Episode Details

I sat down with Ann Grady, bestselling author and resilience expert. Ann opens up about raising her son Evan, who lives with autism and severe developmental delays, and how that journey reshaped everything she understands about adaptability. 

We dig into the real difference between enduring hardship and actually being resilient, why your brain treats uncertainty like a tiger attack, and how learned helplessness quietly rewires your nervous system over time.

Ann breaks down her EVOLVE framework, explains why confidence comes from behaving rather than believing. We also get into the locus of control, the grief-like curve of change, and why comfort can become its own kind of cage.

Would you say you're currently "standing in the storm" or "sitting it out in the cave"?