S2 Ep 110 What to Do if You’re Feeling Hopeless

Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

English - May 19, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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Have you felt a little hopeless lately? Have you had a hard time feeling like your days have any meaning or purpose? Have you compared your life to the movie Groundhog Day? In this episode, Amy Julia talks about the way our imagination is linked to our ability to hope, and how right now it is hard to have hope in politics or the economy or our social or professional lives. She discusses the idea of cultivating the “spiritual imagination” in order to connect the pain of the present moment to the promises of the future, and how to bring the goodness, beauty, and joy of the future into the present moment. If you are struggling to feel hopeful, this episode offers thoughts on how to experience hope without denying the hardship of this time.

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