Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success
&#8220;Supersurvivors might well be a how-to manual on taking adversity and turning it into an advantage. As I read it, I kept thinking: I wish I&#8217;d had this book ten years ago!&#8221; (Aron Ralston, survivor, speaker, author, and subject of the film127 Hours)&#8220;Supersurvivorsprovides the contemporary science about the biology of hope that is vital for all of us-all of us-as we daily confront challenge big and small, real and imagined.&#8221; (Walter M. Bortz, II M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, and author ofThe Roadmap to 100)&#8220;It&#8217;s rare to find a book that appeals so well to both the head and the heart. Marrying eye-opening stories with thought-provoking science, Feldman and Kravetz open a powerful window into a world of forgiveness and hope.&#8221; (Frederic Luskin, Ph.D., author ofForgive for Goodand Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project)&#8220;Just surviving suffering is a form of success. But these people have done more than survive, and their stories are worth your time. One day you may need what they have.&#8221; (Linda Ellerbee, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Journalist, TV Producer, andNew York Timesbest-selling author)&#8220;Supersurvivors is a brilliant rethinking of the consequences of trauma. This book will change the meaning we give to survival, both for individuals and for our culture as a whole.&#8221; (Ethan Watters, Author ofCrazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche)&#8220;This is a blockbuster that every leader, parent, doctor, teacher, student, coach, and caregiver needs to read. I can&#8217;t remember the last time I was so fascinated and moved by a book-let alone one grounded in science.&#8221; (Adam Grant, Professor at the Wharton School of Business, andNew York Timesbestselling author ofGive and Take)&#8220;Supersurvivors dares to ask, &#8216;How, really, do we heal?&#8217; From real case studies and hard science, the answers it finds shake the foundations of the way we conceive recovery.&#8221; (Po Bronson,New York Timesbestselling author ofNurtureShock)