Hope Theory: How Choosing Hope Transforms Your Life

Life After: From Surviving to Thriving

In this episode, we are going to talk about Hope and Hope Theory and the importance of cultivating hope in your life. The last quote by Christopher Reeve, “once you choose hope, anything’s possible”, is the foundation of this episode. Having hope, creating hope, openness towards hope, is a choice that we can all make, at any time. As we’ll see, making that choice makes all the difference in the world.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Hope has three distinct parts according to Richard Snyder: goals, agency and pathways.

• Goals are the “cornerstone of hope”.
• Agency, also known as willpower, is what keeps you believing you can achieve your goals as well as stay motivated to reach those goals.
• Pathways, or waypower, are the routes you choose to take in reaching your goals. When one pathway doesn’t end up working, you troubleshoot and problem solve to find a new pathway.

BEST MOMENTS

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination, and the energy to get started. –Norman Cousins

Hope is not blind optimism. It’s not ignoring the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path…Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.

― Barack Obama

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.

― Christopher Reeve

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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Hope Rising, How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life, by Casey Gwinn, J.D. and Chan Helllman, PhD.

Mind Tools article: https://www.mindtools.com/aov3izj/snyders-hope-theory)

PsychCenral article: https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-psychology-of-hope#what-is-hope

Coach Training EDU article: https://www.coachtrainingedu.com/blog/what-is-hope-theory/#:~:text=Snyder's%20Hope%20Theory%20suggests%20that,low%20hope%20typically%20do%20not.

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ABOUT THE HOST

Jill McKnight is a mindset coach and speaker as well as an Erickson Professional Certified Coach. She specializes in supporting those who are rebuilding their lives and finding their most aligned path forward.

Jill knows that the tips and tricks in each episode work – because she’s used them to change her life and her clients have used them to change their lives! Jill has the education and life experience to help you rebuild your life, whatever the circumstances… and move from surviving to thriving!

Through her talks, events, programs, and podcast “Life After: From Surviving to Thriving”, Jill provides her clients with a unique mix of thoughtful guidance and sincere care. She lives in a small town in Washington with her son and is committed to co-create a world with more hope, connection, and healing for us all.

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