When I Fell: How I Rerouted My Life and Found Strength in a Severed Spine
- SKU: 9781631952500
- Category: Biography, Autobiography & Memoirs, Motivational & Inspirational, Self-Help & Personal Development
When Michael Murphy was 21, he fell off a roof at college and landed flat on his back, severing his spine. They say that nobody understands their own traumatic injury just after it happens--but Michael did. Every person falls. They fall short in school, in life, in work, and in love. Their lives sometimes feel punctuated by those downfalls--the rejection letters, the unrequited love, the missed promotions, the life altering traumas. Everyone falls. But then what?
When I Fell is a true tale of going from abled, to disabled, to empowered. It combines the story surrounding Michael's recovery with the science of resiliency and thriving--what psychologists are now calling Posttraumatic Growth (PTG)--to teach readers how to hit home runs when life throws them curves. Befitting new mainstream acceptance for disabilities, When I Fell is as much a memoir as it is a message. It features the five principles established by Drs. Tedeschi and Calhoun--the pioneers who coined the phrase in the 1990's--for scientific validation to bring PTG further into the public eye.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Michael Murphy
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 04/13/2021
ISBN: 9781631952500
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
When Michael Murphy was 21, he fell off a roof at college and landed flat on his back, severing his spine. They say that nobody understands their own traumatic injury just after it happens--but Michael did. Every person falls. They fall short in school, in life, in work, and in love. Their lives sometimes feel punctuated by those downfalls--the rejection letters, the unrequited love, the missed promotions, the life altering traumas. Everyone falls. But then what?
When I Fell is a true tale of going from abled, to disabled, to empowered. It combines the story surrounding Michael's recovery with the science of resiliency and thriving--what psychologists are now calling Posttraumatic Growth (PTG)--to teach readers how to hit home runs when life throws them curves. Befitting new mainstream acceptance for disabilities, When I Fell is as much a memoir as it is a message. It features the five principles established by Drs. Tedeschi and Calhoun--the pioneers who coined the phrase in the 1990's--for scientific validation to bring PTG further into the public eye.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Michael Murphy
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 04/13/2021
ISBN: 9781631952500
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
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