Growth Happens Inside Your Comfort Zone
Everyone says growth happens outside your comfort zone. Trauma research flips that notion on its head. What children in Namibia taught me about our ability to improvise and adapt.
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125 Miles of Grace: Hitchhiking Across Africa
Solo female backpacker, no transport. Hitchhiking across Uganda taught me more about grace and the kindness of strangers than anything I planned.
A Night on Botswana's Salt Pans: Meerkats, ATVs, and Stargazing
A photo essay from 24 hours exploring Botswana's Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, and tips for how to book your tour.
I Almost Died at Victoria Falls.
What a near-death rafting experience revealed about safety culture in post-colonial countries.
I Am Going Places.
What does it really mean to be "going places" — and why do we think we must? Thoughts on ambition and arriving, from an encounter in Tanzania.