A coffee mug from your first trip. The playlist from your wedding week. The keychain your spouse bought when money was tight. Small objects can carry big emotions. In this […]
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When Hope Feels Impossible: Why Future-Visualization Backfires (and What Works Instead)
Sometimes “just picture a better future” makes you feel worse—because your brain can’t connect the dots from here to there. That’s not a failure; it’s biology. In this cornerstone, we’ll […]
When You Can’t See a Way Forward: How Looking Back Rebuilds Hope
When life feels heavy—money tight, tempers short, and the news not helping—imagining a brighter future can feel fake. That’s normal. In hard seasons our brains narrow to immediate threats, which […]