The Ryan Sallans Book Series

S1E17 Bicep Envy

The focus on my perceived imperfections leads me to understanding how guys get addicted to weights and their supplements. I’ve been able to keep myself away from the supplements so far, but the…

S1E16 My Second Origin Story

S1E15 Finding My Soul in the Heartland

Over the years I’ve noticed our transgender brotherhood and our experiences have turned us into mentors in the community. There are so many aspects to transitioning: the name change, surgical…

S1E13 My Family Comes Together . . . Sort Of

In preparing to do what I felt would be the impossible, I accepted the fact that my family may very well disown me and never want to see me again. If I could accept losing everything and still move…

S1 Tips on Coming Out to Family

Many people question how to come out to family. In this brief trailer, Ryan provides a few tips on how to navigate the process.

S1E12 Sexless in the City

In preparing to do what I felt would be the impossible, I accepted the fact that my family may very well disown me and never want to see me again. If I could accept losing everything and still move…

S1E11 The Incredible Shrinking Coed

The strong smell of latex paint and a mixture of bleach hit my nostrils as the door swung open to the single dorm room I would be residing in during my sophomore year of college. I was wearing a…

S1E10 Resetting My Biological Clock

After a few weeks in college, I began to wonder if I would be able to reach either of my goals that I set after high school (to not to gain weight and to find a boyfriend who would want to marry me).…

S1E9 My Life Among the Awkward Adolescents

By my twelfth birthday I quit wishing to turn into a boy and started to wish that my body would just stop turning more female. With puberty I saw my breasts developing and my hips widening. The…

S1E8 Superman Versus My Mom

“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. . . It’s a plane. . . It’s Superman!” My seven-year-old body shot up, off the ground. My right arm lifted above my head as my feet, clad in red-trimmed sweat socks…

S1E7 My Origin Story

In this episode, take a step back into the mid-1960's in small town Nebraska where my parents first met. I am happy to share that their romance and love story is still strong, 60 years later.

S1E6 The Start of Second Son

In this episode we enter into Ryan's current best-selling book, Second Son.   By age four, I was labeled a tomboy—a label that made my dad happy, I think. I became his shadow. Everywhere he went, I…

S1E5 Death By Scotch

It was death by Scotch. By jeez, by gosh! Yes . . . death by Scotch. Multiple computer coroners thus professed.   The killing of Ryan's computer was just the start of things comically going further…

S1E4 Things I Miss

In this episode, Ryan is taking you to the San Jacinto Mountain Range of Southern California. He went there to escape from heartache, but he is learning there is no escaping grief.

S1E3 Love Spun Undone

In this episode, we are entering into chapter 3 "Love Spun Undone," from my forthcoming book Finding Me: Finding We.

S1E2 God's Land

Look to the sky, whenever one's in doubt.  Look to the sky and wander all about.   In this episode, Ryan will read chapter 2, God's Land from his forthcoming book, Finding Me: Finding We. Get ready…

S1E1 Listening to Fink to Pitter, Patter

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Ryan Sallans Book Series! Ryan has been entertaining audiences with his storytelling across the globe for the past 20 years. Now, it time to go behind the…