Making Hope Happen: A Workbook for Turning Possibilities into Reality

by Diane McDermott, C.R. Snyder

Two psychologists present a step-by-step program to help readers become more hopeful, take on new challenges, and attain their goals. The authors became intrigued by the question of hope and discovered that hope is not what people often think it is. Hope isn't just a symptom for optimism or looking on the bright side. Hope is really about having goals and knowing how to attain them. Hopeful people see goals as challenges, while others view them as threats. Hopeful people choose higher and more difficult goals and generate alternataive solutions to problems. The hopeful news is hope can be learned. The program in "Making Hope Happen" shows readers how to break old, negative, self-defeating habits and learn new ways of thinkng about themselves.

246 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1999

Reviews

[Diane Dreher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book with clear guidelines and engaging stories about how to build our hope. Highly recommended.