How to Bounce Back from Life’s Curveballs (with Dr. Maya Shankar)

Life has a way of upending even our best-laid plans. Breakups, job losses, scary health diagnoses — these unexpected changes can leave us feeling stuck and uncertain about what comes next. Dr. Laurie speaks with her dear friend and former student, Dr. Maya Shankar, author of The Other Side of Change and host of A Slight Change of Plans, about how to navigate these major shifts, including practical tips for leaning into change instead of resisting it and reimagining the possible selves we can become in the new year.

You can listen to How to Bounce Back from Life’s Curveballs (with Dr. Maya Shankar) online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

How to Bounce Back from Life’s Curveballs (with Dr. Maya Shankar) is an episode from The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos by Pushkin Industries.

This episode is 39:32 long.

This episode was published on Jan 12, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.