Thriving Through Change

A relationship. A job. Health. Money. Loss. Change can be chosen or unwelcome, it can loom on the horizon or storm in without warning. Whether you’re going through it now, can sense something coming, or are recovering from something big, this course is for you.

Maya was a gifted violinist, training at Juilliard under Itzhak Perlman, until a hand injury ended her career and she had to rebuild from the ground up. Thriving Through Change is a practical toolkit of exercises she developed through years of research, sparked by that turning point. You’ll learn how to focus on what you can control, let go of what you can’t, stop the spiral, live with not knowing, and make decisions you trust – so you can grow from life’s biggest moments, not just get through them.

That promising young musician is now your Maestro: Dr Maya Shankar, a cognitive neuroscientist with a doctorate from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford. Formerly a senior advisor in the Obama White House and the first Behavioural Science Advisor to the United Nations, she is the creator of the award-winning podcast A Slight Change of Plans, previously Apple’s Best Show of the Year, and author of The Other Side of Change, which debuted at number two on the New York Times bestseller list.

You’ll be ready next time life doesn’t go to plan, with tools that are rooted in the science of change and explained in plain English, so you'll understand not just what works, but why. And the idea at the heart of it all? There is potential on the other side of change, and Maya will show you how to uncover it.