Summary of Meg Jay's Supernormal

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#1 Helen, after college, spent most of her time with non-government organizations fighting for a better world. She went wherever she was needed, and one day, her mother asked her to come home. Her father had killed himself in the house where she grew up.

#2 When I asked Helen if she had ever thought of herself as resilient, she was taken aback but not confused. She replied that she was not resilient, because if she was, she wouldn’t be here.

#3 The most common adversities that children and teens face are the loss of a parent or sibling through death or divorce, a parent or sibling who is a problem drinker, an adult or sibling who struggles with a mental illness, or some other serious illness or special need.

#4 The term resilience is commonly used to describe the ability to bounce back from adversity, but in reality, this is not what resilient people do. They are not just resilient, they are changed by their experiences.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822516045

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Insights on Meg Jay's Supernormal

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Helen, after college, spent most of her time with non-government organizations fighting for a better world. She went wherever she was needed, and one day, her mother asked her to come home. Her father had killed himself in the house where she grew up.

#2

When I asked Helen if she had ever thought of herself as resilient, she was taken aback but not confused. She replied that she was not resilient, because if she was, she wouldn’t be here.

#3

The most common adversities that children and teens face are the loss of a parent or sibling through death or divorce, a parent or sibling who is a problem drinker, an adult or sibling who struggles with a mental illness, or some other serious illness or special need.

#4

The term resilience is commonly used to describe the ability to bounce back from adversity, but in reality, this is not what resilient people do. They are not just resilient, they are changed by their experiences.

#5

The idea that adversity is more common than not is proven true by the lives of the eminent, the heroic, and countless everyday resilient individuals.

#6

As researchers began to study resilient children, they were surprised to find that they were not all that different from other children. They seemed to have been through the same difficult experiences, but they had adapted and succeeded.

#7

As scientists continued to study the lives of resilient kids, they found that resilience is something that goes in and out of view depending on how and when you look at it. It is typically measured by good performance in school or work, but it can also be measured by the feelings of stress and loneliness that children who do well have on the inside.

#8

The average, expectable environment that Heinz Hartmann suggested is not average or expectable. Many more people than we might like to think grow up with what he called above-average environmental burdens.

#9

The world’s first superhero,