Google’s Senior Director of Behavioural Economics shows how the big changes we experience change us, and how we can best adapt to them to thrive.
An unexpected diagnosis.
A breakup.
A redundancy.
When life throws a curveball, this book helps you overcome.
After an incident in her own life left her reeling, pioneering cognitive scientist Maya Shankar spent decades researching the mind. Her powerful book now 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.
We see how 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.
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.
Author Biography
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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