Thank you for joining us for episode 559 of Live Happy Now.

We're living in a time of rapid and dramatic change, and that requires us to become more adaptable.

This week's guest is here to tell us how to do it.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and today I'm joined by author and resilience expert

Ann Grady, who teaches people how to break out of reactivity to begin living on purpose.

Her latest book, Evolvability, teaches her unique formula that blends neuroscience,

gratitude, and humor to help us navigate change with confidence and stay grounded under

pressure so we can

make decisions based on our priorities, not panic. Let's have a listen. And thank you so much for

joining me today. Thank you so much for having me, Paula. I'm thrilled to be here. Well,

thrilled to have you on the show. You've got this great new book. It's called Evolvability.

And first of all, the title was

intriguing to me, so I had to go a little bit deeper. And for our listeners to understand, like,

this is something that you define as our ability to adapt, learn, and grow forward. And so instantly,

that's like something I want to know more about. Can you talk about, first of all, how you became

such an expert on adapting?

Well, the big picture is that I raised a child with severe mental illness and autism

and developmental delays that really forced me to have to adapt in the moment and build

resilience that I didn't know I had.

But what led to this book was a camping trip that I would have done anything to avoid.

Like I was the most non-outdoorsy outdoor person you can imagine.

I would have done anything, including have a colonoscopy, to not have to go camping.

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