About the book
After an unwanted change left her reeling, cognitive scientist Maya Shankar, host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, went looking for people who had lived through major upheavals. She tells their stories and weaves in findings from science to draw out lessons that apply widely, building a picture of the complicated ways people react to change. Her argument is that a big change happening to someone can lead to deep change within them: the stresses of a new reality can uncover new abilities, perspectives and values. She urges readers to treat upheaval as a chance to reimagine who they can be rather than something merely to endure. The book became an instant New York Times bestseller.
Adam Grant chose it for The New Books to Refresh Your Thinking in 2026 as a guide to finding purpose after hardship and possibility amid uncertainty.
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Finding purpose after adversity and possibility under uncertainty.
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