Jason Wachub

You're on this journey, you're a cardiologist, you wrote this amazing book.

What did you say like, huh, I could do a better job here?

This has had a meaningful impact on me personally.

So we covered a lot today.

Is there anything in closing you want to touch on or perhaps leave our audience with some words of wisdom before we close?

Amen.

We'll close there.

Thank you so much.

Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast.

I'm Jason Wachub, founder and co-CEO of My Buddy Green and your host.

What do you do when life doesn't just throw you a curveball, but completely changes the path you thought you were on?

Because sooner or later, all of us face a moment when that plan falls apart.

A diagnosis we didn't see coming, a dream that quietly ends, a future that suddenly looks like nothing what we imagined.

Today's guest is someone who spent her career studying exactly what happens next.

Dr. Maya Shankar is a cognitive scientist, former founder and chair of the White House Behavioral Science Team, and the creator and host of the award-winning podcast, A Slight Change of Plans.

And now she's the author of a powerful new book, The Other Side of Change, Who Will Become When Life Makes Other Plans.

In today's show, we dive into what science and lived experience can teach us about navigating upheaval.

We'll explore how unexpected change can act as a form of revelation, why our sense of control shatters during life's hardest moments, and how to rebuild an identity that's resilient when roles, labels, or dreams fall away.

If you've ever asked yourself, why did this happen to me?

Or wondered who you might become on the other side of a major life shift, this show is for you.