How to help kids gain resilience and thrive from adversity

<p><strong>Show Notes</strong>:</p> <p>Dr. Jordan interviewed Meg jay PhD, author of the book, Supernormal: The untold story of adversity and resilience</p> <p align="left">Nearly 75% of people experience adversity by the age of 20 (loss of a parent to death or divorce; bullying; alcoholism or drug abuse in the home; mental illness in a parent or a sibling; neglect; emotional, physical or sexual abuse; having a parent in jail; or growing up alongside domestic violence)</p> <p align="left">How fear and chronic, cumulative stress affects the brain</p> <p align="left">Why keeping secrets about your adversities is so harmful to kids; what predicts distress after adversity is not severity of the event but how alone one feels afterward; discussed the value of girls sharing their stories at Camp Weloki and knowing they aren’t alone or crazy</p> <p align="left">The benefits of being supernormal (having gotten thru adversity)</p> <p align="left">What qualities/experiences best help kids adjust & become resilient</p> <p align="left">Why girls are hardier than boys when subjected to stress &  adversity</p> <p align="left">The importance of focusing on how you survived vs just about your hardships or how you are broken</p> <p align="left">Contact Meg Jay: <a href= "https://smile.amazon.com/Supernormal-Secret-World-Family-Hero/dp/145555913X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3N6O4MJY6BXPX&dchild=1&keywords=supernormal+meg+jay&qid=1623351078&s=books&sprefix=supernormal%2Caps%2C262&sr=1-2"> Supernormal: The untold story of adversity and resilience</a></p> <p>Contact Dr. Jordan: <a href= "http://www.drtimjordan.com/">www.drtimjordan.com</a></p> <p>For more info on the pressures & stressors girls experience & how to support them, read Dr. Jordan’s book, <a href= "https://smile.amazon.com/Sleeping-Beauties-Awakened-Women-Jordan-ebook/dp/B00D9Y43A2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1547324941&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=sleeping+beauties%2C+awakened+women%3A+guiding+the+transformation+of+adolescent+girls"> Sleeping Beauties, Awakened Women: Guiding the