Once Upon A Time I Survived Myself

by Rylin Rossano

Overview

Once Upon a Time, I Survived Myself is part memoir, part healing guide, and part fairy tale gone rogue. This book is for the girls who feel too much, overthink everything, and have been told they're either too much-or never enough.

Through poetic reflections, raw honesty, and lyrical storytelling, Rylin Rossano takes you into the chaos of growing up too fast. From chronic illness and anxiety to heartbreak, grief, and identity, she writes through every ache with a softness that refuses to be broken. This is not a how-to. It's not a happily ever after. It's a survival story.

Written in the thick of healing, Once Upon a Time, I Survived Myself is a love letter to anyone who's ever wondered if they'd make it through. It's about rewriting the narrative, choosing to stay soft in a world that tries to harden you, and learning-slowly-that being a mess doesn't mean you're not magical.

This book is for the girls who are still becoming. And for the girl Rylin used to be.
She survived. And now, she writes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798319603951
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	07/02/2025
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rylin Rossano is a wellness advocate, author, podcast host, yoga instructor, and the founder of Take Care By Ry—a global movement rooted in softness, survival, and self-returning.

She’s the creator and host of the internationally streamed podcast Take Care of Your Body by Ry, where healing meets honesty and every episode feels like a hug. She’s the voice behind the instagram page takecarebyry, where nutrition meets heart. And now, she’s the author of Once Upon a Time, I Survived Myself—a poetic, soul-deep memoir for the girls who are still learning how to stay.

Diagnosed with POTS after years of not being believed, Rylin turned her pain into purpose. She graduated high school at 15, pursued her master’s by 18, and built an entire brand on making people feel less alone. She speaks for the girls who’ve been dismissed, the ones who had to grow up too fast, and the ones still rebuilding trust in their own bodies.

She’s known for her softness, her fire, and her unapologetic tenderness.

For the way she makes healing feel like poetry.

For her voice that sounds like safety when everything else is loud.

For the way she never gave up—even when she wanted to.

She writes for anyone who’s ever felt like they were too much, or not enough.

For those who carry invisible pain and still choose to show up.

For the ones who’ve had to let go of versions of themselves just to keep going.

For the chronically ill who were told they look fine on the outside.

For the ones who were told they were “too much” or “too young” to matter.

And she tells the truth gently—because she knows what it’s like to survive by holding it all in.

Rylin Rossano isn’t here to impress you.

She’s here to free you.

She’s not just a public figure—she’s a mirror for the people who forgot they were allowed to take up space.

This isn’t a fairytale.

It’s a reckoning.

And she’s the girl who lived to write the ending.