Learned Hopefulness: Harnessing the Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression, Increase Motivation, and Build Unshakable Resilience

The author, a core faculty member at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Columbia University, shows you how to cultivate hope with strengths-based practices grounded in positive psychology to help you break free from hopelessness and start living a life of happiness and vitality. Original.
&;The perfect recipe for fulfillment, joy, peace, and expansion of awareness.&; &;Deepak Chopra, MD, author of MetahumanCultivate hope with strengths-based practices grounded in positive psychology.If you suffer from depression, sub-clinical depression, or low mood, you may have days where you feel like you&;ve lost hope&;hope that you&;ll ever feel better, that the world will be a better place, or that you&;ll someday find the happiness that always seems to elude you. You aren&;t alone. Many people struggle with feelings of sadness and hopelessness&;especially in our difficult, modern world. The good news is that you can change.Learned Hopefulness offers powerful exercises grounded in evidence-based positive psychology to help you identify your strengths; ditch the self-limiting beliefs that diminish your capacity for positivity; and increase feelings of motivation, resiliency, and wellness. You&;ll also learn to untangle yourself from rumination over past negative events, while shifting your perspective to the present moment and anticipating your future through a more positive lens.With this unique, compassionate, and life-affirming guide, you&;ll find the tools you need to break free from hopelessness and start living a life of happiness and vitality.
People who suffer from low mood or depression often lose hope&;in themselves and the world&;and, as a result, they spiral deeper and deeper into major depression. In Learned Hopefulness, psychologist Dan Tomasulo offers strengths-based practices grounded in positive psychology to help readers break the cycle of depression, improve resiliency and motivation, and move past feelings of hopelessness.