How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask for

Reviews / Votes

"If you're struggling and think that one more book can't possibly make a difference, think again. M.J. Ryan has the rare gift of breaking things down into clear pieces that can be tackled."

-Laura Berman Fortgang, author of Now What?: 90 Days to a New Life Direction



"You are always more resilient than you think. In her motivational and optimistic book, M.J. Ryan shows you how to face the unexpected and use what you've learned to be happier in life, in love, and at work."

-Nell Merlino, leader of Make Mine a Million $ Business and author of Stepping Out of Line



"The change you didn't ask for has a way of smacking you between the eyes. M.J. Ryan's book teaches us how we can get through the pain more quickly and extract greater meaning from the nonnegotiable events of life."

-Ellyn Spragins, author of What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self



"How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask For is not only M.J. Ryan's best book, but the most accessible and practical book yet on the subject of change to date. It contains a compendium of best practices from cross-sector disciplines and research regarding transition and change in our lives. Nowhere will you find a more inspirational, realistic, comforting and accessible book that reduces fear and reopens possibility, curiosity, and creative solutions unimagined during the most challenging of times!"

-Angeles Arrien, PhD, cultural anthropologist and author of The Second Half of Life and Living in Gratitude



"What if someone could whisper in your ear the secret to feeling more peaceful, more confident, more emotionally secure, more aligned with your values, more capable of taking risks, and more comfortable in your skin? Wouldn't that be amazing?! This book is that whisper! Mary Jane Ryan's How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask For will get you through ANYTHING. You'll learn how to set new boundaries, take bold leaps, trust your gut, create your own rules, and so much more."

-Sherry Richert Belul, author of Say It Now and founder of Simply Celebrate



"Insightful, honest and refreshingly pragmatic. M.J. Ryan skillfully cuts through the noise of the guru help category and provides a hugely practical way to help yourself. This is the right book for right now."

-Jonathan Pease, author of Winning the Room




"When life changes are planned and thought out, we are filled with optimism and excitement for what the future may bring. However, when that change is unexpected or imposed, we are often wrought with anxiety and worry. M.J. Ryan's tools, as set out in her How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask For provides a thoughtful and simple resource to help each of us navigate life's unexpected changes."

-Julie and David Bulitt, authors of Secrets of Strong Couples and cohosts of Conversations for Couples - The Podcast



"M.J. Ryan's new book, How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask For, is the manual none of us received when we came down the chute. It's the playbook, the bible, the encyclopedia we need now. In it, she offers the recipe to help us develop the skillset we need in a world that is morphing and changing faster than ever before. With the tools she offers, we can do more than hang on for dear life. We can thrive!"

-Nita Sweeney, mindfulness coach and bestselling author of Depression Hates a Moving Target