Gibson Quinn Publishing has released a new non-fiction book titled 'High Agency Human: Navigate Adversity and Live Big' by military veteran and registered nurse Vickie M. Lanthier. The book serves as a practical guide designed to help individuals navigate adversity with intention, build resilience before crisis hits, and lead themselves through life's challenges with confidence and control. Rather than promising a life free of hardship, 'High Agency Human' reframes adversity as a normal and even meaningful part of a full life. The book equips readers with tools to respond skillfully instead of reactively, drawing from research, expert interviews, and lived experience. It introduces a clear, structured approach to building agency, strengthening internal and external buffers, and expanding personal capacity over time.
"Adversity isn't the problem as much as being unprepared for it is," says Lanthier. "This book gives people a way to stop feeling caught off guard by life and start building confidence through strategic preparedness and increased capability. Agency is a skill, and it can be built." The book helps readers identify and strengthen gaps so adversity no longer derails them, bounce back faster from financial, personal, and professional setbacks, shift from reactive behavior to intentional, confident action, and increase their influence over their own lives even in uncertain conditions. The structured approach presented in the book represents a departure from traditional self-help methods that often focus on avoiding hardship rather than preparing for it.
'High Agency Human: Navigate Adversity and Live Big' releases March 24, 2026, in print, ebook, and audiobook formats. For more information about the book and its approach to building resilience, visit highagencyhuman.com. The book's release comes at a time when many individuals and organizations are seeking practical frameworks for navigating increasing uncertainty in personal and professional contexts. Lanthier brings decades of experience in high-stakes environments to her writing, combining practical frameworks with evidence-based insight. The book builds on her work helping individuals and organizations develop the skills needed to navigate challenges and live with greater intention. By focusing on building agency as a learnable skill rather than an innate trait, 'High Agency Human' offers readers a systematic approach to developing greater control over their responses to life's inevitable difficulties.
