What if we saw change as a chance to reimagine ourselves, rather than as something to just endure? What potential could change unlock within us? Life has a way of thwarting our best-laid plans. Out of nowhere, you get an unexpected diagnosis, your relationship ends, or you suffer some other trick of fate. In these moments, it can feel like you''re free-falling into the unknown. Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist, has spent decades researching people''s interior lives. When an incident in her own life left her reeling, she sought out others who had gone through extraordinary disruption to see if their experiences could help us rethink our relationship with change. This book pairs intimate, illuminating stories with the latest science of human behaviour, offering wisdom and practical strategies to help us better navigate these pivotal moments. We see how the unique stresses and demands of our situation can help us tap into new abilities, perspectives and values, and how the hardest moments in our lives might allow us to more deeply discover who we are and who we can become.

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Maya Shankar is a cognitive scientist and creator of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, named "Best Show of the Year" by Apple.

A Rhodes Scholar, she served as a senior adviser in the Obama White House and as the first Behavioral Science Advisor to the United Nations.

Shankar has been profiled by The New Yorker, has been a guest on NPR, CBS Mornings, and the Today show, and is a neuroscience expert on Limitless with Chris Hemsworth. She is a former violin student of Itzhak Perlman at Juilliard. She lives with her husband in Mountain View, California.

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Discover how to adapt to change and learn to find strength, happiness, and growth in the chaos, with the inspiring new book from cognitive scientist and host of the award-winning podcast A Slight Change of Plans, Maya Shankar.

"A rare combination of beautiful storytelling, cognitive science and wholehearted wisdom" BRENÉ BROWN, bestselling author of Daring Greatly

"The book we all need when life knocks us sideways" MEL ROBBINS, bestselling author of The Let Them Theory

"I loved The Other Side of Change. Moving and powerful" MALCOLM GLADWELL, bestselling author of Outliers

An unexpected diagnosis. A breakup. A redundancy. When life throws a curveball, this book helps us through.

Change isn't something to just endure. It doesn't have to leave us feeling stuck, hopeless or broken. Approached in the right way, it can lead us to uncover new abilities, perspectives and values, transforming us in extraordinary ways.

After an incident in her own life left her reeling, pioneering cognitive scientist Maya Shankar managed the uncertainty by dedicating herself to researching the mind. Now, her powerful book invites us to rethink our relationship with change altogether.

Sharing the riveting stories of others who have also gone through remarkable disruption, Maya unpicks scientific insights to illuminate the universal lessons hidden within them. Exploring our complex reactions to all kinds of change, from denial and guilt to rumination and stagnation, we're offered tools and strategies to unlock our full potential in the face of upheaval.

Whether you're processing a past change, grappling with a present one, or bracing for a future one, discover who you can become on the other side of change.