Redefining Hope & Why It Is The Greatest Predictor of Your Well-Being w/ Psychologist Julia Garcia

About this episode

Dr. Julia Garcia discusses the importance of hope as a predictor of well-being and shares her five habits of hope.

I think we’ve gotten to the point of defining hope as the expectation of something good happening in the future. But I’ve not found many, if any, people who I’d refer to as hopeful, who didn’t exude hope in the right here and now. A primary definition of hope is simply, a feeling of trust. My guest in this episode says, “Hope is the single best predictor of well-being compared to any other measure of trauma recovery.” So if hope includes having trust, then it’s relevant for us all to consider how trusting we feel in our lives. Not just in other people, but in life in general. My guest is Dr. Julia Garcia. Julia is a psychologist and author dedicated to empowering people through the science of mental health. Julia works with people facing life’s toughest moments—helping them overcome fear, doubt, and hopelessness to build lasting habits of healing and hope. She says her mission is to prove that hope isn’t just something you feel—it’s something you practice, one habit at a time. I find hope, trust, in short supply in our culture. And yet I find my own hope in the miracle of living, a constant fuel for my own peace and joy. Julia has written a book on her work, The 5 Habits of Hope…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Miller

Guest: Julia Garcia

Topics covered

• hope
• well-being
• mental health
• trust
• cultural concepts

Keywords

• hope
• well-being
• mental health
• trust
• trauma recovery
• habits of hope
• psychology

Sponsors

Shopify, ShipStation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YAP Media

Books & works: The 5 Habits of Hope

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