The Hand You’re Dealt by Kate Naess

The Hand You’re Dealt is a powerful, honest story about facing life’s challenges with passion, purpose, and perspective-and turning adversity into opportunity.

Written by Kate Naess-Paralympian, organisational psychologist, and speaker-this book weaves together deeply personal stories and research-backed insights to explore what it really takes to keep showing up when life doesn’t go to plan.

Born with a hand difference, Kate grew up navigating the pressure to perform and the quiet weight of not always feeling like she belonged. Across childhood, elite sport, motherhood, grief, and reinvention, she shares what it means to build resilience without needing to be “bulletproof”-and how to reclaim worth beyond outcomes, titles, or medals.

At its core, The Hand You’re Dealt is about learning to focus on what you do have, rather than wasting your life wishing for a different set of cards. It’s about mindset, identity, belonging, and the choices that shape who we become-especially in the moments that test us most.

With warmth, candour, and clarity, Kate offers readers a practical and empowering lens for navigating uncertainty, overcoming self-doubt, and playing their own hand with intention-one decision, one habit, and one courageous step at a time.

28 Jan 2026

The Hand You’re Dealt by Kate Naess ISBN 9781997730132