| M.J. RyanAuthor of Randon Acts of KindnessMember of Professional Thinking PartnersBiography
Inspirational author and international coach M.J. Ryan is one of the creators of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series and the author of The Happiness Makeover (finalist in the 2005 Books for Better Living award), This Year I Will…Attitudes of Gratitude, The Power of Patience, Trusting Yourself, The Giving Heart, and 365 Health and Happiness Boosters, among other titles. Altogether, there are 1.75 million copies of her titles in print.
Dubbed “an expert in human fulfillment,” she specializes in coaching high performance executives, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams around the world. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation and her clients include Royal Dutch Shell, Microsoft, the U.S. Department of Defense, Chevron, Hewitt Associates, the Dept of the Interior, the Cowell Foundation, Bioneers, the Boys and Girls Club, the Town of Paradise, CA, and SRAK, a joint venture between Saudi Arabia and an international oil companies.
She has appeared on “The Today Show,” CNN, and hundreds of radio programs. She is the life coach columnist for Health and a contributing editor to Good Housekeeping. Articles on her work have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, Wall St. Journal, Health, Family Circle, Ladies Home Journal, Town and Country, Cosmopolitan and Yoga Journal. She has recently been appointed to the Sleep Number Quality of Life Advisory Board as an expert in personal happiness and as the spokesperson for the Society of American Florists “Power of Giving” campaign.
M.J. gives speeches and workshops throughout the country, including with Marianne Williamson at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York, the Alliance for the New Humanity with Deepak Chopra, Peeke Week Retreats with Pamela Peeke, the Oceans of Gratitude cruise, Thanksgiving Square in Dallas, the Crossroads Center in Chicago, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts, Esalen Institute at Big Sur, Robert Redford’s Sundance resort in Utah, and a Woman’s Way retreat center in Sedona. In 2007, she was a keynote speaker for all five days of the National Speaking of Women’s Health Conference in Cincinnati on creating change and the power of the positive emotions, including gratitude, for enhancing our quality of life.
Her work is based on a combination of positive psychology, strengths-based coaching, the wisdom traditions, and cutting edge brain research. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.
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