TERRI LEE RYAN
Author of “Life Is One Big To-Do List: A Woman’s Life after 40″
Is living on your to-do list?
A humorous guide to Life after 40.
Terri Lee Ryan shares her life and other women’s lives at an age when their hormones are diminishing faster than they can take estrogen, their career options are dwindling, and the cellulite on the backs of their legs is multiplying faster than a virus! Ryan addresses the small and the not-so-small daily challenges women encounter that make them just want to hide under the covers instead of deal with life. Fun, honest and pertinent, this is a must-read for women.
Written with hope, candor and a biting sense of humor, Terri Lee Ryan utilizes her life experiences and others as a platform. Offering helpful advice and support in dealing with women’s daily to-do lists – including managing time-consuming mates, needy parents, a demoralizing divorce, job lay-offs and the aging process -she urges women to start living for themselves, not for others.
Ryan admits she does not have the answers as she faces the reality she is a middle-aged woman, knows she can not turn back the clock, yet advises women that the only way to deal with life is to just to that, to deal with it, through experience, insight and humor. Life is One Big To-do List: A Woman’s Life after 40,is irresistible; filled with stories on topics all women will relate.
About the Author:
Today’s Chicago Woman magazine’s featured blogger and article contributor, Terri Lee Ryan, is an expert in lifestyle issues, today. Her popular book, Life Is One Big To-Do List: A Woman’s Life after 40 is a fun, yet honest look at life after 40. She combines her unique background in journalism, executive search/career coaching and sales with her own personal experience to create books and docuseries, which entertain and inspire. Ryan began writing professionally as a radio reporter.
Currently, a popular radio and television guest, she has appeared on WLS-AM 890 on the “Women of Mass Discussion” show and is a regular contributor on, WGN-AM 720 weekend show with Gerry Agar and ChicagoNow, in Chicago. She has also been a guest on numerous national radio shows, including KSPI in Palm Springs and Blogtalk radio shows: The Deanna Lorraine Dating Coach Show, Gloria Greer, It’s All About You and The Finesse Cuisine Hour. She is also a contributor to WLS-7 ABC television. Look for her career blog on Chicago Tribune’s site, Get Employed!, http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/get-employed-terri-lee-ryan/ and
Sample Book Endorsements:
Sherren Leigh, Founder, Today’s Chicago Woman– “Terri Lee Ryan actually makes readers look forward to life after 40 in an amusing and insightful way. Readers will relate to the life experiences shared in this book and for those under 40, some advice for future use will be shared.”
Susanna Homan, Editor, Michigan Avenue Magazine–“Terri Lee Ryan is the girlfriend who tells you all of her trade secrets in Life Is One Big To-Do List: A Woman’s Life after 40. From the ups and downs of friendship to telltale signs of an unfaithful partner, she isn’t afraid to share life lessons she’s picked up over the years. Her girl-girl advice is authentic and unguarded.”
Misha Davenport, Features Writer, Sun-Times newspaper- “Chicago life coach and author Terri Lee Ryan is like that best friend who, over a cup of coffee or after a pitcher of margaritas, isn’t afraid to tell you how things really are.”
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