How to Survive Change . . . You Didn't Ask For: Bounce Back, Find Calm in Chaos, and Reinvent Yourself

M. J. Ryan

Mar 2014 · Mango Media Inc.

About this ebook

“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

These are challenging times. Chances are, at this moment, you’re confronting some change you never asked for—perhaps a life crisis, like a loss of job or the failure of a dream. Maybe you have to learn to work in new ways or find a new place to live. Bestselling author, thought leader, and change expert M.J. Ryan is here to help. Within the pages of How to Survive Change…You Didn't Ask For, you’ll find the support and practices you need to adapt successful and ride the wave of this change, whatever it may be.

Change is always hard, and it’s even harder when it’s thrust upon us, unbidden. But with every change, there is also opportunity. In this book, the New York Times-bestselling author of Attitudes of Gratitude provides strategies to retain your brain and optimize your response to life change, step by step. Best of all, as your adaptability increases, so does your confidence—with her guidance, you will be able to:
·       Accept change
·       Expand your options
·       Take action
·       Strengthen your adaptability
·       Turn life transitions into opportunities for success
·       survive and thrive no matter what life throws your way

About the author

Known internationally as an expert on change, inspirational speaker and human development guru M.J. Ryan works as an executive coach to senior executives and entrepreneurs around the world to accelerate business success and personal fulfillment. She combines a practical approach gained from being the CEO of Conari Press with methodologies from neuroscience, positive psychology, and asset-focused learning to help clients and readers more easily meet their goals.

A highly successful author, Ryan is known for co-creating the Random Acts of Kindness series, as well as writing best-sellers such as A Grateful Heart, Atitudes of Gratitude, The Power of Patience, and her AdaptAbility book How to Survive Change . . . You Didn't Ask For. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her family.