What gets passed down in families

9 stories.

Connecting Seniors

More than One Way to Skin a Cat: How Narelle Lost Her Sight and Found Her Purpose

A computer programmer who lost her sight at 42 rebuilt her life by treating obstacles as problems to solve, not identities to accept.

Animals & Us

Finding purpose during adversity thanks to community support with Adrian 'Moose' Skeggs

A boy who burned down a boat shed on a tiny island grew up to represent Australia on the international rugby stage — because a community refused to give up on him.

Animals & Us

The elephant's eyes changed everything

A girl who witnessed cruelty chose to spend her life speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Kintsugi Heroes

My father never stopped walking

A son's discovery that his father's unspoken war trauma shaped him too, and how understanding that inheritance became the path to healing it.

Kintsugi Heroes

The gold in the fractures

A father who lost his son learns that grace is the choice to find beauty in the rubble, and live whole.

Golden Threads

What I do while I can walk

Alyssa navigates genetic uncertainty, cultural duty, and her sister's progressive disability while building a different future for herself.

Grit Diaries

She Won Her Case Against Parliament House—But the Real Battle Was Survival

A diplomat speaks up against systematic workplace bullying in Parliament House and finds purpose helping others trapped in silence.

Kintsugi Heroes

Emerging from a history of domestic abuse stronger with Josie Parata

A single mother of four who fled domestic violence while pregnant, lived in a women's refuge, survived a terminal cancer diagnosis, and went on to found a not-for-profit supporting victims of domestic violence, homelessness, and addiction — Josie Parata's story is proof that the deepest wounds can become the greatest gifts to others.

Connecting Seniors

Finding Jenny: From Doormat to Nurse at 40

Jenni went back to school at 40 after her marriage ended, and spent 23 years rebuilding a self she thought she'd lost.