinnon has watched Julie McCabe do something she considers almost impossible — hold a family together with joy and grace after her husband Al's rugby accident left him a quadriplegic. What Heather saw as extraordinary courage, Julie experienced as simply doing what the next minute required.
Stepping off the beaten path
What would you do if you gave yourself permission?
When his close friend died young, Sebastian Terry asked himself whether he was happy with the life he was living. The answer was no. His friend Michael Crossland has watched Seb spend fifteen years working through a list of 100 things to do before he dies — and finding, along the way, not just adventure but himself.
Surrendering to the unknown
When the life you’ve built comes to an end, do you know who you are without it?
Stephanie Sims has nominated her ex-husband Aden Ridgeway — not for his trailblazing career as the only Aboriginal senator in the Australian Parliament, but for what he did when it was over. Adrift in retirement, Aden decided to trek to Everest Base Camp alone, with a heart condition and a fear of heights. He called it surrendering to the unknown.