Ep.85 – Hope Is A Verb: Surviving Anxiety & Restoring Agency (#GOTV)
Candice is back on the main feed with a final #gotv reminder and a deep-dive into this thing we call ‘hope’ – what is it, really? She shares about her pre-election anxiety and how she’s actualizing hope in the face of so muchness. Various definitions of hope are offered, then she digs into the groundbreaking work of her late mentor, C.R. Snyder, ‘the hope guy’, sharing what she learned in the late ’90s torturing freshmen in his research lab at The University of Kansas. What’s the real-deal difference between positive psychology and magical thinking? How can we use positive psychology to make our experience of hope more tangible? And what can we learn from activists and those who refuse to give up? Also, a reminder that hope doesn’t have to be about a higher power and Candice’s post-election promise to you, no matter who wins.
November 1, 2024
