Hope in Dark Times

Roshi Joan Halifax

HOPE and Healing

Click on the following link for a 35 minute podcast on Finding Hope in Dark Times. https://www.howgodworks.org/podcast/season-5/religion-and-mental-health-part-2-addiction-ba95e Surveys show feelings of sadness and despair peaked in 2023. So, as we look into 2024, it’s understandable why any of us might be feeling pessimistic, even hopeless. But these feelings aren’t written in stone. We always have a choice. It’s in these darkest of times, when all feels lost, that hope helps us find our way … not just to heal ourselves, but also the world around us.

Hope-Fullness

On this podcast, David DeSteno, PhD talks with the Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof about how he remains motivated and hopeful, even while covering some of the most tragic events in recent history. And he’ll offer a little advice for ways we can all rise above despair.

Wise Hope

DeSteno continues with Roshi Joan Halifax — ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and founder of the Upaya Zen Center — about the Buddhist-informed notion of wise hope, the equanimity it can bring, and the fierce compassion it can unleash.