Opinion: The surprising thing that helps you cope with change

When you experience something new, ambiguous, or unexpected, stress hormones and chemicals flood the brain, Maggie Jackson writes. We are built to crave answers. Not-knowing unsettles us — but we can benefit from embracing uncertainty as a path to curiosity, adaptability and resilience, the very cognitive skills needed in times of change.

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