How do you feel about change?

I find change really, really hard.

And most parents I know say that's the hardest thing about parenting.

It's a constant game of whack-a-mole.

It's a roller coaster where you never know when you're about to get on that next dip.

Change is so hard.

When I did my TED talk a number of years ago, I met the incredible Dr. Maya Shankar.

She was doing her TED talk all around the topic of change. And I kind of became obsessed

with her thoughts and then with her. And I'm so excited that now she has a whole book on this

topic called The Other Side of Change.

She totally reframes what change is really about, what makes it hard, and what we actually

forget about ourselves in the moments when change feels so impossible. This is a conversation

that I needed for myself.

And I promise you, whether it's about your parenting life, your adult relationships, work,

moving, divorce, whatever change you recently went through or going through, this is going

to be profoundly helpful to you. I'm Dr. Becky,

and this is good inside. We'll be back right after this. Hi, Maya. Hi, Bex. How are you?

I've been looking forward to this conversation. I know we've been talking about it. I've

been withholding all my questions until this moment. I know. I'm so happy to be here and to get to talk with you about,

you know, my upcoming book and all this work. And yeah, you're such a fun conversationalist.

You wrote a book on change. Tell me, like, why? Why did you write a book about change?

I think it's because I've always been really scared of change.

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