About

Reframing adversity not as a threat to avoid, but as an invitation to engage, act, and cultivate resilience, agency, and self-knowledge.

Life is inherently challenging, unpredictable, and sometimes brutal. However, these very difficulties, the “hammers” of life, become the medium through which we grow, discover, and forge ourselves. In this blog, I reframe adversity not as a threat to avoid, but as an invitation to engage, act, and cultivate resilience, agency, and self-knowledge.

My name is Runa Prinsloo. I am a freelance editor, and my qualifications are in Language and Literature. I am not a licensed therapist, psychologist, or certified coach. The content provided on this blog is for informational and motivational purposes only. The advice, opinions, and commentary shared here are based on experiences, observations, and general knowledge.

The back end of the blog changed, and all previous posts have been updated. So, previous subscribers who subscribed to receive emails, please re-subscribe if you want the post to arrive in your email inbox. For the sake of transparency, I do not want to re-add you without your knowledge.

Freelance editing inquires can be direct to wordcarver@duck.com.

If you want to receive WhatsApp notifications of new posts, you can join the Despite the Hammers Channel

I’m thinking aloud on BlueSky: Follow @despitethehammers.

If you want a newsletter to land in your email inbox, you can subscribe. All subscriptions are free. Only subscribers can comment on posts on the blog.