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You may hear people talk about holding onto hope and that can mean different things for each and every one of us.
As a caregiver, especially at a young age, our sense of hope for what our future holds starts to get clouded as we feel we have been silo’d into this holding tank causing our thoughts, purpose and dreams for the future to take a downward spiral.
Having hope seems pointless as your life is in limbo and there is no set date for when this journey will come to an end - it could be 1 month it could be 10 years - how do you plan and hold onto hope when everything is in flux?
A feeling that we are no longer in control of our life and our future, as it seemed we once were become dominant and in turn we start to question everything and slowly lose our sense of identity as caregiving seems to overtake all aspects of our lives.
We aren’t afforded the time to do the things we used to do that lit us up, brought us joy and really helped define who we are.
In this episode I talk through what hope actually is, positive and negative aspects of hope to gain an understanding of how it impacts your thinking, feelings and behavior & tips to improve your mood and help pull you out of those periods of hopelessness that are inevitable but don't have to be a constant in your life.
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