Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon

Self-help is a popular genre of nonfiction that aims to guide readers toward self-improvement and personal development. This often intersects with the field of spirituality, as people frequently turn to spiritual traditions and practices for comfort and wisdom, and to improve areas of their lives, including their emotional and physical health.

Becoming Supernatural is a notable contribution to the self-help and personal development genre, set apart by its aim to bridge spiritual exploration and personal development with scientific understanding. As the self-help genre abounds with guides for personal and spiritual growth, Dispenza seeks to distinguish his work through its unique approach: demystifying the mystical by grounding spiritual experiences in empirical evidence and scientific principles. Thus, it is situated at a unique intersection between self-help, spirituality, and health and medicine, and this intersection lends credibility to the book and its teachings.

Additionally, though Becoming Supernatural engages with complex theoretical and scientific concepts and philosophical questions, the book is rooted primarily in actionable practices that readers are encouraged to apply to their own lives. The emphasis on anecdotal evidence and case studies aids this encouragement; the implication is that if others found success with these practices, the reader may as well.