New Book "The Realignment" Offers a Roadmap for Turning Unexpected Change Into a Powerful New Beginning

Author and occupational therapist Dr. Jessica Mack draws on clinical expertise and her own life-altering pivot to help readers redefine who they are, reconnect with what matters, and intentionally create what comes next

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Occupational therapist Dr. Jessica Mack is excited to announce the launch of her book, The Realignment: A Proven Method for Your Most Powerful Pivot, now available for purchase. At a time when layoffs, burnout, changing relationships, health and economic challenges, and other unexpected disruptions are forcing many people to reconsider next steps, Dr. Mack offers a practical approach to navigating change out of your control without losing sight of who you really are.

In The Realignment, Dr. Mack shows readers how moments of change can become opportunities to examine the roles, routines and identities that have shaped our lives, identify our underlying purpose, and move forward with greater intention. Dr. Mack also introduces the "REAL Method," a four-step framework grounded in the science of human change and the realities of how people move through it. Each step corresponds to a stage of the realignment process and helps readers navigate with actual direction without feeling the need to have everything figured out at once.

"I wrote The Realignment because I know what it feels like to have life change in a way that you did not choose," says author Dr. Jessica Mack. "For a long time, I thought moving forward meant figuring out how to get back to the person I was before. What I eventually realized was that I could take everything I lived and learned, and use it to create what came next. That realization changed the way I looked at change itself, and it is what I hope this book gives to other people facing their own realignment."

Central to the book is the idea that a setback does not define you, but how you rebuild does. Drawing on her background in occupational therapy, Dr. Mack explores how understanding what matters and who we are beyond any particular title we have can allow us to handle change when we are confronted with it but also live our lives with greater clarity, no longer identifying solely with an occupation or role.

The book is also informed by Dr. Mack's own lived experience: After decades of building a professional and personal identity around helping others, a significant health crisis forced her to step away from roles that had become central to how she defined herself. The experience led her to examine the difference between a title and a purpose, combining that realization with her expert understanding of how the responsibilities that we have in our lives – our jobs, but also roles like parent, spouse, sibling, etc. – affect the way we function.

Ultimately, The Realignment is not about becoming a different person. It is about recognizing what remains when circumstances change and using that understanding to take deliberate action and build what comes next.

The Realignment: A Proven Method for Your Most Powerful Pivot is available now via Amazon, IngramSpark publishing, and where all books are sold.

ABOUT DR. JESSICA MACK
Dr. Jessica Mack is an occupational therapist, founder of The Functional Consulting Group, and a nationally recognized health and lifestyle expert. Her work sits at the intersection of wellness, identity, performance, and intentional living, combining clinical expertise with practical insights to help individuals and organizations navigate change and reconnect with purpose in order to move forward with clarity. She is the author of The Realignment: A Proven Method for Your Most Powerful Pivot.

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