✦ New Book · April 21, 2026

RESILIENCE
IS A
MUSCLE

From Setbacks to Comebacks · Laurie Carey

What if resilience wasn't something you're born with — but something you could train? Neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience, combined.

📅 Debut Novel Out · April 21, 2026

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        Resilience Is a Muscle✦
        From Setbacks to Comebacks✦
        Laurie Carey✦
        April 21 · 2026✦
        Neuroscience · Psychology · Leadership✦
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A powerful book for these ever-changing and competitive times. Its hopeful outlook will inspire you and strengthen your confidence in your ability to be faithfully resilient.

Nido R. Qubein President, High Point University

The Ripple Effect

Resilience Is Contagious

One person's strength doesn't stay with them. It radiates outward — to families, teams, and communities. When you build your resilience, you build everyone's.

The Book

Retrain your mind.
Recover faster.

In Resilience is a Muscle, Laurie Carey — CEO, educator, and mother of four — reveals how the science of the brain holds the key to enduring life's hardest moments and emerging stronger.

Drawing from neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience, this book breaks down how we process stress, fear, loss, and change — and how we can retrain the mind to stay clear under pressure and lead with strength.

"Resilience isn't a personality trait. It's a practice — and this book shows you exactly how to build it."

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About the Author

Laurie Carey

CEO, educator, resilience coach, and technologist who has worked through every major wave of technological change — from mainframes and early networking to the rise of the internet, cybersecurity, and now artificial intelligence.

She is the Founder & CEO of Nebula Academy and Founder of We Connect The Dots, Inc. — a nonprofit dedicated to building real career pathways in technology for those who haven't always had access to opportunity.

A Harvard Business School alumna, certified neuroscience-based coach, and National Speakers Association member. Over 40 years in technology and business, including a decade at Microsoft. Laurie doesn't write from theory — she writes from 40 years of lived experience leading teams, navigating change, and helping others do the same.

Harvard Business School Neuroscience Coach Microsoft Alum 40+ Yrs in Tech NSA Member Mother of Four

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Purpose-Driven

Turning pages
into pathways

When you buy this book, you support We Connect The Dots — a nonprofit building real career pathways into technology and the workforce for students who haven't always had access to opportunity.

For years, this mission has relied on unpredictable government funding. Resilience is a Muscle exists partly to build a more sustainable model — one that funds operations, trains future talent, and delivers workforce development where it's needed most.

If you believe in expanding opportunity and strengthening communities, this is one way to be part of it.

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