It Happens! How to Become Change-resilient

by Julie M. Smith

A simple story with a powerful message, "It" Happens! offers what other "coping with change" books have missed -- step-by-step, how-to guidance that really works. Change comes to us in many forms. No matter what the circumstances, we can deal with it in ways that make the experience easier and the results positive. "It" Happens!, a tale of two squirrels and their wise human friends, shows us how. Their forest destroyed by fire, the squirrels -- Ruff (who resists change) and Rosie (who is ready for change but isn't sure what to do next) -- know they must leave and go to New World. But the change is frightening. There's anger too -- and uncertainty. Change veterans Ebb and Flo, themselves wrestling with a life change, help the squirrels piece together the Change Puzzle that lets them conquer their emotions, change the behaviors that keep them stuck and feeling helpless, and find the Treasures that always await those who face change head-on.

123 pages, Hardcover

First published September 23, 2002

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book taught lessons on how to become change-resilient. Basically, it follows a very similar pattern to "Who Moved My Cheese?", but was twice as long and half as entertaining. The narrative is extremely contrived and the included puzzle and cards are formulaic and uninventive.

[Jared · Rating 2 out of 5]

Weak effort