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Every book Jane McGonigal recommended on podcasts
Jane McGonigal appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to discuss her first book, SuperBetter. Throughout the conversation, she reflected extensively on utilizing her unique gameful recovery method and detailed the psychological thesis at the core of her work, specifically how playing games can genuinely make individuals happier, stronger, and significantly more resilient in the face of adversity. McGonigal explained to the audience why she ultimately decided to write the book in the first place, noting that she initially did not fully understand the precise mechanics behind why her recovery game worked so effectively, prompting her to investigate and prove its validity through writing. Furthermore, she brought up a prominent piece that ran in the New Yorker which highlighted her work and the impact of SuperBetter. Her appearance demonstrated a deep engagement with the intersection of game design, psychology, and personal trauma recovery, using her own empirical and lived experiences to validate the therapeutic benefits of playful resilience strategies for everyday people seeking self-improvement and healing.
Books recommended by Jane McGonigal
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SuperBetter
Jane McGonigal's SuperBetter presents a resilience-building framework based on game design principles to help individuals overcome physical and mental health challenges.
Discussed“I just thought to myself I should I got to prove it you know I I'm writing this book saying that playing games makes us happier and stronger and more resilient”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #694 - Jane McGonigal | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2015-09-08 | 3 |
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“i had exactly the same thing because when i wasn't healing from the concussion that i write about in super better i was really confounded”
“i was about to give a talk about super better and my concussion and the person managing the event said you know in a way this concussion is really the best thing that ever happened to you”
“and since i wrote about virtual reality for pain in my book and i wrote about some of the early studies that found that it actually relieved pain more effectively than morphine”
“I was in the middle of writing my first book and it was due in a couple months”
“there's a whole chapter in in the super better book about game addiction and how how to stop it how to reverse it”
“well it drops next Tuesday but you can buy it now”