The Best Hopes With Two Clinicians

By Dr. Adam Froerer, Cecil Walker

Join our hosts Dr. Adam Froerer and Cecil Walker, two therapists with a mission to explore the concept of hope and how it can help people heal their mental health. Through engaging conversations and r... more

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July 09, 2024Distinctions Within Hope
Snyder Reference: Snyder, C. R. (2002). Hope theory: Rainbows in the mind. Psychol. Inquiry 13, 249–275. doi: 10.1207/s15327965pli1304_01
Ambition (Aspiration, desire, dream, purpose)
Await (be prepared for, count on)
Dependence (responsibility, stability, steadiness, trust)
Encouragement (advocacy, confidence, fortitude, inspiration, invigoration, optimism)
Opportunities (good fortunes, happenings, Junctures, moments, occasions, probabilities)
Rumination (attention, brainwork, deducing, discerning, introspection, intuition, knowing, perceiving, understanding)
Virtue (advantage, asset, consideration, excellence, generosity, goodness, high-mindedness, incorruptibility, love, quality, respectability uprightness, value, worth)
Intention (bottom line, end, goal, nature, object, plan, target)
Belief (Confidence, expectation, intuition, mindset, presupposition, trust, understanding, view)
Anticipation (foresight, outlook, preoccupation)
Dream (design, wish)
Desire (petition, supplication)
Expectation: (assumption, calculation, conjecture, design, intention, likelihood, prediction, presumption, promise, prospect, supposition, surmise)
Faith (acceptance, assent, certainty, credence, reliance, sureness, truth)
Purpose (destination, direction, function, intent, mission, plan, point, principle, view, what for, where one’s headed, whole idea)
Present Tense
Await
Dependence
Encouragement
Rumination
Virtue
Belief
Desire
Faith
Future Tense
Ambition
Opportunities
Intention
Anticipation
Dream
Expectation
Purpose

Internal
Await
Dependence
Encouragement
Rumination
Virtue
Belief
Desire
Faith
Omnipresent
Purpose

External
Ambition
Opportunities
Intention
Anticipation
Dream
Expectation
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40min
June 25, 2024The Value of Shooting for the Stars
Reynolds, J. R. & Baird, C. L. (2010). Is There a Downside to Shooting for the Stars? Unrealized Educational Expectations and Symptoms of Depression. American Sociological Review 75(1) 151–172. DOI: 10.1177/0003122409357064.
“What explains our failure to find empirical support for such a longstanding premise in the social psychology of achievement and the popular imagination? The lack of negative emotional consequences of unrealized expectations is in line with the adaptive resilience perspective, which highlights young adults’ ability to problem solve, find offsetting benefits from challenging circumstances, and otherwise focus on the positive aspects of detours in the transition to adulthood. Perhaps, in a country that trumpets competition and the American Dream, ambitious individuals receive positive feedback that offsets the emotional costs of falling short.”
The main findings in this article indicate that we should not be in a hurry to dissuade ‘‘unpromising’’ students from planning to go to college. In fact, the only way to guarantee negative mental health outcomes is not trying. Aiming high and failing is not consequential for mental health, while trying may lead to higher achievements and its concomitant mental and material benefits.
Musschenga, B. (2019). Is there a problem with false hope? Journal of Medical Philosophy, 44(4), 423-441. J Med Philos. 2019 Jul; 44(4): 423–441. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhz010
According to Snyder et al., people with “high hope”—a high degree of hope—are not guilty of distorting reality. However, they do have positive illusions. They have a too positive view of themselves, reality, and their possibilities and opportunities. People with “low hope”—little hope—are the ones who suffer from distortion of reality, as well as processes of denial and repression, according to Snyder et al. People with “high hope” stay within what the psychologist Roy Baumeister (1989) calls the “optimal margin of illusion.” Their illusions have beneficial effects and improve their adaptation to reality. According to Snyder et al., false hope is also associated with the pursuit of too many objectives at the same time or by choosing the wrong paths to achieve one’s goal. Even those phenomena do not occur among people with “high hopes.” They conclude that false hope does not exist, by which they mean that false hope is absent among people who really hope—who have “high hopes.”
Dunning-Kruger Effect (2003): Some people substantially overestimate their abilities. Typically less competent people are the more they overestimate their abilities.
Typically honest overconfidence is rewarded with high social status-Cameron Anderson
Forbes list of 10 things confident people do (July 21, 2017)
Get things done-build on accomplishments
Monitor progress
Do the right thing-live by a value system
Exercise (memory retention, focus, prevents stress and depression)
Be fearless-be willing to be overwhelmed and fail
Stand up for yourself-courage
Follow through-Work and give meaning to your words: determination
Think long-term-sacrifice for bigger payoffs
Don’t care what others think-resolute
Do more of what makes you happy
False Hope Syndrome
The False-Hope Syndrome: Unfulfilled Expectations of Self-Change: Janet Polivy and C. Peter Herman–Highly linked to cognitive distortions
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33min
June 11, 2024 Digging Deeper Into Hope
Welcome back to another exciting season of Best Hopes! This season, we're delving deeper into everything hope-related. Join us as we explore the latest research on hope and share practical tips on how you can apply it to make a meaningful difference in your life. Don't miss out on this journey to discover the transformative power of hope!
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29min
December 20, 2023 The Purpose of Hope
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36min
December 06, 2023 Putting Your Faith in Hope
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34min
November 22, 2023 Expecting Hope
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28min
November 08, 2023 Desiring Hope
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25min
October 25, 2023 Dreaming With Hope
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28min
October 11, 2023 Anticipating Hope
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26min
September 27, 2023 Believe in Hope
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27min

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The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.