In this episode we welcome licensed mental health counselor Holly Rockefeller to talk about the dangers of giving false hope and misinformation and why truth and honesty matter.  We address some bullet points of a Psychology Today piece from 2018 entitled "7 Downsides of Hope" by Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. (view the article here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201807/7-downsides-hope) 

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