Hope is a fragile and nebulous thing. It’s important to cultivate a glimmer of hope, a light in the darkness, and to look forward to something.

In this episode, Mark and Anya discuss the topic of hope. They explore the difference between hope and expectation, and the importance of finding and offering our best response when facing concerns. Anya shares her personal experience of despair and how hope helps her to carry on. They also touch on gratitude, active hope, motivation and goal setting.

Three prompts

1. What do you hope for?
2. What support do your hopes have?
3. Who do you provide hope to?

Resources

• Clockwise (1986)
• Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
• Isolation is the dream-killer, not your attitude – Barbara Sher
• Active Hope - Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
• “Between Stimulus and Response There Is a Space. In That Space Is Our Power To Choose Our Response” - probably inspired by Rollo May
• Broca's area
• Hope Theory by CR Snyder - a brief explainer
• Karen Horney’s Theory of Neurotic Needs
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity, by David Allen
• Swarm of B’s - BJ Fogg
• Hope: Its nature and measurement, by Anthony Scioli et al
• Isolation is the dream killer, not your attitude - TEDx Barbara Sher
• The Happy Startup School
• Scioli and Biller - Hope Provider’s traits;
  • Availability (Access, Anticipation, Reliability)
  • Presence (Focus, Safety, Authenticity)
  • Contact (Involvement, Clarity, Repetition)
• “Hope” is the thing with feathers, by Emily Dickinson
• Anya Pearse, Intuitive advisor and her An Hour of Kindness

This podcast is produced by Origin.