Optimism can rely on a sense of luck, while hope is action-oriented − and often aimed at helping other people.
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Patients with incurable cancer want to be informed about their disease and its treatment, but must also maintain hope. This inner conflict can affect how they process information about their prognosis.
Neither hopefulness nor childhood development can occur in a vacuum. Strong relational bonds matter, too.
People who hold higher levels of hope will be less likely to experience symptoms of depression. Shared hopes are also important for expectations of national and international futures.
Embracing hope in the good, alongside recognizing the bad, can reduce eco-anxiety, improve mental health and may just be the key to driving strong and meaningful climate action.
A four-year survey of Palestinian school children in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem found hope and wellbeing already seriously declining. The situation now can only make it worse.
Made at a time when America was facing crises on many fronts, William Friedkin’s film has profound things to say about humanity and society.
Reliance on the support of others after an accident showed philosopher David Newheiser the power of solidarity. We need a similar sense of communal connection in our approach to COVID, he writes.
Hope begins in a place of despair, in the desire to make things better.
Your background and life experiences seep into the mind’s eye, quietly shaping whether you believe your dreams can come true.
We asked six experts to nominate books that might help us avert environmental catastrophe. Here’s what they said.
There are ways to convey the hard scientific facts about climate change and help young generations adapt in the face of adversity and manage change over time.
Rather than tolerating divisiveness and intolerance, we can and we should embrace this important moment to create a more participatory form of democracy.
How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences.
Some children and youth find the effects of climate change are traumatic. Taking a trauma-informed approach to education can nurture resilience.
A scholar of democratic virtues explains why Dominican monk Thomas Aquinas’ thoughts on hope are relevant today.
Five articles on the meanings of hope and how to think about resilience, healing and even joy in the midst of this winter’s bleakness.
The hope we need is realistic – not wishful thinking, denial or delay disguised as naïve optimism.
Rachel Hadas says that despite the cascade of scary news, humans will adapt, as they always have – and provides evidence of that resilience in the literature she loves and teaches.
As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate the High Holy Days, a scholar of the Bible explains their history and why they might offer consolation in times of uncertainty.
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Rachel Hadas is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Hope College
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College Lecturer in Teaching & Learning Enhancement, University College Cork
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Assistant Professor, School of the Environment, University of Toronto
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Dean of Faculty, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor in Sport and Learning, University of Wolverhampton
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Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching), Griffith University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, University of Virginia
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Professor in American Media and Culture, University of Kent
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Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
