exercise · all tools
The Superhero in Me
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional
Through a superhero framing, participants explore their capabilities and challenges by casting them: strengths as a superhero, compensated weaknesses as a sidekick, and challenges as a nemesis — self-awareness made playful enough that honesty gets easy.
Practical
- Time
- 120 min
- Group
- 4–24 · individual, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Paper, markers
- Mechanisms
- narrative-identity, creative-expression, feedback-mirroring
- Change scope
- state · one-off
Instructions
- Where
- transitionmakers.nl/tool/the-superhero-in-me — Transition Makers Toolbox, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 per the Transition Makers footer; its badge links CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — variant unresolved, see source record
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Roos de Jonge via Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA) — Strengths-based development
In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox
Related: VIA Character Strengths Survey (pairs-with)
status: checked · added 2026-08-25