SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient

By Jane McGonigal

Categories: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Self-Help

After a severe concussion in 2009 left her anxious and depressed, the game designer Jane McGonigal turned her recovery into a resilience-building game. Its rules grew into a digital game and a study with the National Institutes of Health. Drawing on research into games and stress, she sets out seven rules: challenge yourself, collect power-ups, battle the bad guys, complete quests, recruit allies, adopt a secret identity and seek an epic win. Nearly a hundred challenges put them into practice.

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